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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Leabhar Ur Caidhlig
* An Iuchair Oir : Searmoinean leis an
Urramach Calum MacLe6id, M.A. Air an
deasachadh, le lomradh air Beatha an Ughdair,
leis an Urramach T. M. MacCalmain, M.A.
(Comunn nan Trachdaichean, Sruighlea,
147 t.d., 4/6).
Is e seo leabhar shearmoinean Gaidhlig leis
an Urramach Calum MacLedid nach maireann,
agus bidh a chairdean uile—agus tha iad
lionmhor—toilichte gun do dh’fh&g e an
cuimhneachan-sa aca.
Tha an leabhar air a dheagh dheasachadh
leis an Urramach T. M. MacCalmain, agus tha
e mar an ceudna a’ toirt gearr-iomradh, ann
am Beurla agus ann an Gaidhlig, air beatha an
ughdair, agus chuir e, gu freagarrach, flor
iomhaigh an fighdair ann an toiseach an
leabhair. Tha an leabhar air a chur a mach
ann an cumadh tlachdmhor le Comunn nan
Trachdaichean, Sruighlea. Tha an cdrr de’n
leabhar mar a thainig e bho pheann an ughdair.
Tha e coltach gu robh e ’na shealladh na
searmoinean-sa, a chuir e fhein ann an brdugh
mus do chaochail e, a chld-bhualadh; agus is
maith is fhiach gach aon de na seachd sear¬
moinean fichead a chur ann an leabhar. Tha
smior an t-Soisgeil anrita uile, agus tha iad
air an sgriobhadh gu slmplidh drdail, direach
mar a labhair e iad, ann an Gaidhlig mhilis,
bhlasda a mh&thar, sughmhor, sasaichte, bl&th
bho a chridhe. Nuair a leughas mi anns a’
cheud searmoin, a thug an t-ainm “ An luchair
Oir ” do’n leabhar, ‘ A charaid agus a bhana-
charaid,” saoilidh mi gu bheil mi araon ag
cluinntinn a ghuth chkirdeil, choibhneil, agus
a' faicinn a rithis nan siiilean tlktha,
tarraingeach.
Chaidh trian de na searmoinean anns an
leabhar a shearmonachadh air tus air Latha
Comanachaidh ann an iomadh coimhthional air
feadh na Gaidhealtachd agus gu sbnraichte
anns na h-Eileanan. Cuid eile dhiubh a
chraobh-sgaoileadh air an RAdio.. ’S iomadh
duine a chuala na searmoinean-sa cheana, agus
a bhios ro thoileach an leughadh a rithis
agus cnuasachadh orra air an socair fh&n an
* AN IUCHAIR OIR (THE GOLDEN KEY):
Gaeilic Sermons by the late Rev. Malcolm
MacLeod, M.A.; edited, with Gaelic Memoir
and Biographical Sketch in English, by the
Rev. T. M. Murchison, M.A. (Stirling Tract
Enterprise, 4/6, postage 4d.).
taic na cagailte. Bho dh’fhosgail mi an
leabhar cha b’urrainn dhomh a leigeil seachad
gus na leugh mi e bho thoiseach gu crlch,
agus is iomadh dorus a dh’fhosgail “ An
luchair Oir ” dhomh air an turus.
Chan aithne dhornh leabhar shearmoinean
Gaidhlig eile, bho chaidh “ Beatha agus
Searmoinean McCheyne ” eadar-theangachadh
gu Gkidhlig, a bhios cho feumail do na h-uile
aig a bheil sp6is do na nithean sin, ris <f An
luchair Oir ”.
Cha b’urrainn cuimhneachan na bu fhreag-
arraiche agus na b’fheumaile a bhith agalnn
air ar caraid caomh na an leabhar shearmoin-
ean-sa, a bhios ’na chuimhneachan air
ministear soisgeulach agus priomh sgoilear
Gaidhlig agus caraid c6ir dileas, agus mar a
ghuidh e fhein anns an Roimh-Radh, “ ’na
mheadhon urachaidh is beathachaidh d’a
chkirdean uile, agus mar sin ’na bheannachd
agus ’na bhuannachd do no Gaidheil uile a
leughas e.”
Is m6r agus is maith luach na pris (ceithir
is sia sgillinn), ged a bhiodh e uibhir eile.
D. McT.
Argyll
The History of Argyll, from the earliest
times to the beginning of the 16th century;
by Dr. Colin M. Macdonald (W. & R.
Holmes, Glasgow, 343 pp., 15/-).
Much has been written about the Highlands
-a great deal of it very shoddy history—and
very much still remains ‘to be done. One
welcomes, therefore, this solid contribution to
the earlier history of one of the most important
areas of the Highlands. It is a well-
documented book, the fruit of much research
and study, as the numerous notes and
references indicate. The author exercises his
critical faculty on his sources of information
and is not afraid to “ debunk ” much of what
passes for history. Several very useful
“ illustrative maps ” add to the value of the
book.
Argyll is now a large county; it used to be
an extensive province, reaching from the Mull
of Kintyre to Loch Broom; earlier it was an
independent Gaelic kingdom. The stages in
its development are here traced with skill,
against the background of Scottish history.
One hopes that Dr. Macdonald will continue
his work on Argyll in a further volume or two.