Scots-language literature his unfinished long poem, "Auld Reekie" (1773), dedicated to the life of the city. His borrowing from a variety of dialects prefigured the creation of Synthetic Scots in the twentieth century and he would be a major influence on Robert Burns. Burns (1759–1796), an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a major figure in the Romantic movement. As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of
Clifton Johnson (author) (1896) and ‘’The Days of Auld Lang Syne’’ (which the New York times predicted would appeal to the reading public and prove popular as gifts), as well as Barrie’s "Window in Thrums" (1896). On his third trip to Great Britain (1897), Johnson took photographs for an illustrated edition of Charles Dicken’s "Illustrated History of England" (1898). He traveled by train, stagecoach, river boat, canal barge, hired horse or even by foot. He liked to stay in small towns and villages rather than cities and preferred to sleep in farmhouses which he felt gave him a better chance to observe habitual