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Rh CELTIC LI T E R A T U R E 327 Literature O Reilly, Edward: A chronological account of nearly four hundred Irish writers, commencing with the earliest account of Irish History, and carried down to the year of Our Lord 1 750 ; with descriptive catalogue of their extant works, Dublin, 1820. O Connor, Rev. Charles, D.D ; Bibliotheca MS. Stowensis, a de scriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Stowe Library, 2 vols.. and an appendix to vol. i., Buckingham, 1818, 1819. The Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin, vol. i., Dublin, 1808, contain Deirdri, or the lamentable fate of the sons of Uisnech, with a translation by O Flanagan. O Curry, Eugene : Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, Dublin, 1861. On the manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish, A Series of Lectures, edited by W. K, Sullivan, Ph.D., 3 vols., London, 1873. Brooke, Miss Charlotte : Reliquesof Irish Poetry, consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies, and Songs; translated into English verse, with notes, Dublin, 1789. Hardiman, James: Irish Minstrelsy or Bardic Remains of Ireland, with English poetical translations, 2 vols, London, 1831. Ossianic Society, Transactions of, 6 vols., Dublin, 1854-1861, containing nearly all the tales yet printed of the Ossianic Cycle. Celtic Society, Publi cations of : Leabhar na g-Ceart, The Book of Rights, translated by O Donovan, 1847; Cambrensis Eversus, 3 vols., 1848-52; Miscellany of the Celtic Society, 1849; Cath Mhuighe Leana The Battle of Afayh Leana, together with the Tochmarc Momera, or the Courtship of Momera, translated by Eugene O Curry, 1855. Irish Archsological Society, Publications of: Tracts relating to Ireland, vol L, containing Tlie Circuu of Ireland, by Muircheartach Macli eill, a poem of the 10th century; Cath Muighi Rath, the Battle of Magh Rath, with translation by O Donovan ; Account of the Tribes and Customs of the District of Hy-Many, commonly called O Kelly s Country, with translation and notes by O Donovan. Account of the Tribes and Customs of the District of Hy Fidchrach, with transla tion and notes by O Donovan. The Miscellany of the Irish Archaeological Society (this contains an ancient poem attributed to St Columcille&quot;, with a translation by Dr O Donovan, Irish Charters, &amp;lt;fec.) ; The Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Xennins (or as it is called in Irish MSS. Leabfir Brethnach, the British Book), edited, with a translation and notes, by Rev. Dr Todd, and an introduction an-1 additional notes, by the Hon. Algernon Herbert. Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society (publications of the Amalgamated Societies) : Liber Hymnorurn, the Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland. Parts 1 and 2, edited by Todd; Life of St Columba by Adamnan, ninth Abbot of Hy, edited by Reeves ; Three Fragments of Ancient Irish Annals, edited, with translation and notes, by O Donovan; The Topographical Poems of Sean O Ditbhagain and Gilla-na-yaomh O Huidhrin, edited, with translation and notes, by O Donovan ; Felire na Naomh n-Erennach. or Calendar of Native Saints of Ireland, usually styled the martyrology of Donegal, with a translation by Dr O Donovan, and notes, &amp;lt;fcc., by DrsTodd and Reeves. The Book of Fenagh in Irish and English, originally com piled by St Caillin, Archbishop, Abbot, and Founder of Fenagh, alias Dunbally of Afoy Rein, tempore St Patricii; revised and annotated by W M. Hennessy, and translated by D. H. Kelly, Dublin, 1875. Crowe, O Beirne: The Amra Choluim Chilli of Dalian Forgaill, with translation, notes, Ac, Dublin, 1871. Stokes, Dr Whitley: Fis Adamnain, Vision of Adamnan from the Lebor na h-l ijri, with an English translation and notes, Calcutta. The Atlantis, conducted by members of the Catholic University of Ireland, 4 vols., London, 18581863, contains four tales, with translations by Prof. O Curry. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Irish MSS. series, vol. i., Part. 1. (the only part published), contains two tales, with translations by Mr O Beirne Crowe and Prof. O Looney. The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, besides many valuable papers on antiquarian and historical subjects, especially con cerning the Anglo-Norman period, contains various Irish pieces, with translations by Mr O B. Crowe. St Patrick, Life of, by M. F. Cusack ; with Appendix by W. M. Hennessr. Todd, Rev. J. H., D.D. : St Patrick Apostle of Ireland, A Memoir of his life and mission. Dublin, 1864. Reeves, Rev. Wm., D.D. : The Culdees of the British Islands as they appear in History, with an Appendix of evidences, Dublin, 1864. Ferguson, Mrs M. C. : The Story of the Irish before the Conquest, from the Mythical Period to the Invasion under Strongbow, London, 1868. GAELIC. Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum, A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, compiled and published under the direction of the Highland Society of Scotland, 2 vols., Edinburgh and London, 1828. A Gaelic Dictionary, in two parts, to which is prefixed a new Gaelic Grammar, by R. A. Armstrong, London, 1825. MacAlpine s Pronouncing Gaelic-English English- Gaelic Dictionary, with rudi ments of Gaelic Grammar, 4th ed., 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1863. The Book of Common Prayer, commonly called John Knox s Liturgy, translated into Gaelic, 1567, A.D., by Mr John Carswell, Bishop of the Isles, edited, with an English translation, by Thomas M Lauchlan, LL.D., Edinburgh. Skene, W. F.: Chronicles of the Picts and Scots. Edinburgh, 1867. The Book of the Dean of Lismore, a selection of ancient Gaelic Poetry from a manuscrict collection made by Sir James M Gregor, Dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the 16th century, edited, with atranslation and notes, by the Rev. Thomas M Lauchlan, and an introduction and additional notes by William F. Skene, Edinburgh, 1862. Campbell, J. F.: Popular Tales of the West Highlands orally collected, with a translation, 4 vols., Edinburgh, 1860-1862. Leabhar na Feinne, voL i. Gaelic text; Heroic Gaelic Ballads collected in Scotland from 1572 to 1871, copied from old MSS. and rare books, and orally collected since 1859, with lists of the collections and an account of the documents quoted, by Campbell of Islay ; privately printed, 1872. MANX. Kelly, Rev. J. : A practical Grammar of the ancient Gaelic, or language of the Isle of Man, usually called Manks. edited, together with an introduction, Life of Dr Kelly, and notes, by Rev. W. Gill, 1870. Manx Dictionary, in two parts FoMeyr Manninagh as Baarlagh; edited by Rev. W. Gill, 1866. WELSH Language, &amp;lt;fcc. Dosparth Edeyrn Datod Aur, or the ancient Welsh Grammar, which wa&amp;gt; compiled by royal command in the 13th century by Edeyrn, the Golden-Tongued, to which is added y Pum Llyfr Kerddicriaeth, or the rule of Welsh poetry, Ac., with English translation and notes by the Rev, John Williams Ab Ithel, Llandovery, 1856, 8vo. Rowland, Rev. Thomas: A Grammar of the Welsh Language, 2d ed., London, 1857. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, to which is prefixed a Welsh Grammar, by W. Owen Pughe, 2 vols., 2d ed., Denbigh and London, 1832. History, Annalt, Laics, &amp;lt;fec. Gildas de Excidio Britannias, London, 1808. The Historia Britonum commonly attributed to Nennius ; from a manuscript lately discovered in the library of the Vatican Palace at Rome, edited in the 10th eentary by Mark the Hermit ; with an English version, Ac., by the Rev. W. Gunn, London, 1819. Kennii Historia Britonum, Lon Ion, 1838. A more correct text from the Vatican MS. appears in Appendix ad opera edita ab Angelo Maio, Romae, 1871. Historian Britannicae, Saxonies, Anglc-Daniwe, Scriptores XV.: ex vetustes Codd. MSS. editi opera Thomse Gale, Oxon, 1691. (The first artirV- contains Gildas s work.) Monumenta Historica Britannica, or Materials for the History of Britain from the earliest period to the end of the reign of King Henry VII.; vol. i. (as far as the Norman Conquest), 1848, foL Wright, Thomas: Bio- graphia Britannica Literaria Anglo-Saxon Period; London, 1842 (Gildas, Nen nius, St Columbanus). Gottfried s von Monmouth Historia Regum Britannise mit literarhistorischer Einleitung und ausfiihrlichen Anmerkungen, und Brut Tys- ylio, Altwa lsche Chronik in deutscher Uebersetzung, herausgegeben von San- Marie (A Schulz), Halle, 1854. Six Old English Chronicles, edited, with illus trated notes, by J. A. Giles, London, 1848. Annales Cambriae, edited by the Rev. John Williams Ab Ithel, London, 1860 (Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland) ; this edition brings down the Annals to 1288, tliat in the Monumenta Historica only to 1066. Brut y Tyicysogion, or The Chronicle of the Princes, edited by the Rev. John Williams Ab Ithel, London, I860, (Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland); this eilition comes down to 1288, that in the Monumenta Historica only comes down to 1066. Roberts, Rev. Peter, A.M.: The Chronicle of the Kings of Britain, translated from the Welsh copy, attributed to Tysilio, collated with other copies and illustrated with copious notes, to which are added original dissertations on the following subjects, viz., on the history and epistle attributed to Gildas, on the authority of the Brut, on the primary population of Britain, on the laws of Dyfmcal Moelmyd, and on the Ancient British Church, London, 1811, 4to. Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales with an English translation of the Welsh text, by Aneurin Owen, 1 vol., foL, 1841: there is an 8vo ed. in 2 vols. Walter, Ferdinand: Das Alte Wales, Bonn, 1859. Literature. The Myvyrian Archaiology (sic) of Wales, collected out of ancient manuscripts; London, vols. 1. and ii., 1801; voL Hi. 1807, 8vo; new issue in one voL royal 8vo, Denbigh, 1861. Skene, William F. : The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing the Cymric poems attributed to the Bards of the 6th cen tury, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1868. Villemarqud, Th. Hersart de la : Poemes des Bardes Bretons du VI e. Siecle, Paris. 1850. Nash, D. W.: Taliesin, or the Bards and Druids of Britain, London, 1858. T Gododin, a Poem on the Battle of Cattraeth, by Aneurin, a Welsh Bard of the 6th century, with an English translation, and numerous historical and critical annotations, by Rev. John Williams Ab Ithel, Llandovery, 1852. Llywarch Hen, Prince of the Cumbrian Britons; Heroic Elegies and other pieces in Welsh, with a literal translation by William Owen, 8vo, 1792. Stephens, Thomas: The Literature of the Kymry, being a critical essay on the History of the Language and Literature of Wales, &c., Llandovery, 1849. lolo Manuscripts, a selection of ancient Welsh manu scripts in prose and verse from the collection made by the late Edward Williams, lolo Aforganicg, Llandovery, 1848. Williams, Edward (lolo Aforgantcg): Cyfrinach Beirdd ynys Pnydain, edited by his son Taliessin Williams, 8vo, 1829. Lewis Glyn Cothi, Poetical works of, in Welsh, edited, with notes, .fee., by the Revs. W. Davies and J. Jones, Oxford, 1837. Jones, Rhys: Gorchtstion Beirdd Cymru ; newFlodan godidow-gricydil awcn, Amwythig. 1773 (Poetry of ihe 15th century). Huw Morns : Eos Ceiriog, 2 vols. 12mo, Wrexham, 1823 (Poems of the Welsh Cavalier poet). Evans, Rev. Evan : Some specimens of the poetry of the ancient Welsh Bards translated into English, with notes, &amp;lt;fec., London, 1764. The Physicians of Myddvai, ifeddygon Myddfai, or the medical practice of the celebrated Rhiwallon and his sons of Myddvai, &amp;lt;tc., translated by Pughe, and edited by Williams Ab Ithel, Llandovery, 1861. Williams, Rev. Robert, M.A.: Enwogion Cymru, a biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen, Llandovery, 1862. Rees, Rev. W. J. : Lives of the Cambro-British Saints of the 5th and immediately succeeding centuries. Llandovery, 1853. Rees, Rev. Rice, M.A. : An Essay on the Welsh Saints, or the primitive Christians, usually considered to have been the founders of churches in Wales, London, 1836. The Cambro-Briton, 3 vols. 8vo, London, 1820-1822. Transactions of the Cymmrodorion, or Metropolitan Qambrian Institution, Lon don, 1822, 1828-1843. Archasologia Cambrensis, a journal which worthily sus tains the cause of Cymric literature and archaeology, commenced in 1846. Prose Tales and Arthurian Romances. The Afabinogion from the Llyfr Coch Hergest and other ancient Welsh manuscripts, with an English translation and notes, by Lady Charlotte Guest, 3 vols., London, 1849. Villemarqud, Le Vicomte Th. Hersart de la: Les Romans de la Table Ronde et les Contes des Anciens Bretons, 3d ed., Paris, 1860; and Afyrdhinn, ou L Enchanteur Merlin, son his- toire, ses ceuvres, son influence, Paris, 1865. San-Marte (A. Schulz): Die Sagen von Merlin, Halle, 1853 ; An Essay on the Influence of Welsh Tradition upon the Literature of Germany, France, and Scandinavia, Llandovery, 1841, Neo-Druiaism. Williams, Edward (lolo Morganicg): Barddas, Llandovery, 1862. Davis, Rev. Edward: Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions, and Lan guage of the Ancient Britons, London, 1804; 2d ed, 1807. The Mytho logy and Rites of the British Druids ascertained by National Documents, with remarks on ancient British Coins, London, 1809. Britannia after the Romans ; being an attempt to illustrate the Religious and Political Revolutions of that Province in the fifth and succeeding centuries (by Algernon Herbert), 2 vols., London, 1836-1841. Cyclops Christianus, by Algernon Herbert, London, 1849. ConxiSH. Williams, Rev. Robert : Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum, Dictionary of the ancient Celtic of Cornwall, with Synonyms in Welsh, Armoric, Irish, Gaelic, and Manx, Llandovery, 1862-65. Stokes, Whitley: A Cornish Glossary; Note on Endlicher s Gaulish Glossary ; The Accusative Plural in the British Language. London, 1870. Norris, Edwin: The Ancient Cornish Drama, 2 vols., Oxford, 1859. Pascon agan Arluth, The Passion of our Lord, a Middle Cornish Poem, edited, with a translation and notes, by W. Stokes, Berlin, 1862. Gareans an Dys, The Creation of the World, a Cornish Mystery, edited, with translation and notes, by Stokes. Polwhele: Language, Literature, and Literary Character* of Cornwall, with a Cornish-English Vocabulary, 1806-8. ARHOBIU OH BRETOX. Le Gonidec: Dictionnaire Breton-Francais et Francai*- Breton, edited by the Vicomte Hersart de la Villemarqud, 2 vols. 4to, Saint Brieuc, 1847-50. Troude, Le Col. : Dictionnaire Francais-Breton, Brest, 1869 Supplement anx Dictionnaires Bretons, Landerneau, 1872. Hingant, L Abt.e&quot;: Elements de la grammaire bretonne, Trdguier, 1869. Buhez Santa A onn, ou Vie de Sainte Nonne, et de son fils Saint Devy; Mystere compose en langue