Reaction to this book was fiercely negative among traditional Burnsites, especially in Scotland. CC
received threats to her well-being, including one letter signed Holy Willy (after a character satirised by Burns) and containing a...
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Maria Riddell
Some of MR
's letters remain with the Burns Federation
or in the Liverpool City Libraries
(among the Roscoe papers). None of her letters actually addressed to Burns has surfaced, and presumably she took good...
