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By the EDITOR,
The following Poems 77ere traRf;inittecl to
the Editor by feveral clergymen and other
Gentkmen in the Jrlighlarkds, v/iio were fo
kind as to take the trouble of collecting them.
He has been aiTured, by perfons who are
well livilied in the Gaelic Language, and who
haye good judgment and tafte, that they are
worthy of being communicated to the Pub-
lic,
He particularly acknowledges his obligati-
ons to Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Baronet,
for procuring and carefully rcviimo; many
of them.
So much has of late been written and pub-
iifned concerning the Gaelic Poetry, that it
was reckoned unneceiTary to prefix any dif-
fertation on that f\ibje6l, the Editor hum.b-
ly hopes the Poems will be found to be ac-
curately printed.
P^rth, June »5, r78(5.
By the EDITOR,
The following Poems 77ere traRf;inittecl to
the Editor by feveral clergymen and other
Gentkmen in the Jrlighlarkds, v/iio were fo
kind as to take the trouble of collecting them.
He has been aiTured, by perfons who are
well livilied in the Gaelic Language, and who
haye good judgment and tafte, that they are
worthy of being communicated to the Pub-
lic,
He particularly acknowledges his obligati-
ons to Sir James Foulis of Colinton, Baronet,
for procuring and carefully rcviimo; many
of them.
So much has of late been written and pub-
iifned concerning the Gaelic Poetry, that it
was reckoned unneceiTary to prefix any dif-
fertation on that f\ibje6l, the Editor hum.b-
ly hopes the Poems will be found to be ac-
curately printed.
P^rth, June »5, r78(5.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Sean dain, agus orain Ghaidhealach > (11) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81940087 |
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| Description | Air an tabhairt o dhaoin uaisle, araid an Gaeltachd Alba, don fhear fhoillsicheadh Eoin Gillies. Aon co-fhreagarrach don 't Sean Chuideachd Albannach ann Duneidinn, agus fear don t' Sean Chuideachd am Peairt, agus leabhar receudair don'Chuideachd-sin. (Collection of ancient and modern Gaelic poems and songs, transmitted from gentlemen in the Highlands of Scotland to the editor.) |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.213 |
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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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