FOOTNOTES
[1]The “leabhar-aifrionn” (pron. lyo-ur eff-runn) is a missal: literally a mass-book, or chapel-book. Bru-dhearg is literally red-breast.
[2]“O my Grief, my Grief.”
[3]The first part of the story of Ula and Urla, as Isla and Eilidh, is told in “Silk o’ the Kine,” at the end of The Sin-Eater. [The name Eilidh, is pronounced Eily (liq.) or Isle-ih.]
[4]Pronounce mogh-rāy, mogh-rēe (my heart’s delight—lit. my dear one, my heart).
By the Same Author.
PHARAIS: A Romance of the Isles.
(Frank Murray, Derby.)
(Stone & Kimball, New York.)
THE MOUNTAIN LOVERS: A Romance.
(John Lane, London.)
(Roberts Bros., Boston.)
THE SIN-EATER: and other Tales.
(Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, Edinburgh.)
(Stone & Kimball, New York.)
THE WASHER OF THE FORD:
and other Legendary Moralities.
(Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, Edinburgh.)
(Stone & Kimball, New York.)
GREEN FIRE: A Romance.
(Archibald Constable & Co., London.)
(Harpers, New York.)
FROM THE HILLS OF DREAM:
Mountain Songs and Island Runes.
(Patrick Geddes & Colleagues, Edinburgh.)
RE-ISSUE OF
Miss Fiona Macleod’s Stories
Rearranged, and with Additional Tales
VOL. I.
SPIRITUAL TALES
Contents
St Bride of the Isles. The Three Marvels of Iona. The Melancholy of Ulad. Ula and Urla. The Dark Nameless One. The Smoothing of the Hand. The Anointed Man. The Hills of Ruel. The Fisher of Men. The Last Supper. The Awakening of Angus Ogue.
VOL. II.
BARBARIC TALES
Contents
The Song of the Sword. The Flight of the Culdees. Mircath. The Laughter of the Queen. The Harping of Cravetheen. Ahez the Pale. Silk o’ the Kine. Cathal of the Woods. The Washer of the Fords.
VOL. III.
TRAGIC ROMANCES
Contents
Morag of the Glen. The Dan-nan-Ron. The Sin-Eater. The Ninth Wave. The Judgment o’ God. Green Branches. The Archer.
BY FIONA MACLEOD.
PHARAIS: A Romance of the Isles. THE MOUNTAIN LOVERS. THE SIN-EATER: and other Tales. THE WASHER OF THE FORD. GREEN FIRE: A Romance. FROM THE HILLS OF DREAM: Mountain Songs and Island Runes.
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