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ST. COLUMBA. 241
" Seven years before tliat awful day,
■\Vlien time shall be no more,
A watery deluge shall o'crswecp
Hibernia's mossy shore.
The green-clad Isia too shall sink,
Whilst with the great and good,
Columba's happy isle shall rear
Her towers above the flood."
in North Britain, since the days of St. Columba, to whom the public are
more indebted, than to the Reverend Dr. Smith, for his faithful translation
of the scriptures, and several religious books, besides many other works of
liis own composition, which will be useful to succeeding ages. Add to
this his holy and exemplary life and conversation : his name ought to be
recorded in the annah of history— as a great divine, a bright geBJas^ asd a
good man.

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Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age
DescriptionCollected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum.
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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.