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THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Alt Communications, OH literary and business
matters, should he addressed to the Editor, Mr. JOUN
MACKAi; 'J Hliithswood Drive, Olnsi/on:
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. ~ The CELTIC
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The Celtic Monthly.
OCTOBER, 1896
cor<rT7E:iNrTs.
Gkokoe Murray C.^mi'Uell, Siam (with plates), -
Traditions of the Coiiirnoux Country (illustrated),
Donald M.\tiie80n, ok the Lews (with plate),
The Royal Scots Greys, Part VI. (illustrated), -
Oi:r Musical Paoe— Failtb Dhuntroi.v— Dustroon s
Salutk, 1044,
To our Readers,
MiNoii Septs of Clan Chattan (Illustrated),
The Highland Sword (illustrated),
Rev. D. G. Mearns, BD., or Disblair (with plate),
Long Ago (poem), -.-----
Only a L/UT, - - -
Letter to the Editor— Ciiikf of the Clan Macrae,
VlSlONLAND (poem),
The Massackf. of Glencue (poem),
Reviews, -
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
With this issne ive commence our Fifth Volume.
As we are anxions to make up our List ofSuhscrihers
for the Vohvme as soon as possible, we shall feel (jreiitlij
favoured if oiir readers v:Hl kindly forward tin ir
annual sid)scriptions (41- post free) at once, fo the
Editor, Mr. John Mackay, 9 Blythswood Drire,
(ilasiimn. f^^thscribers mir/ht kindly give thin their
uniiK'diafe nffe„t„v.
OUR NEXT ISSUE.
With mir iSi.vtjiiiber number we will give plate
liortraits of Mr. John Mackay, Editor, Celtic
Moiithlii, Glasgow (in response to the request of
many of our readers); Mr. Colin G. Macrae, W.S.,
Edinburgli (head of the Inverinate family); Mr.
Daniel Maclean, Jr., Secretary of the Clan Maclean
Society, Greenock ; and Miss Jean MacFarlane
Scott, Sunderland ; with biographical sketches.
We regret that owing to the pressure on our
space we have been reluctantly compelled to hold
over the opening; chapter of the article on "Flora
Macdonald," and "Tales of the Macleod Country,"
by Mr. Lockhart Bogle.
Celtic Mo.sthlv, Volume IV. — As we will only
be able to supply a few complete bound copies of
this volume, some of the parts being already out of
print, those who desire copies should communicate
with us at once. The price is 10/- post free, and
copies can be had from the Editor, Mr. John
Mackay, 9 Blj'thswood Drive, Glasgow.
The following jiaragraph, which we cull from a
northern paper, will doubtless interest many of
our Highland friends. — ' ' We learn that Mr. John
Mackay, Honorary Secretary of the Clan Mackay
Society, and Editor of the Celtii: MonthUj, is to be
married on the 23rd of September to Miss Annie
Maclean Sharp, daughter of Mr. Duncan Sharp,
Glasgow. Mr. Sharp was for a number of years
President of Ci>munn Oaidhecdaeh (.7i7i(.sc7i», which
carried on for many years the weekly Gaelic
concerts." — John o' Groat Journal.
"Cbol Mok." — Our readers will find particulars
regarding this most important publication in our
advertising pages, the first part of which is in the
press. Ceol Mor will be the largest collection
of piobaireachd ever published, and the tunes
having been revised by several of the most
celebrated pibroch players of the present day may
be accepted as correct. General Thomason has
spent thirty years collecting and verifying these
pibrochs, and his Ceol Mor notation will make
them easily acquired by any piper who is anxious
to learn the classical music of the Gael. As the
edition is to be a limited one, those desirous of
securing copies should apply at once to the publisher
of Ceol Mor. Mr. John Mackay, 9 Blythswood Drive,
Glasgow. Each part consisting of 32 pages of
music costs 4,'-; the whole collection of 209 pibrochs,
with book of notation, can be had, neatly bound in
cloth, for two guineas, by subscribers registering
before the end of the year.
De.vth of Sik Daviii L. Ma(Thei:son, K.O.M.G.
— We regret to announce the death of this dis-
tinguished Highlander in mid-ocean, on August
loth. He was a native of Inverness, and was
educated at the Royal Academy. He went to
Canada, where he attained to great eminence, being
Dominion Senator and member of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada, Minister of the Interior
of the Macdonald Cabinet, 1883-5, and Speaker of
the Senate, 1880 3. Sir David had been travelling
on the Continent lately, his copies of the Celtic
being addressed to San Reino, Italy. In a recent
letter to Provost Macpherson, Kingussie, he said
" I have had an ardent desire to visit the Highlands
once more, and you have done much to increase, if
possible, that desire — especially to have another
glimpse of Badenoch, the country of our clan, but
it is ' too late.' " His death will be regretted by a
large circle of friends both in this country and
Canada.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Rbnnie, late
OF THE 90th Regiment, died at Forres on the
29th August. He was a native of Dornoch,
Sutherlandshire. His military career was a most
distinguished one, having risen from the ranks to
the command of his regiment. He served in a
number of campaigns, and during the Indian
Mutiny was awarded the Victoria Cross for
" conspicuous gallantry."
The Clan Maclean Society have decided to
present Mr. Neil Maclaine, Rutland Crescent, with
a Testimonial in acknowledgment of his valuable
services to the Society. Mr. Maclaine is one of
the Vice-Presidents of the Society, and a most
active member.