Popular Tales of the West Highlands Vol. IV: Contents

| | | PAGE | | | POSTSCRIPT | 1 | | I. | OSSIAN, 5. Points for Argument, 6. Statement of the case, 7. Current Opinions--English, 8; Scotch, 9; Irish, 10; Irish Argument considered, 12; Lowland Scotch | 24 | | | AUTHORITIES--Heroes of Ossian, 25. References to Fenian and other Traditions, and to Ossianic Heroes and Poems in Old Writings, chronologically arranged. | 35 | | | PUBLISHED EVIDENCE and Books | 96 | | | POPULAR BALLADS | 114 | | | CURRENT GAELIC TRADITIONS, etc. | 119 | | | INTERNAL EVIDENCE, etc., 131. Published Gaelic Ossian, 132. Opinion of MacNair | 131 | | | ESSAY ON GAELIC POETRY by H. MacLean | 147 | | | LETTER from John Dewar | 197 | | | LETTER from D. K. Torrie | 198 | | | LETTER from Archibald Sinclair | 202 | | | LETTER from Alexander Carmichael. | 209 | | | CONCLUSION | 227 | | | Ossianic Proverbs and Family History | 231 | | | p. vi. | | | II. | TRADITIONS--British Traditions | 237 | | | Welsh Stories, etc., compared with Gaelic | 246 | | III. | MYTHOLOGY--Aryan Theory, etc. | 274 | | | West Highland Stories | 286 | | | SUPERNATURAL HISTORY--Water-bulls and Water-Horses, Boobries, Dragons, Fairies, etc. | 299 | | | Icelandic Sagas | 314 | | IV. | A PLEA FOR GAELIC | 315 | | | List of Sanscrit Words, 317. Topography, 320. Some words common to Gaelic and English, 323. Other Languages, 325. Old Saxon | 325 | | V. | HIGHLAND DRESS | 333 | | VI. | CELTIC ART and its probable origin | 348 | | VII. | MUSIC | 369 | | | Conclusion | 370 | | | List of Ballads orally collected | 373 | | | References to written and Printed Ballads | 374 | | | List of Stories collected | 379 | | | Index | 429 |