original_query: What is the significance of the Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition)?
query: What is the significance of the Edinburgh Edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?
answer: The Edinburgh Edition significantly elevated Robert Burns' status from a Caledonia's Bard to one of the world's greatest poets.  It was a larger, more commercially successful edition than his first (Kilmarnock), containing more poems and songs.