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Beside the Fire.
WORKS BY DR. HYDE.
LEABHAR SGEULAIGHTEACHTA. Folk Stories inIrish, with Notes by Dr. Hyde, LL.D. Crown 8vo, viiii. 261 pp.wrapper, 5s.
WORKS BY ALFRED NUTT.
CELTIC AND MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE. 1899. 6d. net.
OSSIAN AND THE OSSIANIC LITERATURE. 1900. 6d. net.
THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY OF SHAKESPEARE. 1900. 6d. net.
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THE LEGENDS OF THE HOLY GRAIL. 1902. 6d. net.
WAIFS AND STRAYS OF CELTIC TRADITION. Series initiatedand directed by Lord Archibald Campbell. Demy 8vo, cloth.
Vol. II. Folk and Hero Tales. Collected, edited (in Gaelic), andtranslated by the Rev. D. Mac Innes; with a Study on the Developmentof the Ossianic Saga, and copious Notes by Alfred Nutt. xxiv.497 pages. Portrait of Campbell of Islay, and Two Illustrations by E.Griset. 1890. 15s.
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BESIDE THE FIRE
A COLLECTION OF
IRISH GAELIC FOLK STORIES.
EDITED, TRANSLATED, AND ANNOTATED
BY
DOUGLAS HYDE, LL.D., M.R.I.A.,
(ANCHRAOIBHÍN AOIBHINN.)
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GAELIC UNION; MEMBER OF THE PAN-CELTIC
SOCIETY, ETC.
WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES
BY
ALFRED NUTT.