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INTRODUCTION.
appointed a Committee of its nmiiber
" to enquire into the Nature and Au-
" thenticity of the Poems of Ossian.*'
The Report of the Committee has ap-
peared, drawn up by the elegant pen
of Henry Mackenzie, Esq. its chair-
man. In this very interesting work,
many important circumstances, rela-
ting to Celtic literature in general, and
to the Poems of Ossian in particular,
are brought forward, and placed in a
luminous point of view. This is, in-
deed, what might have been expected
from the learned and accomplished Au-
thor, assisted by able Celtic scholars
and antiquarians, and favoured with
an extensive correspondence, carried on
by himself, and his associates of the
Committee, throughout the Highlands.
The Committee, however, properly