In the preceding chapters an attempt has been made to point out the value of the literary treasures which lie enshrined in the Gaelic language, as well as the fact that no previous age has witnessed more Celtic activity than the present, and that the tongue of Ossian is still a subject of fond use and devotion with many. As an interesting proof of this the following verses may be appropriately introduced as a Gaelic close to the volume; and in relation to them it may be stated that they were first sung in a London church at a Gaelic service, with organ accompaniment, by a congregation of Gaels, Scots, Welsh, and Angles!— THE GAELIC NATIONAL ANTHEM. A NEW VERSION. I. Dhia, gléidh an sluagh le d’ ghràs! An rîoghachd ás gach câs! Dhia, gléidh an Crùn! Biodhmaid a ghnăth fo d’ lâimh Le buaidh os ceann gacli náimh, ’Nad ghrâdhsa faotainn sâimh! Dhia, gléidh an Crùn! II. A Thighearna, Dhia na glôir, Dean air gach diblidh fòir Is gléidh an Crùn! Cum suas Victoria chaomh: Roinn ceartas air gach taobh: Dion oighreachd bhochd do naomh! Dhia, gléidh an Crùn! III. Ar sùil tha Riutsa suas: Seall air ar cor le truas; Is gléidh an Crùn! Cair cuibhreach uilc mu sgaoil! Tog sinn á slochd an t-saogh’il! A steach do thir a’ ghaoil! Dhia, gléidh an Crùn! [Illustration: (decorative end-of-chapter icon)] INDEX. Adamnan, 15, 47, 52, 68, 95 Addis, 33 Adrian, 72 Aengus, 49 Ainle, 93, 95 Andersen, 127 Anderson, Joseph, 27, 85, 222 Aoife, 95 Ap Gwilym, D., 151 Ardan, 93, 95 Argyll, Countess of, 156 Argyll, Duke of, 222 Arnold, 33 Arnold, Matthew, 21 Arthur, 10 Averroes, 146 Avicenna, 146 Auld, 241 Baithen, 63 Bannatyne, Lord, 232 Beattie, Professor, 272 Bede, 99 Beith, Rev. Dr, 333 Bethune, Malcolm, 145 Black, Dr D., 338 Blackie, Professor, 20, 171, 192, 252 Blair, Rev. D. B., 312, 330, 338 Blair, Dr Hugh, 185 Blair, Dr Robert, 307, 337 Bopp, 7 Boswell, 186 Bourke, 20, 21 Breadalbane, Earl of, 261 Boyd, John, 339 Breakspere, 73 Brendan, 59, 66 Brendan of Birr, 59 Brigit [Bridget], 31, 41, 45, 76 Broccan, 51 Brown, Dorothy, 172 Browne, 343 Browning, E. B., 292 Browning, 302 Bruce, King R., 303 Bruce, Michael, 271, 284 Brude, 8, 63 Bryant, Dr Sophie, 56 Buchanan, Dugald, 248-253 Buchanan, Robert, 261, 290 Bugge, Professor Stephen, 84 Bunyan, 254 Burns, 4, 181 Burton, 55, 85 Cadoc, 59 Caedmon, 81 Cailte, 30, 89, 96 Cainnech, 59, 67 Cairbre, 13, 104 Cairnaan, 63 Calder, 229, 242 Calverley, 258 Calphurnius, 32 Cameron, Rev. A., 313 Cameron, Dr A., 38, 336 Cameron, John, 300 Cameron, J. M., M.P., 195 Campbell, Archibald, 300