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THE iERA OF OSSIAN. 69
The manners defcribed in thefe poems fuit
the ancient Celtic times, and no other pe-
riod that is known in hiftory. We mull,
therefore, place the heroes far back in anti-
quity ; and it matters little who were their
contemporaries in other parts of the world.
If we have placed Fingal in his proper pe-
riod, we do honour to the manners of bar-
barous times. He exercifed every manly
virtue in Caledonia, while Heliogabalus
difgraccd human nature at Rome.

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Volume 3
DescriptionVolume III.
ShelfmarkOss.41
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Poems of Ossian
DescriptionLondon : printed for J. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh; and for J. Mundell, Glasgow, 1796. In 3 volumes.
ShelfmarkOss.39-41
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.