Hew Morrison Collection > Gaelic texts for schools (new code)

PEEFACE.
The admission of the Gaelic language at last to a
recognised place, and to a substantial grant on the
Code, made it necessary to provide Text-books. This
is the first of a graduated series that is in prepara-
tion. The method of looking at the language from
above doivnwards is perhaps new, but is easy and
natural. It is meant for those to whom Gaelic is
the native tongue, and to whom the language should
be instructive, and not a constructive task. The value
of the mother tongue as a medium of mental and
moral training cannot be too highly estimated, and
it is anticipated that the privilege of studying it
will be accepted with a keen relish by pupils and
teachers alike. The little pieces from Dr MacLachlan,
here given, are so exquisitely pure and poetical as
to be irresistible. The prose extracts are from the
best writings, and their vitality is preserved, as far
as possible, that they may be the more interesting.
In the little grammar given, there is no attempt
at detail ; that is avoided. It is simply a guiding