This publication was a single Octavo volume issue, printed by John and Peter Wilson in the county town of Air (sic).

[1] The publication was a success and produced a profit of around £50, now worth around £8,000 (datum 2023), from circa 710 copies that are thought to have been printed as estimated from those subscribed for.

In 1813, she died of a 'cramp in the stomach,'[3] childless, at Causey Head Cottage at the age of 54 and was buried at Loudoun Kirk.

[5] 'The Poetical Works' were printed in 8vo or demy octavo and they were written in English and the book does not include a glossary or 'dictionary' of any description.

The 'Subscribers Names' occupy the best part of 16 over 17 pages and include many from the aristocracy, other land owners, twenty-two copies to Frances Dunlop's family and other individuals to the total of circa 600 people.

Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), the 'Pedlar Poet' was praised by Mrs Dunlop for his 'disinterested, generous conduct' to Janet, he later became a famous ornithologist in America.

[5] A copy belonging to W. Craib Angus was displayed in the 1896 'Burns Exhibition' held at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.

In 1791, before her poems were published, she made the journey to Ellisland Farm, partly to visit her relations,[13] but Burns had that day broken his arm when his horse fell.

Janet spoke briefly to him at Ellilsand and reported back to Mrs Dunlop that he was in so much pain he could not lie down, but was forced to spend a night sitting in a chair.

Janet, as illustrated above, used a solid line to avoid printing the names of people, giving no clue to the number of letters with initials only.