Book 4, pages 609-776:

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Transcriber’s note:

This is Volume I of a two-volume set. The second volume can be found at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59469.

This 1875 edition originally was published in eight separate books as a subscription publication. The Preface, Title pages, Tables of Contents and Lists of Illustrations (the Front Matter) were published in the final eighth book, and referenced books 1-4 as Volume I, and books 5-8 as Volume II. This etext follows the same two-volume structure. The relevant Front Matter has been moved to the front of each volume, and some illustrations have been moved to where the two Lists of Illustrations indicate they should be. No text was added or changed when the books were seamlessly joined to make Volume I and Volume II.

The Index, at the end of Volume II in the original books, has been copied and placed at the end of this first volume as well.

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PROSPECTUS.

A HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS, HIGHLAND CLANS, AND HIGHLAND REGIMENTS; ON THE BASIS OF BROWNE’S “HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND CLANS,” BUT ENTIRELY RE-MODELLED AND TO A LARGE EXTENT RE-WRITTEN.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE WRITTEN FOR THE WORK,

BY THE REV. THOMAS MACLAUCHLAN, LL.D., F.S.A.S., One of the Editors of the “Dean of Lismore’s Book,” Author of “The Early Scottish Church,” &c.;

AND AN ESSAY ON HIGHLAND SCENERY, BY THE LATE PROFESSOR JOHN WILSON.

EDITED BY JOHN S. KELTIE, F.S.A.S.

During the last thirty years, the patriotic labours of the various Scottish book-clubs,--The Abbotsford, The Bannatyne, The Iona, The Maitland, The Spalding Clubs--the works of the various eminent Scottish antiquaries and historians, not to mention many valuable papers and pamphlets, have not only subjected everything connected with the history of the Highlands to an unsparing and searching criticism, but have also brought to light many new facts, and opened up formerly unthought-of tracks of inquiry. Such a flood of light has thus been thrown on all matters connected with the Highlands, that the publishers feel BROWNE’S _History of the Highlands and Clans_,--the work on which this publication is to a certain extent based,--has fallen behind the age, and that, to keep pace with the advanced state of historical research, a NEW WORK IS DEMANDED. Therefore, in preparing the work now presented to the public, it has been found necessary to make such extensive alterations and additions, that the publishers feel justified in calling it a NEW WORK.

The work is divided into three sections:--

I. THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE HIGHLANDS, including RELIGION, LITERATURE, and ANTIQUITIES.

II. THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND CLANS.

III. THE HISTORY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS.