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._