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CONTENTS.

 

 

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POSTSCRIPT

1

I.

OSSIAN, 5. Points for Argument, 6. Statement of the case, 7. Current Opinions--English, 8; Scotch, 9; Irish, 10; Irish Argument considered, 12; Lowland Scotch 

24

 

AUTHORITIES--Heroes of Ossian, 25. References to Fenian and other Traditions, and to Ossianic Heroes and Poems in Old Writings, chronologically arranged.

35

 

PUBLISHED EVIDENCE and Books

96

 

POPULAR BALLADS

114

 

CURRENT GAELIC TRADITIONS, etc.

119

 

INTERNAL EVIDENCE, etc., 131. Published Gaelic Ossian, 132. Opinion of MacNair

131

 

ESSAY ON GAELIC POETRY by H. MacLean

147

 

LETTER from John Dewar

197

 

LETTER from D. K. Torrie

198

 

LETTER from Archibald Sinclair

202

 

LETTER from Alexander Carmichael.

209

 

CONCLUSION

227

 

Ossianic Proverbs and Family History

231

 

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II.

TRADITIONS--British Traditions

237

 

Welsh Stories, etc., compared with Gaelic

246

III.

MYTHOLOGY--Aryan Theory, etc.

274

 

West Highland Stories

286

 

SUPERNATURAL HISTORY--Water-bulls and Water-Horses, Boobries, Dragons, Fairies, etc.

299

 

Icelandic Sagas

314

IV.

A PLEA FOR GAELIC

315

 

List of Sanscrit Words, 317. Topography, 320. Some words common to Gaelic and English, 323. Other Languages, 325. Old Saxon

325

V.

HIGHLAND DRESS

333

VI.

CELTIC ART and its probable origin

348

VII.

MUSIC

369

 

Conclusion

370

 

List of Ballads orally collected

373

 

References to written and Printed Ballads

374

 

List of Stories collected

379

 

Index

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