The literature of the Celts
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL OF THE CELT IN HISTORY AND LITERATURE4. CHAPTER II ST. PATRICK, THE PIONEER OF CELTIC WRITERS5. CHAPTER III ST. COLUMBA AND THE DAWN OF LETTERS IN SCOTLAND6. CHAPTER IV ADAMNAN’S “VITA COLUMBÆ”7. CHAPTER V THE BOOK OF DEER8. CHAPTER VI THE MS. LEGACY OF THE PAST9. CHAPTER VII THE SCOTTISH COLLECTION OF CELTIC MSS.10. CHAPTER VIII THE MYTHOLOGICAL CYCLE11. CHAPTER IX THE HEROIC CYCLE12. CHAPTER X THE OSSIANIC CYCLE13. CHAPTER XI THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORSE INVASIONS ON GAELIC LITERATURE14. CHAPTER XII THE FOUR ANCIENT BOOKS OF WALES15. CHAPTER XIII CELTIC LITERARY REVIVALS16. CHAPTER XIV HIGHLAND BARDS BEFORE THE FORTY-FIVE17. CHAPTER XV THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH ON GAELIC LITERATURE18. CHAPTER XVI THE INFLUENCE OF CELTIC, ON ENGLISH LITERATURE19. CHAPTER XVII THE PRINTED LITERATURE OF THE SCOTTISH GAEL20. CHAPTER XVIII THE MASTER GLEANERS OF GAELIC POETRY21. CHAPTER XIX THE MASTER SCHOLARS OF CELTIC LITERATURE22. INDEX OF NAMES23. INDEX OF SUBJECTS