The object of this short list is merely to supplement the marginal notes by pointing out to a reader desirous of going deeper into the subject the most recent and accessible works upon it. That they should be accessible is, in its intention, the most important thing; and therefore only books easily and cheaply obtainable will be mentioned. INTRODUCTORY Matthew Arnold.—THE STUDY OF CELTIC LITERATURE. Popular Edition. London, 1891. Ernest Renan.—THE POETRY OF THE CELTIC RACES (and other studies). Translated by William G. Hutchinson. London, 1896. _Two eloquent appreciations of Celtic literature._ Magnus Maclean, M.A., D.C.L.—THE LITERATURE OF THE CELTS. Its History and Romance. London, 1902. _A handy exposition of all the branches of Celtic literature._ Elizabeth A. Sharp (editor).—LYRA CELTICA. An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry. Ancient Irish, Alban, Gaelic, Breton, Cymric, and Modern Scottish and Irish Celtic Poetry. With introduction and notes by William Sharp. Edinburgh, 1896. Alfred Nutt.—CELTIC AND MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE. No. 1 of Mr. Nutt’s “Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore”. London, 1899. _A pamphlet briefly tracing the indebtedness of mediæval European literature to pre-mediæval Celtic sources._ HISTORICAL H. d’Arbois de Jubainville.—LA CIVILISATION DES CELTES ET CELLE DE L’ÉPOPÉE HOMÉRIQUE. Paris, 1899. _Vol. VI of the author’s monumental “Cours de Littérature celtique.”_ Patrick Weston Joyce.—A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND, treating of the Government, Military System, and Law; Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce; Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life of the Ancient Irish People. 2 vols. London, 1903. Charles I. Elton, F.S.A.—ORIGINS OF ENGLISH HISTORY. Second edition, revised. London, 1890. John Rhys.—CELTIC BRITAIN. “Early Britain” Series. London, 1882. H. d’Arbois de Jubainville.—INTRODUCTION À L’ÉTUDE DE LA LITTÉRATURE CELTIQUE. Vol. I of the “Cours de Littérature celtique”. Paris, 1883. _Contains, among other information, the fullest and most authentic account of the druids and druidism._ GAELIC MYTHOLOGY H. d’Arbois de Jubainville.—LE CYCLE MYTHOLOGIQUE IRLANDAIS ET LA MYTHOLOGIE CELTIQUE. Vol. II of the “Cours de Littérature celtique”. Paris, 1884. Translated into English as THE IRISH MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE AND CELTIC MYTHOLOGY. With notes by R. I. Best. Dublin, 1903. _An account of Irish mythical history and of some of the greater Gaelic gods. With chapters on some of the more striking phases of Celtic belief._