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The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad. — John Shaqi

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The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad.

Name: The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad.
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_THE SCOTTISH GAEL, OR CELTIC MANNERS AS PRESERVED AMONG THE
HIGHLANDERS. By the LATE JAMES LOGAN, F.S.A.S. Edited with Memoir
and Notes by the_ REV. ALEX. STEWART, "Nether Lochaber." _Issued in 12
Parts at 2s each. Inverness: Hugh Mackenzie, Bank Lane. Edinburgh:
Maclachlan & Stewart. Glasgow:_ John Tweed.

We have before us the first and second parts of this valuable work. The
Frontispiece is a coloured plate of two Highland Chiefs dressed in the
Stewart and Gordon tartans; and the other engravings, which are well got
up, are in every case _fac-similes_ of those in the original Edition,
which had become so scarce that it was difficult to procure it even at a
very high price. Logan's _Scottish Gael_ has long been held as the best
authority on the antiquities and national peculiarities of Scotland,
especially on those of the Northern or Gaelic parts of the country where
some of the peculiar habits of the aboriginal race have been most
tenaciously retained.

The valuable superintendence and learned notes of "Nether-Lochaber,"
one of our best Celtic scholars and antiquarians, will very materially
enhance the value of the work, which is well printed in clear bold
type, altogether creditable to the printer and to the editor, but,
particularly so, to the public-spirited publisher. We have no hesitation
in recommending the work to all who take an interest in the Literature of
the Gael.




SONG OF THE SUMMER BREEZE.

_Dedicated by permission to the_ REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.

          When balmy spring
          Has ceased to wring
    The youthful bud from the old oak tree,
          And the sweet primrose
          No longer glows
    On the glad hill-side by the sunfilled sea;
          When the Cuckoo's wail
            Has ceased to go
          O'er hill and dale
            In a pensive flow,
          And the deepest shade
          In the woods is made,
    And the brightest bloom on the fields is laid;
          When the lord of light
            With a lover's pride
          Pours a beauty bright
            O'er his blushing bride,
          That lies below
          His glowing gaze,
    In a woodland glow, and a flowery blaze;
          When winter's gloom
            Of wind and rain
          Is lost in the bloom
            Of the flower-lit plain,
          And his ruins grey
          Have died away
    In the love-sent breath of the smiling day;
          When the beauteous hours
          Of the twilight still
    With dewy tears in their joy-swelled eyes
          See the peaceful flowers
          On the cloudless hill
    Send scented gifts to the grateful skies;
          And the wave-like grain
          O'er the sea-like plain
    In peaceful splendour essays to rise;--
    From my silent birth in the flowery land
          Of the sunny south
          At time's command.
    As still as the breath of a rosy mouth,
    Or rippling wave on the sighing sand,
    Or surging grass by the stony strand,

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The Celtic Magazine, Vol I, No. IV, February 1876: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad.

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