THE HISTORY OF THE CELTIC LANGUAGE; WHEREIN IT IS SHOWN TO BE BASED UPON NATURAL PRINCIPLES, WITH THE INFANCY OF THE HUMAN FAMILY: LIKEWISE SHOWING ITS IMPORTANCE IN ORDER TO THE PROPER THE HIEROGLYPHICS, THE CABALA, ETC. ETC. BY L. MACLEAN, F. O. S., Author of "Historical Account of Iona," "Sketches of St Kilda," &c. &c. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, AND CO.; MDCCCXL. KE 10651 HARVARD May 8, 1947 F.M. Robinson Fund "IT CONTAINS MANY TRUTHS WHICH ARE ASTOUNDING, AND AT WHICH THE IGNORANT MAY SNEER; BUT THAT WILL NOT TAKE FROM THEIR ACCURACY."-SER SIR WILLIAM BETHAM'S LETTER TO THE AUTHOR IN REFERENCE TO THE GAELIO EDITION. "WORDS ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF EARTH-THINGS ARE THE SONS OF HEAVEN."-SAMUEL JOHNSON. GLASGOWEDWARD KHULL, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY. Dedication. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT PEEL, BARONET, M.P. SIR, AN ardent admirer of your character, public and private, I feel proud of the permission you have kindly granted me to Dedicate to you this humble Work. The highest and most noble privilege of great men is the opportunity their station affords them of fostering the Fine Arts, and amplifying the boundaries of useful knowledge. That this spirit animates your bosom, each successive day is adding proof: nor is the fact |