. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. <. < hJ £ CL, RENAISSANCE OF CLAN GILLEAN. The peasantry of the Highlands of Scotland, during thereign of the clans, presents a story most fascinating. Thispeople, from time immemorial, and continuing for two or threegenerations after the clan system had ended, was greatlygiven to the recital of stories
. Renaissance of the clan Maclean. Comprising also a history of Dubhaird Caisteal and the Great Gathering on August 24, 1912. Together with an appendix, containing letters of Gen'l Allan Maclean, narrative of an American party, a MacLean bibliography. [With plates, including portraits.]. <. < hJ £ CL, RENAISSANCE OF CLAN GILLEAN. The peasantry of the Highlands of Scotland, during thereign of the clans, presents a story most fascinating. Thispeople, from time immemorial, and continuing for two or threegenerations after the clan system had ended, was greatlygiven to the recital of stories of occurrences that had beenhanded down from generation to generation. Every neighbor-hood contained those gifted with retentive memories, and dur-ing the long nights of winter the people would assemble insome hut, and there listen with undivided interest to some taleof the past. The poems of Ossian, the weird tales of folk lore,and the achievements of heroes, became a national literatureimbedded in the hearts of the people. Every clan had its his-torian who kept the chief informed of his ancestry and sangtheir praises to him. The night gatherings were not only productive of intellectual pleasure, but also took the form of a thorough school-ing, and of such a compass as to force the m
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