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AN DEO-GREINE.
■THE CELTIC REVIEW."
A brief reference was made in our last
issue concerning ‘‘The Celtic Beview.’’
Mr. Eneas Mackay, Stirling, has now issued
a circular in the following terms : —
In 1916 ‘‘The Celtic Beview,’’ which had
then reached its tenth volume, was sus¬
pended on account of the difficulties caused
by the war. Since the end of the war the
publishers have received numerous inquiries
for it, and the editor has frequently been
urged to resume publication, and has
received gratifying assurance of support.
The ‘‘Beview’’ was founded for the
purpose of fostering and encouraging
interest in Celtic, and especially Gaelic,
literature and learning. Neither contribu¬
tors, editor, or publishers benefited by it
financially. At the present time the
number of students of Celtic is well main¬
tained, and the interest taken in Celtic
studies by the general reader is steadily
increasing. But the cost of placing the
results of investigation before those inter¬
ested is discouraging to the workers, and
much information which should be placed
on record remains, it is to be feared, in the
minds or in the manuscripts of scholars.
The suspension of the ‘‘Beview’’—the only
publication of its kind in Scotland—has,
undoubtedly, been felt as a loss.
In the ten volumes already issued will be
found transcriptions of Gaelic manuscripts,
with translation, and articles on many
subjects of interest, such as history, legends,
and lore, names of persons and of places,
language, grammar, archaeology, music,
poetry, stories and sketches, together with
reviews of books on Celtic subjects, by
writers of authority.
If the ‘‘Beview’’ is to be revived it has
been found necessary, in view of the
greatly increased cost of paper and of print¬
ing, to issue it at one guinea a year (three
numbers), as nearly as possible uniform with
former issues. An appeal is, therefore,
made to all who love the Celt of the past
and the present, and who would like to see
his literature and history esteemed and
understood, to subscribe to ‘‘The Celtic
Beview” in such numbers as to place it on a
satisfactory basis, and as arrangements for
resumption cannot be made till the number
of subscribers is adequate, it is desirable
that names of subscribers should be given as
soon as possible,
BEANNAIBH MO GHRAIDH.
O’s eibhinn an sealladh learn beannaibh mo
ghraidh,
Ag eirigh suas thall ud ’sa gealladh dhomh
failt’;
Tha ceo air am barraibh mar thannasg a’
snamh,
Is fann-ghaoth an Earraich ’ga iomain gu
fail.
Tha iubhrach na h-acfhuinn ’cur astar ’na
deidh,
’S muir ghorm a’ Chuain Bosaich ’deanamh
socair a ceum,
G’am ghiulan-sa dhachaidh gu cladaichean
r^idh,
’S an fhaoileag bheag mhara ’gam fhair’
air an sg&th
’N uair gheibh mi gu cala ’s mo chas air an
traigh,
Mo mhathair ni mo ghlacadh g’a broilleach
gu blath;
Deoir aoibhneaeh a’ frasadh ’gam fhaicinn-^
sa slkn,
Is mise a’ cuimhneach’ nan laithean a
bhk.
Am bothan beag tubhaidh bha ’sa bhruthach
ud thall,
Bu mhuirneach an comhlan ’nuair 6g bha
sinn ann;
An diugh e ’na Ikraich mar charn anns a’
ghleann—
Mar chuimhneach’ d’ar n-£d air na
dh’fhkg sinn ’san Fhraing.
A fhraoch-bheannaibh corrach, krd-mhonadh
is shliabh,
A shlios nan creag sgorrach ’sa choire nam
fiadh!
Mar dhiibhlachd a’ gheamhraidh do m’aigne
bha riamh,
Mur faicinn dhiobh sealladh, O, bheann-
aibh mo mhiann!
Tha tuireadh am buille na tuinn’ air an
trkigh,
Tha crbnan na Lusa mar chumha do
m’ chkil;
Cha dan dhomh bhi fuireach ach siubhal gun
dhil,
O, slkn leis na h-uile—tha mulad ’nam
dhkn.
Null Mac Ghille Sheathanaich.
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