Blair Collection > Celtic monthly > Volume 7, 1899

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THE CELTIC MONTHLY.
TO CORRBSPONDKNTS. Mr. R. W. Forsyth, Renfield Street, Glas-
All Cduimunicationa, on literary and buslnraa gow, whose reputation as a maker of the High-
mattera. should be naaressed to the Editor, Mr. JOHN ^^^^ costume and its accessories is world-wide,
MA CKA r, 1 n,ytha,voodm^ve. Olaagotv. ^^^^ .^^^ despatched to the United States, the entire
' ® ' uniforms of two Highland volunteer regiments
TEJiMS OP SUBSCRIPTION.— The CELTIC ^jji^h have been recently formed by our kinsmen
MONTHLY wUl be sent, post free, to any part of the .^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ World. During the past year Mr.
United Kingdom^ Canada, the United States, and all -^ .^ j^^^ y^^^^ entrusted with several important
countrtes m th^Postal Umon -for on e year , 4s. conunissions of a similar character, the goods, we
^ — -^ '— '-—^^— — "" need hardly say, having given the greatest satisfac-
THE Celtic Monthly. tlon. Those of our countrymen abroad who are
AUGUST, 1899. interested in the establishment of kilted volunteer
^ ^ -- ,^ — ^^~,.^: >=^^z;==^==:: =.^~— — corps could not do better than place their orders in
OOJNTTEPffTS. Mr. Forsyth's hands. We can guarantee satisfac-
tion. His reputation as a Highland dress specialist
Dr. and Mrs. J. Campbell Maclean (with plates), - - 201 . jj known to our readers at home, and so
r^rro^.^s^XSr'"'^''"'"' - ■ ■- '■ ^^ many have had experience of his tasteful workman-
Ma.ior Mackenzie Keksedv, Norfolk Kegiment (with portraits, 20o j^j ^^^^ ^g need hardly refer here to his business.
Tub Social Condition of tub Higiila.nds sisck 1800 (xm.), 1 '
(illustrated), ' ' ' ' mt "ThB BrAVE SoNS OF SkYE," BY LlEUT.-COLONEL
i;,R,cH''NA";^BADAr'(^oem), :::".::: IS John MAcI^KES.-This work win be welcomed not
To OUR Readers. 210 ^^j j^y Skyemen, but by Highlanders all over the
LETTER TO THE Editoe-Some HioiiLAND QUERIES, - • 210 ^ j . valuable Contribution to the litera-
The Cljns: Past AND Present (illustrated), - - - 211 «oiiu. j_viDa,.u. t :„f, ,.,„„t;«r,
Oran Diionnaciiaidh SIOSAL-Dl■^CAX CiiisiioLMs Soso, - 214 ture of the Gael, and contains a mass of intoimation
M. Macrae, Gairloch (with plate), 21^ y/\^{Q}^ cannot be had elsewhere, and which repre-
STo""AcirEVErNT^""'"'. :::::: iU sents the results of patient research e.xtending over
Clan EwEN-MaoEwensin Lochaber, ■ ■ - ^'^" many years. The volume IS got up in handsome
ammii aZ «»UB«SCRIPTI0NS style- ^^'^ t*'^* ^'''"'" illustrated by a hundred por-
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. ^.^^.^^ ^j ^^^^ ^j Eilean-acheo who have distni-
NoTK.'E TO Subscribers.— 0»(r kcH i.isue com- gnigjied themselves in martial fields. Colonel
plrfrs r<'lii,in' ?(,/ //le "Celtic." Subscriber.i who Maclnnes has rendered a service to his native
,l,sui In ,.inu\fur anotheryear arereqiiededto send jgiand which Skyemen cannot fail to appreciate—
tl„:,,- .^ul,snii'fi,nis(Ji.-:. p<,.-:t free) to f lie Editor, John j^^j, ^^.j^^ will now write the records of the brave
MaelMii, 1 J!l!ith.-^ir,„„l J>rire.(llnsin,r,„f their earliest ^^^^ ^j Sutherland, Ross, Inverness, or Argyll V
nmcenieiue. Ifrcadrrs ,n,„l,l J.u„U,j ■„,: thxsmatter g^ ^^^ ^jj^^^n ^ worthy example.
their immediate attention, it leuiild vhimte the trouble
of sending notices each month to those in arrears, and
considerably lessen ovr labours. LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
OUR NEXT ISSUE.
The portraits in our^ie.\t issue will be of particu- SOME HIGHLA^ID QUERIES.
lar interest, as the Highlanders whom we intend to
honour are all resident in distant lands, and bear
the names of historic clans-Colonel C. R. Mac- the clans at culloden.
gregor, D.S.O., and Mrs. Macgregor, India; Mr. gm —With reference to one of Capt. Macbean'.s
Hugh Cameron, Montana, U.S.A.; and Mr. Wm. j^j.^gg i^ your last issue, the AthoU Brigade at
C. Munro, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. (JuUoden consisted of four battalions. The fourth
Mrs. Fabquharson of HAWiHTON. — At the ^^ n^^se was never completed, and was composed
International Congress of Women in London, Lady ^^^ ^^, ^j ^j^^ Duke's own followers, but also of
Marjorie Gordon read a paper on the woik of j^jgjj^ies of Weems men, under Menzies of Shian,
women in biological science, by Mrs. Farquharson ^^^ ^^ Str'ian men, under Robertson of Wood-
of Haughton, who was unavoidably absent through ^^^^^^ {jotu Nairne was colonel of the 1st Bjt-
illness.'ln the course of her jiaper, Mrs. Farciuhar- ^ j^yj^ Lord George Murray of the second, William
Son urged the desirability and inii)ortance of duly jagybjte Duke of Atholl of the third, and Thomas
qualihed women having the advantages of full j^j^^j^. „£ Glasclune of the fourth. No less than
fellowship in scientific and other learned societies. fiiii.tv-ei"ht of the Duke's vassals brought their
The paper was very enthusiastically received. men to tTll up the effective strength of the brigade.
The Macdonalii Swobd of Honour— At a ^^^^ published "Jacobite Correspondence of
meeting held at the Scots Corporation Hall, of the Atholl Family" makes it abundantly clear that
Committee of the combined Highland Associa- ^i^gre was the work of recruiting and of whip-
tions of Loudon of the above fund, on the 21st . deserters more actively pursued than m
inst , the honorary treasurer, Mr. Donald C. Eraser, P^ = district The numerical strength of the Atholl
submitted his financial statement duly audited by -p '5'„„(je can only be matter of conjecture.
Messrs. James Eraser Sc Sons, chartered account- ° , , , ,i,„„ ,^„-. ,,f Viia miprv the
ants, which^showed the highly satisfactory result ^^^ ^^h ^gard to a J^^^^^^^^^^^^
that aft.r aefraying all expenses, there remains a ff^^X^/rt.Tniy formed separaU clan regiments,
surplus of 00 guineas, which will be used m pre- ^^ ^XchcliC and Macleans fought as a united
senting Colonel Macdonald with some suitable ihe IVJaciacnians anu Stpwwt's and the
souvenir of the occasion, to be selected by the regiment, as did John Roy btewart^s^ ''^^j
gallant officer himself. Farquharsons.