English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

CHAPTER II.

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LITERATURE A TEACHER OF HISTORY. CELTIC REMAINS.

The Uses of Literature--Italy, France, England--Purpose of the Work--Celtic Literary Remains--Druids and Druidism--Roman Writers--Psalter of Cashel--Welsh Triads and Mabinogion--Gildas and St. Colm