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No. XV.
PASSAGES
EXTRACTED EROM
ANCIENT GAELIC POEMS,
IN THE POSSESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ;
WITH
A LITERAL TRANSLATION,
BY DR. DONALD SMITH;
compared with Parts of the Epic Poem of Fingal,
As published by Mr. M'Phefson.

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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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Description	Drawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded.
Shelfmark	Oss.226
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 > Books
Dates / events:	1805 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Celtic (culture) Epics Literary criticism Authenticity
Person / organisation:	Archibald Constable & Co. [Publisher] MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 [Subject of text] Ossian, active 3rd century [Subject of text] Mackenzie, Henry, 1745-1831 [Author] Highland Society of Scotland [Sponsor]
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Ossian Collection
Description	Selected 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
Description	Selected 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.