Caraid nan Gàidheal - The Friend of The Gael
Title: Caraid nan Gàidheal - Friend of The Gael - A choice Selection of Gaelic Writings
Author: Norman MacLeod. Selected and Edited by Rev. A. Clerk
Publisher: John Grant, Edinburgh
Date: 1899 (MDCCCXCIX
Hardback - New Edition - First published in 1867
Additional Product Information
This was one of the first official recorded publications of Gaelic prose published in 1867.
Norman Macleod wrote prose dialogue, the còmhradh, or dialogue, which was a highly distinctive feature of the Gaelic literary landscape in the 19th century and which became the principal Gaelic prose genre for discussing land issues and politics during the turbulent Land Agitation years.
This edition contains a biographical sketch in English of the author at the start of the book written by his Son The Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod.
Condition Notes
A good quality edition with clean cover boards with gilt front vignette. The overall binding remains good and the inside pages bright and clean throughout with just normal age-related tanning. There is a previous owner name on Note page in ink.
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