WRITTEN FOR THE WORK,
BY THE REV. THOMAS MACLAUCHLAN, LL.D., F.S.A.S.,
One of the Editors of the “Dean of Lismore’s Book,” Author of
“The Early Scottish Church,” &c.;
AND AN ESSAY ON HIGHLAND SCENERY,
BY THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN WILSON.
EDITED BY JOHN S. KELTIE, F.S.A.S.
During the last thirty years, the patriotic labours of the various Scottish book-clubs,—The Abbotsford, The Bannatyne, The Iona, The Maitland, The Spalding Clubs—the works of the various eminent Scottish antiquaries and historians, not to mention many valuable papers and pamphlets, have not only subjected everything connected with the history of the Highlands to an unsparing and searching criticism, but have also brought to light many new facts, and opened up formerly unthought-of tracks of inquiry. Such a flood of light has thus been thrown on all matters connected with the Highlands, that the publishers feel Browne’s History of the Highlands and Clans,—the work on which this publication is to a certain extent based,—has fallen behind the age, and that, to keep pace with the advanced state of historical research, a NEW WORK IS DEMANDED. Therefore, in preparing the work now presented to the public, it has been found necessary to make such extensive alterations and additions, that the publishers feel justified in calling it a NEW WORK.
The work is divided into three sections:—
I. The General History of the Highlands, including Religion, Literature, and Antiquities.