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Learning, and Letters of Europe. F. Wise, A. S. Oxford, 1758,

4to.

Mémoires sur la Langue Celtique contenant l'histoire de cette langue une description etymologique de Villes, Rivieres, &c. avec un Dictionnaire de cette langue. M. Bullet. Besançon, 1754, 1759, 1760, 3 vols. folio. The author wrote several other works, but this contributed most to his reputation. He died in Sept. 1775, aged 76.

+ The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans in the northern parts of Scotland and in the Western Islands, from the year 1031 until 1619, published from a MS. written in the reign of James VI. and printed by Foulis. Glasgow, 1764, 12mo. This work contains the domestic feuds and savage conflicts, which disgraced the Clans from the 11th to the latter end of the 17th century, that is, from the "Conflict of Drumilia," in the days of Malcolm II. to the Battle of Mulroy, and shows us the degenerate state of the Highlanders and their ignoble motives for going to war, when compared to what they were in the days of Fingal. Another edition, printed at Glasgow in 1780, to which is added a collection of ancient Gaelic Songs.

The Way to Things by Words and to Words by Things, being a sketch to retrieve the ancient Celtic or primitive language of Europe. John Cleland. London, 1766, 8vo.

An Irish and English Dictionary, by O'Brien. Paris, 1768, 4to. + Critical Dissertations on the origin, antiquities, language, government, manners, and religion of the ancient Caledonians, their posterity the Picts, and the British and Irish Scots. By John Macpherson, D. D. Minister of Slate in the Isle of Skye. London, 1768, 4to. This work was published after the learned Author's death, and is dedicated by his son Sir John Macpherson, Bart. to the Hon. Charles Greville.

Specimen of an etymological Vocabulary, or an essay to retrieve the ancient Celtic, by J. Cleland. London, 1768, 8vo.

Historical and critical Remarks on the British Tongue, and its connection with other languages, founded on its state in the Welsh Bible. Thomas Llewelyn. London, 1769, 8vo.

*+ Ancient Scottish Poems, published from the MS. of George Bannatyne, 1568, by Sir David Dalrymple, Bart. (Lord Hailes). Edinburgh, 1770, 12mo. The reputation of Lord Hailes, for a knowledge of antiquities and polite literature, is well known. Among the many valuable works he published, the following are a few:

Remarks on the History of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1773, 12mo. Annals of Scotland, from the accession of Malcolm III. surnamed Canmore, to the accession of Robert I. Edinburgh, 1776. Tables of the succession of the Kings of Scotland, from Malcolm III. to Robert I. and chronological abridgment of the same. Annals of Scot. land, from the accession of Robert I. to the accession of the House of Stuart, with an Appendix containing nine Dissertations, 1779, 4to. This Author was born in Edinburgh, 28th October, 1726, and died 29th November, 1792, in the 66th year of his age.

+ Tour through Scotland, by Thomas Pennant, Esq. 1771, 3 vol. This work has run through several editions.

4to.

A Dissertation on the Welsh Language. John Walters. Cowbridge, 1770, 8vo.

English-Welsh Dictionary. Wm. Evans. Carmarthen, 1771, 8vo. Introduction to the History of Great Britain, by James Macpherson, the Translator of Ossian's poems, 1771, 4to.

+ An Essay on the Antiquity of the Irish Language, being a collation of the Irish with the Punic language. Lieut. Col. Charles Vallancey. Dublin, 1772, 8vo.

+ A Grammar of the Iberno-Celtic, or Irish Language; to which is prefixed an Essay on the Celtic Languages, shewing the importance of the Iberno-Celtic to Students in History, Antiquity, and the Greek and Roman Classics, by Lieut. Col. Charles Vallancey, LL. D. Dublin, 1773. A second edition. Dublin, 1780, 8vo.

+ Monde primitif analysé et comparé avec le Monde moderne consideré dans l'histoire naturelle de la parole ou origine du langage et de l'écriture, par M. Court de Gebelin. Paris, 1775 and 1782, in 9 vols. 4to.

Dictionnaire Roman, Walon, Celtique, et Tudesque. Buillon, 1777, 4to.

Essai sur les Langues en général. Sablier. Paris, 1777.

+ The Works of the Caledonian Bards, translated from the Gaelic, by John Clark. Edinburgh, 1777, 12mo. An account of the poems in this collection is given in Note F. to Cesarotti's Dissertation, p. 341. Elemens de la Langue des Celtes Gomerites ou Bretons, avec un Vocabulaire. Le Brigant. Strasburg, 1779, 8vo.

+ Gaelic Antiquities, consisting of a History of the Druids, particularly of those of Caledonia, a dissertation on the authenticity of the

poems of Ossian, and a collection of ancient poems translated from the Gaelic of Ullin, Ossian, Orran, &c. by John Smith, D. D. Edinburgh, 1780. The originals of those poems were published in 1787, and dedicated to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Highland Society of London.

Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a series of letters to Thomas Pennant, Esq. By the Rev. Charles Cordiner, minister of St. Andrew's Chapel, Bamf, 1780, 4to.

Druidism revived, or a dissertation on the characters and modes of writing used by the (ancient) Irish. Wm. Beauford. Dublin, 1781, 8vo.

Chinese and Japonese Languages collated with the Irish, by Lieut. Colonel Charles Vallancey. Dublin, 1782, 8vo.

+ Origin and Progress of Writing, as well hieroglyphic as elemen. tary, illustrated by engravings taken from Marbles, Manuscripts, and Charters, ancient and modern, by Thomas Astle, Esq. Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, 1784, 4to. An improved edition of this valuable work was printed in London, 1803, 4to. This work and Mabillon's Re-Diplomatica, already noticed, are regarded as chef-d'œuvres in the art of decyphering ancient writings, and they have been quoted in the Report of the Highland Society of Scotland, as well as in some of the Notes and Observations to Cesarotti's Dissertation, to prove the antiquity of several Gaelic MSS. in the possession of the Highland Society of Scotland. See Notes E. and N. to Cesarotti's Dissertation, Supplemental Observations, p. 439, et seq. and Catalogue of Gaelic MSS. in possession of the said Highland Society inserted at the end.

* + Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards. Walker, 1786. *+ Miss Brooke's Relicts of Irish Poetry.

+ The Life and Miracles of St. Columba, by the Rev. John Smith, D. D.

* Poems of Ossian, lately discovered by Edmund de Harold, Colonel in the service of the Elector Palatine, &c. Dusseldorf, 1787, 8vo. An account of this collection is given in Note I. to Cesarotti's Dissertation, p. 344.

Antiquities of Scotland, by Francis Grosse, Esq. 1789. 2 vols.

folio.

Archæologia Cornu-Britannica, or an Essay to preserve the Rudi

ments of the ancient Cornish language, containing a Grammar and Vocabulary. Wm. Pryce. Sherborne, 1790, 4to.

+ Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England and Scotland, natural, economical, and literary. By Thomas Newte, Esq. London, 1791, 4to.

Observations made in a Journey through the Western Countries of Scoland, relating to the Scenery, Antiquities, Customs, Manners, Population, Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, political Condition, and Literature of these parts. By Robert Heron. Perth, 1793. 2 vols. 8vo.

A Welsh and English Dictionary, to which is prefixed a Welsh Grammar. Wm. Owen. London, 1793.

The History of the ancient Surname of Buchanan, and of the Scottish Surnames among the Clans. By Wm. Buchanan of Auchmar. Glasgow, 1793.

A Defence of the Scottish Highlanders in general, and some learned Characters in particular, with a new and satisfactory account of tho Picts, Scots, Fingal, Ossian, and his poems, as also the Macs, Clans, Bodotria, and several other particulars respecting the high Antiquities of Scotland, by the Rev. John Lane Buchanan. London, 1794, 8vo.

* + The Statistical Account of Scotland, drawn up from the communications of the Ministers of the different Parishes. By Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Edinburgh, 1794 and 1802, in 21 vols. 8vo. This laborious work not only does infinite credit to the zeal and patriotism of the editor, who first formed the plan, but displays a fund of learning and curious information on the Antiquities, natural History, rural and political Economy of Scotland, a knowledge of which the Clergy in so eminent a degree possess; and it may be justly said, in the words of the late George Dempster, Esq. "That no publication of equal information and curiosity has appeared in Great Britain since Doomsday Book, and that from the ample and authentic facts which it records, it must be resorted to by every statesman, philosopher, and divine, as the best basis that has ever yet appeared for political speculation."

Travels in England, Scotland, and the Hebrides, undertaken for the purpose of examining the state of the Arts, the Sciences, Natural History, and Manners in Great Britain, with a Description of the Cave of Fingal. Translated from the French of B. Faujas SaintFond, Member of the National Institute, &c. London, 1799, 2 vols. 8vO.

+ History of Poetry in Scotland, by Alexander Campbell, 1798. 2 vols. 4to.

+ Asiatic Researches; or Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal for inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature of Asia, 1799. 6 vols. 4to.

Etymologicon Magnum, or universal Etymological Dictionary, on a new plan, with illustrations drawn from various languages, English, Gothic, German, Danish, &c. Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, Bretagne, &c. The dialects of the Sclavonic and Eastern languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanscrit, Gipsey, Coptic, &c. Part I. by Walter White. Cambridge, 1800, 4to.

+ Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and part of the Western Isles of Scotland, particularly Staffa and Icolmkill, by Tho. Garnett, M. D. late Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in the Royal Institution of Great Britain. London, 1800. 2 vols. 4to. We have given an Extract from this work, together with an interesting letter from the Rev. Mr. Macintyre, respecting the authenticity of Ossian's poems in the Summary of Evidence, p. 463, Supp. Observations.

Remarks on local Scenery in Scotland during the years 1799, and 1800, by John Stoddart, LL. B. London, 1801. 2 Vols. 8vo.

+ Tour from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain, with remarks on Scottish landscape, and observations on rural economy, natural history, manufactures, trade, and commerce, interspersed with anecdotes traditional, literary, and historical, by Alexander Campbell, 1802. 2 vols. 4to.

+ Poems on various subjects, by Mrs. Grant Laggan, 1803, 8vo. This collection contains the Highlanders, or Sketches of Highland Scenery and Manners, with several other poems; also Observations on the Authenticity of Ossian's poems, and an English version from the Gaelic, of a fragment of Morduth and the Aged Bard's Wish.

Celtic Researches on the Origin, Tradition, and Language of the Ancient Britons, with some introductory sketches on primitive Society.. By Edward Davies, Curate of Olvestone, Gloucestershire. London, 1804, royal 8vo.

Some of Ossian's lesser poems rendered into verse, with a prelimi. nary discourse in Answer to Mr. Laing's Critical and Historical Dissertation on the Antiquity of Ossian's poems, by Archibald Macdonald. Liverpool, 1805, 8vo.

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