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THE HEROIC AND OSSIANIC
LITERATURE
READ AT THE INVERNESS GAELIC SOCIETY
MEETING, 17th FEBRUARY 1886
ALEXANDER MACBAIN, M.A.,
F.S.A. SCOT., INVKRNESS.
INVERNESS :
PRINTED BY R. CARRUTHERS & SONS.

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Heroic and Ossianic literature
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Description	Read at the Inverness Gaelic Society meeting, 17th February 1886 by Alexander Macbain.
Shelfmark	Oss.273
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Pamphlets
Dates / events:	1886 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Highland > Inverness (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Literature (writings) Celtic (culture) Epics
Person / organisation:	Ossian, active 3rd century [Attributed name] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Subject of text] Ossian, active 3rd century [Subject of text] Inverness Gaelic Society [Sponsor] Macbain, Alexander, 1855-1907 [Author]
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Early Gaelic Book Collections
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