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NOTES
THE AUTHENTICITY
OSSIAN'S POEMS
A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES
OF SCOTLAND
" I've stood upon Achilles' tomb
And heard Troy doubted ; time will doubt of Rome."
— Byron.
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR
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Notes on the authenticity of Ossian's poems
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Description	Inscribed by the author.
Shelfmark	Cam.2.c.13
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1868 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Poetry Forgeries (derivative objects) Criticism
Person / organisation:	MacNeill, Archibald [Author] Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [Associated name] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Subject of text] Ossian, active 3rd century [Subject of text] Blackwood, William, 1836-1912 [Publisher]
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Ossian Collection
Description	Selected 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
Description	Selected 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.