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INTRODUCTION.
In launching a new volume on an already stocked market
it is customary to give a raison d'etre for the hardihood.
We say therefore, in extenuation, that the following
pages represent fugitive pieces, the occupation of any
leisure moments that a busy professional life would
allow. They are subjects of deep import to one who was
born and lived for many years in one of the most
beautiful and historic districts of the Highlands of Perth-
shire. What is of interest to one may therefore prove
attractive to others.
In recent years an increasing interest has been
manifested in everything pertaining to the Highlands.
Indeed, it almost appears as if Scotland and that portion
of it were synonymous. This would account for a
representation of the latter symbolising the whole country
when topographically described. This is, of course, no
new thing. We can trace it back for a century to the
lime of George IV who, when on a visit to his ancient
realms, arrayed himself in Highland dress.
Even his henchman and host, the good Sir Walter
Scott, was on that occasion more a Highland Chief than
a Border Knight. As if that were not enough, the King
proposed the toast of his northern dominions in these
words — "I shall simply give you the chieftains and clans
of Scotland, and prosperity to the land of cakes." The
sentiment of the toast rather elevated the Highlander ovei
the rest of the Kingdom.
In launching a new volume on an already stocked market
it is customary to give a raison d'etre for the hardihood.
We say therefore, in extenuation, that the following
pages represent fugitive pieces, the occupation of any
leisure moments that a busy professional life would
allow. They are subjects of deep import to one who was
born and lived for many years in one of the most
beautiful and historic districts of the Highlands of Perth-
shire. What is of interest to one may therefore prove
attractive to others.
In recent years an increasing interest has been
manifested in everything pertaining to the Highlands.
Indeed, it almost appears as if Scotland and that portion
of it were synonymous. This would account for a
representation of the latter symbolising the whole country
when topographically described. This is, of course, no
new thing. We can trace it back for a century to the
lime of George IV who, when on a visit to his ancient
realms, arrayed himself in Highland dress.
Even his henchman and host, the good Sir Walter
Scott, was on that occasion more a Highland Chief than
a Border Knight. As if that were not enough, the King
proposed the toast of his northern dominions in these
words — "I shall simply give you the chieftains and clans
of Scotland, and prosperity to the land of cakes." The
sentiment of the toast rather elevated the Highlander ovei
the rest of the Kingdom.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Romance of the Highlands > (15) |
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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. |
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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. |
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