Author : Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1333016425
The Celtic Magazine; A Monthly Periodical, Vol. 1 by Alexander Mackenzie Pdf
Excerpt from The Celtic Magazine; A Monthly Periodical, Vol. 1: Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folklore, Tradition, and the Social and Material Interest of the Celt at Home and Abroad Ir pherson's connection with these Poems has a mystery about it, and he was probably to blame, but every one feels the words, the impostor who fabricated these forgeries, to be much too strong, and is disposed, in the resistance and reaction of feeling produced, to become so far Macpherson's friend and so far Macaulay's fee. We regret this seeming strength, but real infirmity, of Macaulay's mode of writing - not merely because it has hurt his credit as a critic of Ossian, but because it has injured materially his influence as an historian of England. The public are not disposed, with all their admiration of talents and eloquence, to pardon in an his torian faults of boyish petulance, prejudice, and small personal or political prepossessions, which they would readily forgive in an orator. Macaulay himself, we think, somewhere speaking of Fox's history, says that many parts of it sound as if they were thundered from the Opposition Benches at one or two in the morning, and mentions thisas a defect in the book. The same objection plies to many parts of his own history. Ilis sweeping character of M. Or ersorr is precisely such a hot hand-grenmle as he might in an excited mood have hurled in Parliament against some Celtic m.p. From Aberdeen or Thurso whose zeal had outrun his discretion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
