Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter sI
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Illustrations IX
4. Introduction 1
5. PART ONE The Life of Alexander Wilson
6. CHAPTER I Childhood: "A Bird of Passage" 15
7. CHAPTER II Weaver, Packman, and Poet 24
8. CHAPTER III "The Friend of Liberty and Reform" 45
9. CHAPTER IV The Schoolmaster: "That Painful Profession" 62
10. CHAPTER V Collector of "All Our Finest Birds" 73
11. PART TWO The Letters of Alexander Wilson
12. EDITORIAL NOTE 116
13. Abbreviations 117
14. 1788 119
15. 1789 125
16. 1790 131
17. 1791 141
18. 1792 144
19. 1793 147
20. 1794 148
21. 1795 152
22. 1796 152
23. 1798 153
24. 1799 160
25. 1800 164
26. 1801 179
27. 1802 189
28. 1803 202
29. 1804 206
30. 1805 230
31. 1806 246
32. 1807 260
33. 1808 272
34. 1809 296
35. 1810 320
36. 1811 379
37. 1812 395
38. 1813 405
39. APPENDIXES
40. APPENDIX I The Legal Case Involving "The Hollander, or Light Weight" 409
41. APPENDIX II Advertisement in The Glasgow Advertiser by Paisley Reformers 429
42. APPENDIX III Wilson's Naturalization Certificate1 433
43. APPENDIX IV Wilson's Last Will and Testament, with Inventory 435
44. GLOSSARY OF SCOTTISH WORDS 438
45. Bibliography 439
46. Index 446