This treatise is mentioned by Gurlitt (1804) and elsewhere, but I have not been able to trace it.
Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably enlarged by the last additions and corrections of the author. 4 vols. Basil. Vol. 1, pp. 315–72: Discussion of the Manners of the ancient Celts and Scandinavians.
Cf. German translation, 1774.
Allgemeiner Litterarischer Anzeiger. Leipzig. (July 15) p. 55, (Aug. 26) pp. 189–90: Einige biographisch–litterarische Nachrichten von James Macpherson, Esq.
Intelligenzblatt der Allgem. Literatur–Zeitung. No. 97, pp. 814–6:[11] Notice of James Macpherson’s death, with a short discussion of the poems of Ossian and the controversy they provoked.
Ibid., No. 146, pp. 1242–3: Notice of Hill’s French translation of the Galic Antiquities: Les poëmes d’Ossian, Orran, Ullin, etc., 3 vols. Paris, 1796, with references to Le Tourneur’s translation[12] and Arnault’s[13] dramatization: Oscar, fils d’Ossian, tragédie en cinq actes.
1797. Englische Blätter. Herausgegeben von Ludwig Schubart. Erlangen. pp. 1–20: Ossian. Proben aus Duffs Versuch etc. Vom Herausgeber. pp. 161–84: Ossian. (Beschluss.)
A discussion of the characteristics of Ossian and his poetry in his character as an original genius; with numerous quotations. A note on pp. 181–3 contains a prose translation of Fingal’s battle with the Spirit of Loda, Carric–Thura, p. 147, l. 9–p. 148, l. 6.—Cp. ibid., 1798.
Zerstreute Blätter von J.G. Herder. Sechste Sammlung. Gotha. pp. 95–142: II. Das Land der Seelen. Ein Fragment.