Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition.
Series initiated and directed by
LORD ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL.
Demy 8vo, cloth.
ARGYLLSHIRE SERIES.
VOLUME I.
CRAIGNISH TALES.
Collected by the Rev. J. MacDougall; and Notes on the War Dress of the Celts by Lord Archibald Campbell, xvi, 98 pages. 20 plates. 1889. 5s.
VOLUME II.
FOLK AND HERO TALES.
Collected, edited (in Gaelic), and translated by the Rev. D. MacInnes; with a Study on the Development of the Ossianic Saga and copious Notes by Alfred Nutt. xxiv, 497 pages. Portrait of Campbell of Islay, and two illustrations by E. Griset. 1890. 15s.
“The most important work on Highland Folk-lore and Tales since Campbell’s world-renowned Popular Tales.”—Highland Monthly.
“Never before has the development of the Ossianic Saga been so scientifically dealt with.”—Hector Maclean.
“Mr. Alfred Nutt’s excurses and notes are lucid and scholarly. They add immensely to the value of the book, and afford abundant evidence of their author’s extensive reading and sound erudition.”—Scots Observer.
“The Gaelic text is colloquial and eminently idiomatic.... Mr. Nutt deserves special mention and much credit for the painstaking and careful research evidenced by his notes to the tales.”—Oban Telegraph.
VOLUME III.
FOLK AND HERO TALES.
Collected, edited, translated, and annotated by the Rev. J. MacDougall; with an Introduction by Alfred Nutt, and Three Illustrations by E. Griset.
1891. 10s. 6d.
VOLUME IV.
THE FIANS;
OR,
STORIES, POEMS, AND TRADITIONS
OF
FIONN AND HIS WARRIOR BAND.
Collected entirely from Oral Sources by John Gregorson Campbell (Minister of Tiree); with Introduction and Bibliographical Notes by Alfred Nutt. Portrait of Ian Campbell of Islay, and Illustrations by E. Griset.
THE LATE REV. J. G. CAMPBELL
WAIFS AND STRAYS OF CELTIC TRADITION.
ARGYLLSHIRE SERIES.—No. V.
CLAN TRADITIONS
AND POPULAR TALES
OF THE
WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS,
Collected from Oral Sources
BY THE LATE
Rev. JOHN GREGORSON CAMPBELL.
MINISTER OF TIREE.
SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR’S MS. REMAINS,
AND EDITED BY
JESSIE WALLACE AND DUNCAN MAC ISAAC,
WITH INTRODUCTION BY
ALFRED NUTT.
PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
DAVID NUTT, 270–271 STRAND.
1895.