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LETTERS TO DR. BLAIR. S7
north and south, not in that of east and west ; and as
Fingal was published before any of these Tumuli were
opened, which you will get attested by Benchar, and
the people he employed in the works, this seems to make
fitrong for the antiquity. I am.
Reverend Sir,
Your most obedient
humble serv^ant,
Alex. Bos well.
'P. S.— I was so much pleased with your former Dis-
sertation, that I could not help throwing out to you what
1^ above.
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
DescriptionIncludes texts in Gaelic with translations into Latin and English. "Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie".
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.