INTRODUCTORY
Matthew Arnold.—The Study of Celtic Literature. Popular Edition. London, 1891.
Ernest Renan.—The Poetry of the Celtic Races (and other studies). Translated by William G. Hutchinson. London, 1896.
Two eloquent appreciations of Celtic literature.
Magnus Maclean, M.A., D.C.L.—The Literature of the Celts. Its History and Romance. London, 1902.
A handy exposition of all the branches of Celtic literature.
Elizabeth A. Sharp (editor).—Lyra Celtica. An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry. Ancient Irish, Alban, Gaelic, Breton, Cymric, and Modern Scottish and Irish Celtic Poetry. With introduction and notes by William Sharp. Edinburgh, 1896.
Alfred Nutt.—Celtic and Mediæval Romance. No. 1 of Mr. Nutt’s “Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore”. London, 1899.
A pamphlet briefly tracing the indebtedness of mediæval European literature to pre-mediæval Celtic sources.