# Burns — Travel Essays character guide

> Burns in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0027-edinburgh

## Who they are

Likely Robert Burns, referenced as a literary figure in the Scottish essays.

## In the story

### [Introductory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-introductory)

Referenced as coming from the plough-tail to Edinburgh, as to an academy of gilt unbelief and artificial letters.

### [New Town—Town and Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/vi-new-town-town-and-country)

Referenced as having been inspired by Fergusson, his model.

### [VIII: The Calton Hill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/viii-the-calton-hill)

Memorialized on a spur of Calton Hill; acknowledged his debt to Fergusson and erected a tomb over his grave.

### [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations)

The Burns Monument is referenced in an illustration caption.

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