Denis’s Latin hexameter version of The Death of Oscar, with a German translation in hexameters on the opposite pages. Cp. Der Tod Oskars (1772) and Deutsches Museum (1783).
Review: Allg. deutsche Bibl., Vol. 69, i, pp. 96–7 (1786).
Ungedruckte Reste alten Gesangs nebst Stücken neurer Dichtkunst. von A. Elwert. Giesen und Marburg. pp. 23–4: Klage der Barden bei Darthulas Grab. Aus dem Ossian. von S——a. pp. 25–8: Schilriks Gesang. Aus dem Ossian. von S——a. pp. 65–9: Allins Trauergesang über den Tod der Liebenden. Aus dem Ossian. von S. pp. 70–1: Trauergesang über Malvinas Tod. Aus dem Ossian. von S.
All four are poetic translations, the first of Dar–Thula, p. 288, l. 31–p. 289, l. 3; the second of Carric–Thura, p. 145, l. 27–p. 146, l. 20; the third of Carric–Thura, p. 152, l. 12–p. 153, l. 7; the fourth of Berrathon, p. 374, beginning–p. 375, l. 1. The editor is Anselm Elwert, 1761–1825.
Review: Allg. deutsche Bibl., Vol. 59, ii, pp. 413–5 (1784).
Tales of Ossian for Use and Entertainment. Ein Lesebuch für Anfänger im Englischen. Mit beigefügten historischen und lokalen Erläuterungen &c. Nürnberg.
The editor of the Tales is J. Balbach. They are taken exclusively from the epics of Fingal and Temora: Morna, and Cairbar and Grudar from Fingal, Book i; Cuchullin to Connal, and Comal and Galvina from Bk. ii; The Song of Tura, and Fingal to Oscar from Bk. iii; Ossian and Evirallin from Bk. iv; Fingal and Orla, and Ryno’s Death from Bk. v; Trenmor and Inibaca from Bk. vi; Oscar’s Death, and The Tale of Fallen Cormac from Temora Bk. i; Fingal and Roscrana from Bk. iv; Sulmalla and Cathmor from Bk. vii, and Cathmor’s Death, and Sulmalla from Bk. viii. Copious notes are provided. A second edition appeared in 1794, a third in 1822, e. g.
Review: Allg. deutsche Bibl., Vol. 61, ii, pp. 608–9 (1785).
Karl Friedrich Kretschmans sämtliche Werke. 6 vols. Leipzig. 1784–99. Vol. 1, pp. 235–48: Zwey Fragmente nach Ossian. I. Fingal und Hloda. II. Der Schild. Cf. Taschenbuch, 1779–80.