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Celtic MSS. in relation to the Macpherson fraud: With a review of Professor Freeman's criticism of [P.B. Du Chaillu's] "The Viking Age," by the author of "Celticism a myth"Roger, James Cruikshank

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Celtic MSS. in relation to the Macpherson fraud: With a review of Professor Freeman's criticism of [P.B. Du Chaillu's] "The Viking Age," by the author of "Celticism a myth"

Name: Celtic MSS. in relation to the Macpherson fraud: With a review of Professor Freeman's criticism of [P.B. Du Chaillu's] "The Viking Age," by the author of "Celticism a myth"
Author: Roger, James Cruikshank

Roger, James Cruikshank

Celtic literature -- History and criticism; Ossian, active 3rd century

CELTIC MSS.

                             IN RELATION TO

                         THE MACPHERSON FRAUD;

                            WITH A REVIEW OF

                     PROFESSOR FREEMAN’S CRITICISM

                                   OF

                           “The Viking Age,”

                                   BY

                             THE AUTHOR OF

                          “CELTICISM A MYTH.”

       “I thought your book an imposture. I think it an imposture
                        still.”--_Dr. Johnson._

“The purposeless tortuosities of Celtic falsehood, and its most subtile
                  manifestations.”--_Weekly Scotsman._

    “The received accounts of the Saxon immigration, and subsequent
  fortunes, and ultimate settlement, are devoid of historical truth in
                    every detail.”--_J. M. Kemble._

         “And, armed in proof, the gauntlet cast at once
         To Scotch marauder, and to Southern dunce.”--_Byron._

                                LONDON:
                    E. W. ALLEN, 4, AVE MARIA LANE.

                                MDCCCXC.




                                 LONDON
            PRINTED AT THE COURTS OF JUSTICE PRINTING WORKS
                      BY DIPROSE, BATEMAN AND CO.




PREFACE.


That portion of this tractate which relates to Celtic manuscripts and
the doings of Macpherson, was transmitted to the _Scotsman_ newspaper,
in reply to an article by Professor Mackinnon which appeared in that
journal. My communication was however returned by the editor on the
plea that he could not find room for its insertion. It was perhaps
too much to expect that a journal owned by one of the secretaries of
a Society, which had engaged the services of the Celtic Professor at
Oxford, to uphold what I call the Celtic myth, should open its columns
to one inimical to Macpherson, and utterly sceptical in regard to his
pretended translation. Mr. Mackinnon’s enumeration seems a vindication
of the antiquity of Celtic MSS. in general, and was no doubt also
projected “as a basis for more extended collaboration.”

It occurred to me that my remarks on the Ossian MSS. might with
advantage be incorporated with some notice of Professor Freeman’s
criticism of “The Viking Age,” both tending in the same direction. One
wipes out the Celts as the pioneers of civilization, the other explodes
the Saxons as a race distinct from the Scandinavians. With this in view
I have been aiming for some time past, to put my thoughts in train for
publication, but want of time has always stood in the way.

                                                            J. C. ROGER.

  FRIARS WATCH,
  WALTHAMSTOW.
  _October, 1890._




CELTIC MSS.

IN RELATION TO

THE MACPHERSON FRAUD, &c.

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