used. In final position g is wanting in Arran in Gillesbuig, Archibald; Eanruig, Henry, from Old English Henric; in ‘Domhnach Càs' for Domhnach Càisg, Easter Sunday, and sometimes in shealg in La shealg na cuthaige, All Fools' Day.
(To be continued.)
BOOK REVIEWS
Iverness in the Middle Ages. By Evan M. Barron. Inverness: A. Carruthers and Sons.
This volume, which is an extension of a paper read before the members of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club, deals with the general history of the town of Inverness during the period extending from the commencement of the reign of David I. down to the opening years of the fourteenth century. As the capital of the ancient province of Moray, its history for the period referred to is closely interwoven with that of the province. Mr. Barron depicts, in a lucid and concise narrative, the rise and growth of the burgh, the influx of Flemish and Saxon settlers, and the consequent development of its trade and commerce; and also describes the leading events in the history of the province which ended in the bringing it under the permanent rule of the Scottish kings, and the later legitimist risings in support of the various Celtic claimants to the crown.
Some of Mr. Barron’s readers will be unable to follow him in his unreserved acceptance of Fordun’s account of the ‘Plantation’ of Moray by Malcolm IV., but the sound critical judgment, and the wide and accurate historical knowledge displayed throughout the work, cannot fail to be appreciated by all.
The period dealt with is more restricted than might be inferred from the title. Mr. Barron has, however, already written the history of the town in the fifteenth century, and it is to be hoped that at no distant date he will deal with the history of the intervening period. D. Chisholm
Religious Songs of Connacht. Parts 7 and 8. Douglas Hyde, LL.D. Dublin: Gill and Co., Ltd. 1s. each.
These parts complete Dr. Hyde’s interesting collection of the religious folk tales and poems of Connacht. These concluding parts have all the excellencies of the earlier volumes already noticed in this journal. Many curious charms, short prayers and prose stories are here preserved. There is a very striking version of St. Paul’s visit to hell, a story to be found elsewhere, but not in such complete form. It is full of horror and dread verging on the burlesque at times. It contains an extraordinary passage
