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grace to Gaelic orthography and Grammar; and
a severe satire on the lingual ignorance of not a
few editors and writers of Gaelic productions.
It is a pity that so much money has been spent
on such a superfluous collection of which almost
the whole appeared formerly in a far better state.
Of quite a different kind, however, are the First
and Second series of Translations compiled by
the late Mr. Sinclair, Argyle Street, Glasgow;
the translations are excellent and elaborately
finished, and reflect great credit on all concerned.
Many of them are ably done by the compiler
himself, who projected the work, and to whom
Gaelic Literature is very much indebted in a
manner not generally known. This work is a
valuable addition to the Literature of Gaelic
Poetry.
I have now referred to all recent Gaelic Poetry
and Poets deserving any remarks from the critical
■writer; unless indeed I make exceptions in the
favour of the “Bard of Lochalsh,” the Rev. Mr.
MacRitchie, and Mr. Farquharson. Respect¬
able versifiers is, perhaps, the title to which these
can lay greater claims than to that of genuine
poets. The “Bard of Lochalsh” has written
many pieces of merit; but a few of those we have
seen deal in mere sycophantic addresses, the
spirit of which he has nearly buried under the
folds of an endless string of adjectives. The