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WORKS BY DR. HYDE.
LEABHAR SGEULAIGHTEACHTA, Folk Stories in
Irish, with Notes by Dr. Hyde, LL.D. Crown Svo, viiii. 261 pp.
wrapper, 5s.
WORKS BY ALFRED NUTT.
STUDIES ON THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL,
with Especial Reference to the Hypothesis of its Celtic Origin. Demy
Svo. XV., 281 pages. Cloth, los. 6d. nett.
Alons. Gaston Paris in '■^ Romania r — " Une des contributions les plus
précieuses et les plus méritoires qu'on ait encore apportées a l'éclaircissement
de ces questions difficiles et compliquées."
The Athenaiini. — "These charming studies of the Grail legend."
Tlie Scots Observer. — " An achievement of jjrofound erudition and masterly
argument to be hailed as redeeming English scholarship from a long-
standing reproach."
WAIFS AND STRAYS OF CELTIC TRADITION. Series
initiated and directed by Lord Archibald Campbell, Demy Svo,
cloth.
Vol. II. Folk and Hero Tales. Collected, edited (in Gaelic), and
translated by the Rev. D. JNIac Innes ; with a Study on the Develop-
ment of the Ossianic Saga, and copious Notes by Alfred Nutt. xxiv.
497 pages. Portrait of Campbell of Islay, and Two Illustrations by E.
Griset. 1890. 15s.
Highland Monthly — "The most important work on Highland Folk-lore
and Tales since Campbell's world-renowned Popular Tales."
Hecior Maclean — " Never before has the development of the Ossianic
Saga been so scientifically dealt with."
Scots Obsei-ver. — " ^Ir. Alfred Nutt's excursus and notes are lucid and
scholarly. They add immensely to the value of the book, and afford abun-
dant evidence of their author's extensive reading and sound erudition."
Ohan Telegraph. — The Gaelic text is colloquial and eminently idiomatic.
. . . ^Ir. Nutt desei^ves especial mention and much credit for the pains-
taking and careful research evidenced by his notes to the tales."
JP'cstmoreland Gazette. — " We cannot refrain from placing on record our
a])preciation for the remarkable masteiy of the subject which Mr. Alfred Nutt
lias brought to the execution of his task.