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 ADVERTISEMENTS. HISTORY OF THE PROVINCE OF MORAY. Comprising the Counties of Elgin and Nairn, the greater part of the County of Inverness, and a portion of the County of Banff — all called the Province of Moray before there was a division into Counties. By Lachlan Shaw. New edition, in Three Volumes. Enlarged and brought down to present time by J. F. S. Gordon. 408 pages, 424 pages, 479 pages, 10s 6d. 1882. CONTENTS. Introductions— Early Historians— Early Inhabitants of the Province- Druids — Language — Names — Roman Invasion — Buchanan's Description — Celts and Picts — Culdees — Religion — Houses — Dress — Geography — Parish by Parish — Fam.ly of Grant, Gordon, Duff, Shaw, Farquharson — Mackintosh, Macpherson, Innes, Moray, Duchart, Leslies, Cumming, Culbin, Brodie, Calder, Rose, Lovat, Macdonald, Chisholm — Natural History — Civil and Political History— Military History — Ecclesiastical History— Primitive, Roman, Protestant Churches, etc., etc. THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLAND. By the late William F. Skene, LL.D., F.S.A. (Scot.). Edited, with Excursus and Notes, by Alexander MacBain, MA., LL.D. 227 pages. 1902. 10s 6d; or 2 vols. Buckram 12s 6d. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The beginner in Celtic history can do nothing better than start his reading with " The Highlanders of Scotland," by Skene, edited by Mac- Bain.—" Oban Times." The origin and history of the Highland Clans is interesting. Respect is due to the views explained by Dr MacBain, the editor of the work. — " Saturday Review." In its present form this book will be more valuable than ever it was. — " Dundee Advertiser." It was a happy thought to reprint the work, and to bring it up to date by means of notes which embody the critical labour of the seventy years that have elapsed since its first issue. This task was confided to Dr Alex- ander MacBain, a high authority on Celtic matters, to whom we owe the excellent article on the Picts in " Chambers' Encyclopoedia." This new edition of Skene's Highlanders, with Dr MacBain's learned annotations, well deserves a place in the library of every student of Scottish history.— " Scotsman."