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SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of 107 rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of the Scottish Highlands and its inhabitants.

Discover the ancient customs, beliefs and traditions of the Scottish Highlanders. Learn about the different clans and their history. Read about the distinguishing tartans and the ancestry of the Gaelic tribes. Discover the Gaelic language and poetry of the past inhabitants from this fascinating part of the British Isles. This wonderful collection of vintage books is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the Scottish Highlands, the Highlanders and their unique history.

Some of these books are extremely rare and will provide a valuable reference archive for anyone with an interest in the subject. The full list of titles speaks for itself!

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Full List of Books Included:

A collection of original poems, songs, taken from oral recitation in various parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by D. Maccallum (1821)

A Highland tour by A. Beith (1874)

A history of the Highlands and of the Highland clans Vols. 1 - 4 by J. Browne (1852)

A history of the Scottish Highlands, Highland clans and Highland regiments Vols. 1 - 8 by J. S. Keltie (1875)

A hundred years in the Highlands by O. H. MacKenzie (1921)

A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Highlands of Scotland (1922)

A short history of the Scottish Highlands and isles by W. C. Mackenzie (1908)

A treatise on the language, poetry, and music of the Highland clans, with illustrative traditions and anecdotes, and numerous ancient Highland airs by D. Campbell (1862)

A voyage to the Hebrides, or western isles of Scotland; with observations on the manners and customs of the Highlanders by L. A. Necker (1822)

An lon dubh - The blackbird - a collection of twenty-eight Gaelic songs, with music, in two-part harmony, intended for use in the schools of the Highlands by R. D. Jamieson (1905)

Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran, Ullin - Collected in the western Highlands and Isles; being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities by J. Smith (1787)

Antiquarian Notes - a Series of Papers Regarding Families and Places in the Highlands by C. Fraser-Mackintosh (1913)

Antiquarian notes, historical, genealogical, and social; second series Inverness-shire, parish by parish by C. Fraser-Mackintosh (1897)

Ardenmohr among the hills. A record of scenery and sports in the Highlands of Scotland by S. Abbott (1876)

Braemar Highlands - Their Tales, Traditions and History by E. Taylor (1869)

Burt's letters from the north of Scotland; with facsimiles of the original engravings by E. Burt (1876)

Celtic gleanings, or, Notices of the history and literature of the Scottish Gael by T. Maclauchlan (1857)

Clanship and the clans, containing a popular sketch of the constitution and traditions of the clans of Scotland by M. H. Towry (1898)

Concise historical proofs respecting the Gael of Alban or, Highlanders of Scotland, with short notices of the Highland clans by J. Robertson (1866)

Excursions through the Highlands and Isles of Scotland in 1835 and 1836 by C. L. Smith (1837)

Glen Albyn, or tales of the Central Highlands with illustrations from original sketches and photographs (1902)

Glen Desseray and other poems, lyrical and elegiac by J. C. Shairp (1888)

Glimpses of church and social life in the Highlands in olden times and other papers by A. Macpherson (1893)

Guide to the Highlands and islands of Scotland by G. Anderson (1850)

Highlands and islands of Scotland painted by A. R. H. Moncrieff (1907)

Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan; to which is added a brief inquiry into the genealogy and present state of ancient Scottish surnames by W. Buchanan (1849)

Historical geography of the clans of Scotland by T. B. Johnston (1899)

Journal of a tour in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland in 1800 by J. Leyden (1903)

Letters from a gentleman in the north of Scotland to his friend in London - an account of the Highlands, with the customs and manners of the Highlanders Vols. 1 & 2 by E. Burt (1818)

Letters from the mountains; being the real correspondence of a lady, between the years 1773 and 1807 Vols. 1 & 2 by A. M. Grant (1807)

Literature of the Highlands by M. Maclean (1904)

Mackenzie's guide to Inverness and the Highlands by A. Mackenzie (1897)

Manners, customs and history of the Highlanders of Scotland; Historical account of the clan MacGregor by W. Scott (1893)

McIan's Highlanders at home, or, Gaelic gatherings by R. R. McIan (1900)

Metrical reliques of The Men in the Highlands, or, Sacred poetry of the North by J. Rose (1851)

Northern Highlands in the Nineteenth Century; Newspaper Index and Annals by J. Barron (1913)

Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration by T. D. Selkirk (1806)

Observations on the propriety of preserving the dress, the language, the poetry, the music, and the customs, of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland by J. Sinclair (1804)

Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularily the High-lands of Scotland Vols. 1 & 2 by W. Gilpin (1789)

Old and rare Scottish tartans, with historical introduction and descriptive notices by D. W. Stewart (1893)

Popular tales of the west Highlands Vols. 1 - 4 by J. F. Campbell (1890)

Prize essay on the state of society and knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland by J. Anderson (1827)

Public administration in the Highlands and islands of Scotland by J. P. Day (1918)

Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by P. C. Ross (1884)

Reminiscences of a Highland parish by N. Macleod (1871)

Scotland (Part 1) Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands ... with a description of the various approaches by land and sea from the south by J. B. Baddeley (1903)

Shetland and the Shetlanders; or, The northern circuit by C. Sinclair (1840)

Sketches of the character, institiutions, and customs of the Highlanders of Scotland by D. Steward (1885)

The book of Highland verse by D. Mitchell (1912)

The Catholic Highlands of Scotland Vols. 1 & 2 by F. O. Blundell (1909)

The elements of the Gaelic language by A. M'Laurin (1816)

The Highland clans of Scotland; their history and traditions Vols. 1 & 2 by G. Eyre-Todd (1923)

The Highlanders of Scotland Vols. 1 & 2 by W. F. Skeen (1902)

The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland Vols. 1 - 4 by J. Macculloch (1824)

The history of Scotland, its Highlands, regiments and clans Vols. 1 - 8 by J. Browne (1909)

The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans in the northern parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles (1780)

The history of the Highland clearances by A. MacKenzie (1914)

The history of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625, with a brief introductory sketch, from A.D. 80 to A.D. 1493 by D. Gregory (1881)

The Isle of Skye in 1882-1883 by A. Mackenzie (1883)

The Language and Literature of the Scottish Highlands by J. S. Blackie (1876)

The moor and the loch by J. Colquhoun (1840)

The Northern Highlands in the nineteenth century Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Baron (1903)

The old Highlands (1908)

The popular superstitions and festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland by W. G. Stewart (1823)

The romantic story of the Highland garb and the tartan by J. G. Mackay (1921)

The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic manners Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Logan (1876)

The Scottish clans and their tartans (1900)

The Scottish Highlander by J. L. Morison (1912)

The Scottish Highlanders and the land laws - an historico-economical enquiry by J. S. Blackie (1885)

The songs and hymns of the Scottish Highlands with translations and music, and an introduction by L. Macbean (1888)

The tourists hand-book of Gaelic and English phrases for the Highlands by M. Mackellar (1880)

The wild sports and natural history of the Scottish highlands by C. St. John (1888)

Tourist's guide to the Athole and Breadalbane Highlands of Perthshire (1883)

Walks and Scrambles in the Highlands by A. L. Bagley (1914)

Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands Recounting Highland & Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance, Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore, Etc. by M. Donaldson (1922)

Wild Scottish clans and bonnie Prince Charlie by A. L. Griffiths (1910)




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