Popular Tales of the West Highlands, orally collected, with a
Translation by J. F. Campbell. 2 vols., extra fcap., cloth, 16s.
“Mr. Campbell has published a collection of tales, which will be
regarded as one of the greatest literary surprises of the present
century. It is the first instalment of what was to be expected from
any fair statement of the scientific value of popular tales.... It
required some striking demonstration of the real worth of popular
tales to arouse Gaelic scholars from their apathy. They have been
aroused, and here is the first fruit, in a work that is most
admirably edited by the head of a family beloved and honoured in
those breezy western isles, who has produced a book which will be
equally prized in the nursery, in the drawing-room, and in the
library.”—_Times, November 5th._
“They are the ‘Arabian Nights of Celtic Scotland,’ and as such we
recommend them as a present for the young.”—_Critic, November 24th._
“We feel assured that Mr. Campbell’s labours will be rewarded with
such signal success as shall encourage him to extend them in every
direction over the rich field which he has been the first to explore
and cultivate.”—_Spectator, November 24th._
“The book is one that no modern student can afford to miss, and that
few persons of any age or degree of culture would not come to again
and again.—_Daily News, December 28th._
A New Volume of West Highland Tales. By J. F. CAMPBELL. Crown 8vo. [_In
the press._