Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 5, 1897

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THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Among the nine Scottish advocates wlio have
All Communications, on literary and businett just had the honour of Q. C. conferred upon them,
matterg, should be addressed to the Editor, air. tTOHfl we are pleased to note the name of Sheriff -Eneas
arACKAT,» niythswood Drive, Glasgow. j (j Mackay, M.A., LL.D., first President of the
I gi I Clan Mackay Society.
TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.— Tht CELTIC Her GRiCB the Duchess of Sutherland, at
.^., ,„„,,, ... , , , f . „„., „„w /,/ *t, at a meeting of the Caledonian Christian Club held
MONTHLY mill be sent, post free, to any part of me . c.- i>- j tj t i j iu t ii ^„„
, „ . . c. J II in Stafford House, London, made the following
United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, and aU characteristic remarks in regard to the duties of
countriei in the Postal Union—for one year, it. ra,-nk : — " Any thinking person must wish to break
^ ^^^ ^^.,^^,_^ -.^^ - -^ - down class distinction. Rank was but an extra
~ TT tool to be consecrated to God for the service of
The LiELTlC IVIONTHLY. ^^n to do all the good they were sent to do. Let
AUGUST, 1897 US shake hands and rest assured that the only lady
^.^^„^.,_.,„ ,^^^ ,^~^ — ^-~ — and gentleman, whether rich or poor, were those
who behaved as such." It is pleasing to know that,
C OPJTErs r T S. ^^^ j^^^^^^ several of the Highland nobility follow the
Camibbll T. Mackay, LivBRr..,.L (»ith plates), - - - 2"! excellent and noble example of our Sutherland lady.
ExiiBj (poem), ' ^"* JuBiLEE HONOURS. — We are glad to notice that
Traditions of Loch Lomond (illustrated), • ■ - - 202 ^^q (,{ ^m- subscribers have been honoured with a
SoNQ FOR THE Luss H18HLASD Gatherino, - - 2M Q g — namely, Colonel Sir Fitzroy D. Maclean,
Admiral D. RoBERTSo.N-MAcboNAi.n, (with pl.ite), • - 205 Bart., chief of the clan ; and Colonel Alan
Tan BofAL Scots Orets, Part XV, (illustrated). • 206 Colquhoun of Colquhoun, cousin of Sir James
A Sonnet or Harvest Home (poem), 2os Colquhoun, Bart., of Luss, chief of the clan. Both
OCR Mi'sicAL Page, -i.s kada tha mi 'h aonair, ■ • -209 ^^^ ^^jj worthy of the honours conferred upon them_
ToourReadebb . - - • ■ ■ ■ ■ • ;-" The Mod.— The arrangements for the Mod,"
Tiis WooiNO OF AibEEN the Fair (illustrated), - • -in , ■ , ■ \ , , ,, .-.■ ° ■ t „ „ J.
minor Sep™ of Clan CHArrAN (illustrated). .... 213 which IS to be held this year in Inverness, are now
Dinca.MacGekgor (with plate), 2ir, completed, and full particulars of the various
The Highland Baopipf. ; its history, music, &c. (illust), - 2l(i competitions will be found in our advertising pages.
The Highlanders of Scotland (illustrated), - - . - 218 This year's gathering promises to surpass those of
An Old Strathglass Smuggler, 220 former years in regard to the number of competitors,
the increased prize list, and the general interest
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. which it has created among Gaels in all parts of
' the kingdom.
Our in:.i is^it, will comphtr r<:himc V. As irc -y^^ Francis D. Mackay, Joint Secretary of
fli-e auj-imts to complete our List of t^ubscn kis Jf.r ^^^ London Inverness-shire Association, and a
Volume VI. as soon as po.'^sMe, we shall fed ol,li,j.,l j^^g^^^g^ ^^ the "Clan Mackay," has been appointed
if those who desire the '' CelHc to be sent for on.. tl„ r j^jj^ncial manager to the firm of Messrs. Wiel
year ivill kindly fonmr.l fhar onniiol s}i.:<,-ni.li..ii^ Brothers, South Africa. Another associate member
Ui-postfree) at oi...' I.. II.' l-.'l'f-f, ■■' J:l.jll.s,n....l ^j ^.^^ .< qj^^ Mackay," Mr. R. Urquhart, of the
Drive, Glasijoiv. li.'.ul.r^ ..-.I! .■m.j.r ., J, (,■.,„,■ ni.on National Bank of the South African Republic,
ushy giviitri thisthnr iMiiiedude oftenfion. London, has also received an appointment at
OUR NEXT ISSUE. Johannisburg. Africa of late years has made a
.„ . , ^ , ., J , ■ , . , heavy drain on the most talented of the youth of
We will give plate portraits and biographical ^^^ Hi-rhlands
sketches of MajorGeneral George M'Bain Far- . ^'' t ' o ■ u ■ c j it,
<|uharson, of Breda; Dr. Allan Maclean, Weymouth; A Clan Lindsay Society is being formed the
■and Mr. Archibald Maclean, Berlin, Germany, proposed subscriptions being : life-members, £5 5s. ;
held over from this issue. We are making arrange- ordinary, lOs. The Society is surely intended to be
nients for the new volume which commences in ^ery exclusive, judging by the subscriptions. In
October, and will give particulars in our next issue. t^e olden days, when fighting had to be done, the
-,r -IT rT iu 1 i- c t\ 1 Clan did not limit itself in this way.
Volume V. — On the completion of the volume ,. ... j. n o .
ne.xt month we will be able to offer a few copies of The Rev. John Sinclair of Minnesota, U.S.A.,
the yearly volume, tastefully ^ound, for Id - post has discovered what he considers conclusive evidence
free. As we will only be able to offer a very limited of tis claim to be sixteenth Earl of Caithness,
number of complete sets those who desire copies The Clan Menzies presented Her Majesty the
should apply at once to the Editor, !t Blythswood Queen with an illuminated address on the occasion
Drive, Glasgow. Two copies each of the last two of her Diamond Jubilee.
volumes may still be had, Volume HI., 20/-; Highland Soi^iety of London's Bursaries. —
Volume IV., ]()/-, post free. Sutherland students seem to have done excep-
"MiNOR Sei-ts of Clan Chattan."— The small tionally well this year, no less than four having
edition of this handsome volume by Dr. Charles secured bursaries, two of them being Mackays.
Fraser-Mackintosh, which is now in the press, is The Glasgow Cowal Society have presented
already nearly all subscribed for. The work will the late Secretary, Mr. Robert Murray, with a
probably command two or three times the published valuable testimonial, in acknowledgment of his
price as soon as issued. Readers desirous of
securing copies should communicate with us at
<jnce. The iirice is 21/-. See our advertising pages.
services.
The members of the Edinburgh Sutherland
Association had a pic-nic to Kirkcaldy on 10th July.