Under such chapter headings as—The gods of the Gaels, Finn and the Fenians, The war with the giants, The gods of the Britons, The Gaelic Argonauts, The gods as king Arthur’s knights, and The treasures of Britain, are given the legends and traditions of the early inhabitants of the British islands, the Gaelic and the British Celts.
“Altogether, then, Mr. Squire may be congratulated on a partial success. His research does not penetrate into German authorities; he is not fully alive to the anthropological side of the argument; his archaeology is not complete. But he knows and loves his subject within the boundaries presented by these limitations, and he has the peculiar charm of carrying his readers along with him in an attitude of love for the subject.” Laurence Gomme.
| + + — | Acad. 68: 58. Ja. 21. ‘05. 790w. |
“A book which brings together so great a store of knowledge on an obscure and fascinating subject in so readable a fashion is indeed a treasure, and one cannot but praise the author for his work.” Louis H. Gray.
| + + + | Bookm. 22: 58. S. ‘05. 960w. |
“His treatment of this subject is thorough and conscientious, and he has realized his hope of presenting it in a lucid and agreeable form.”
| + + | Nature. 72: 146. Je. 15, ‘05. 520w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 317. My. 13, ‘05. 240w. |
“Mr. Squire has handled his refractory subject very ably, and has made the story of British mythology both lucid and interesting.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 358. Je. 3, ‘05. 1600w. |
[*] “This book supplies a great literary vacuum. From some of the writer’s conclusions scholars may differ.”