1CHAPTER IV THE EASY CLUB; EARLY POEMS; EDINBURGH OF LAST CENTURY—1712-16
6CHAPTER IX CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE; HIS HOUSE ON CASTLEHILL; HIS FAMILY; HIS PORTRAITS—1740-58.
2CHAPTER V THE FAVOURITE AT THE 'FOUR-OORS'; FROM WIGMAKER TO BOOKSELLER; THE QUARTO OF 1721—1717-21
7CHAPTER X RAMSAY AS A PASTORAL POET AND AN ELEGIST
3CHAPTER VI RAMSAY AS AN EDITOR; THE 'TEA-TABLE MISCELLANY' AND THE 'EVERGREEN'—1721-25
8CHAPTER XI RAMSAY AS A SATIRIST AND A SONG-WRITER
4CHAPTER VII 'THE GENTLE SHEPHERD'; SCOTTISH IDYLLIC POETRY; RAMSAY'S PASTORALS—1725-30
9CHAPTER XII RAMSAY'S MISCELLANEOUS POEMS; CONCLUSION: FOOTNOTES:
5CHAPTER VIII RESTING ON HIS LAURELS; BUILDS HIS THEATRE; HIS BOOK OF 'SCOTS PROVERBS'—1730-40