THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS COLLECTION
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A truly wonderful
collection of over 100 vintage books compiled together for the first time on
one unique DVD covering all aspects of the Scottish Highlands
and its inhabitants.
Discover the ancient
customs, beliefs and traditions of the Scottish Highlanders. Learn about the
different clans and their history. Read about the distinguishing tartans and
the ancestry of the Gaelic tribes. Discover the Gaelic language and poetry of
the past inhabitants from this fascinating part of the British
Isles. This wonderful collection of vintage books is an absolute
must for anyone with an interest in the Scottish Highlands, the Highlanders and
their unique history.
Some of these books are
extremely rare and will provide a valuable reference archive for anyone with an
interest in the subject. The full list of titles speaks for itself!
This unique collection of
107 rare and out-of-print books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been
scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on
your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also
print entire books or select pages.
The Full List of
Titles Included is as Follows:
A collection of original poems,
songs, taken from oral recitation in various parts of the Highlands and Islands
of Scotland
by D. Maccallum (1821)
A Highland
tour by A. Beith (1874)
A history of the Highlands and of
the Highland clans Vols. 1 - 4 by J. Browne
(1852)
A history of the Scottish Highlands,
Highland clans and Highland
regiments Vols. 1 - 8 by J. S. Keltie (1875)
A hundred years in the Highlands by O. H. MacKenzie (1921)
A pictorial and descriptive guide
to the Highlands of Scotland
(1922)
A short history of the Scottish Highlands and isles by W. C. Mackenzie
(1908)
A treatise on the language,
poetry, and music of the Highland clans,
with illustrative traditions and anecdotes, and numerous ancient Highland airs by D. Campbell
(1862)
A voyage to the Hebrides, or
western isles of Scotland;
with observations on the manners and customs of the Highlanders by L. A. Necker
(1822)
An lon dubh - The blackbird - a
collection of twenty-eight Gaelic songs, with music, in two-part harmony,
intended for use in the schools of the Highlands by R. D. Jamieson (1905)
Ancient poems of Ossian, Orran,
Ullin - Collected in the western Highlands and
Isles; being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the
Gaelic antiquities by J. Smith (1787)
Antiquarian Notes - a Series of
Papers Regarding Families and Places in the Highlands
by C. Fraser-Mackintosh (1913)
Antiquarian notes, historical,
genealogical, and social; second series Inverness-shire, parish by parish by C.
Fraser-Mackintosh (1897)
Ardenmohr among the hills. A
record of scenery and sports in the Highlands of Scotland by S. Abbott (1876)
Braemar Highlands - Their Tales,
Traditions and History by E. Taylor (1869)
Burt's letters from the north of Scotland;
with facsimiles of the original engravings by E. Burt (1876)
Celtic gleanings, or, Notices of
the history and literature of the Scottish Gael by T. Maclauchlan (1857)
Clanship and the clans,
containing a popular sketch of the constitution and traditions of the clans of Scotland
by M. H. Towry (Unknown Date)
Concise historical proofs
respecting the Gael of Alban or, Highlanders of Scotland,
with short notices of the Highland clans by J.
Robertson (1866)
Excursions through the Highlands
and Isles of Scotland
in 1835 and 1836 by C. L. Smith (1837)
Glen Albyn, or tales of the
Central Highlands with illustrations from original sketches and photographs
(19--)
Glen Desseray and other poems,
lyrical and elegiac by J. C. Shairp (1888)
Glimpses of church and social
life in the Highlands in olden times and other
papers by A. Macpherson (1893)
Guide to the Highlands and
islands of Scotland
by G. Anderson (1850)
Highlands and islands of Scotland
painted by A. R. H. Moncrieff (1907)
Historical and genealogical essay
upon the family and surname of Buchanan; to which is added a brief inquiry into
the genealogy and present state of ancient Scottish surnames by W. Buchanan
(1849)
Historical geography of the clans
of Scotland
by T. B. Johnston (1899)
Journal of a tour in the
Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland in 1800 by J. Leyden
(1903)
Letters from a gentleman in the
north of Scotland to his
friend in London - an account of the Highlands, with the customs and manners of the
Highlanders Vols. 1 & 2 by E. Burt (1818)
Letters from the mountains; being
the real correspondence of a lady, between the years 1773 and 1807 Vols. 1
& 2 by A. M. Grant (1807)
Literature of the Highlands by M. Maclean (1904)
Mackenzie's guide to Inverness
and the Highlands by A. Mackenzie (1897)
Manners, customs and history of
the Highlanders of Scotland;
Historical account of the clan MacGregor by W. Scott (1893)
McIan's Highlanders at home, or,
Gaelic gatherings by R. R. McIan (1900)
Metrical reliques of The Men in
the Highlands, or, Sacred poetry of the North
by J. Rose (1851)
Northern
Highlands in the Nineteenth Century; Newspaper Index and
Annals by J. Barron (1913)
Observations on the present state
of the Highlands of Scotland,
with a view of the causes and probable consequences of emigration by T. D.
Selkirk (1806)
Observations on the propriety of
preserving the dress, the language, the poetry, the music, and the customs, of
the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
by J. Sinclair (1804)
Observations, relative chiefly to
picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain;
particularily the High-lands of Scotland Vols. 1 & 2 by W. Gilpin (1789)
Old and rare Scottish tartans,
with historical introduction and descriptive notices by D. W. Stewart (1893)
Popular tales of the west Highlands Vols. 1 - 4 by J. F. Campbell (1890)
Prize essay on the state of
society and knowledge in the Highlands of Scotland by J. Anderson (1827)
Public administration in the
Highlands and islands of Scotland
by J. P. Day (1918)
Rambles in the Highlands and
Islands of Scotland
by P. C. Ross (1884)
Reminiscences of a Highland parish by N. Macleod (1871)
Scotland (Part 1) Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands
... with a description of the various approaches by land and sea from the south
by J. B. Baddeley (1903)
Shetland and the Shetlanders; or,
The northern circuit by C. Sinclair (1840)
Sketches of the character,
institiutions, and customs of the Highlanders of Scotland by D. Steward (1885)
The book of Highland
verse by D. Mitchell (1912)
The Catholic Highlands of Scotland
Vols. 1 & 2 by F. O. Blundell (1909)
The elements of the Gaelic
language by A. M'Laurin (1816)
The Highland clans of Scotland;
their history and traditions Vols. 1 & 2 by G. Eyre-Todd (1923)
The Highlanders of Scotland
Vols. 1 & 2 by W. F. Skeen (1902)
The Highlands and Western Isles
of Scotland
Vols. 1 - 4 by J. Macculloch (1824)
The history of Scotland, its Highlands,
regiments and clans Vols. 1 - 8 by J. Browne (1909)
The history of the feuds and
conflicts among the clans in the northern parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles
(1780)
The history of the Highland clearances by A. MacKenzie (1914)
The history of the Western
Highlands and Isles of Scotland, from A.D. 1493 to A.D. 1625, with a brief
introductory sketch, from A.D. 80 to A.D. 1493 by D. Gregory (1881)
The Isle of
Skye in 1882-1883 by A. Mackenzie (1883)
The Language and Literature of
the Scottish Highlands by J. S. Blackie (1876)
The moor and the loch by J.
Colquhoun (1840)
The Northern
Highlands in the nineteenth century Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Baron
(1903)
The old Highlands
(1908)
The popular superstitions and
festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland by W. G. Stewart (1823)
The romantic story of the Highland garb and the tartan by J. G. Mackay (1924)
The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic
manners Vols. 1 & 2 by J. Logan (1876)
The Scottish clans and their
tartans (1900)
The Scottish Highlander by J. L.
Morison (19--)
The Scottish Highlanders and the
land laws - an historico-economical enquiry by J. S. Blackie (1885)
The songs and hymns of the
Scottish Highlands with translations and music, and an introduction by L.
Macbean (1888)
The tourists hand-book of Gaelic
and English phrases for the Highlands by M.
Mackellar (1880)
The wild sports and natural
history of the Scottish highlands by C. St. John (1888)
Tourist's guide to the Athole and
Breadalbane Highlands of Perthshire (1883)
Walks and Scrambles in the Highlands by A. L. Bagley (1914)
Wanderings in the Western
Highlands and Islands Recounting
Highland & Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance,
Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore, Etc. by M. Donaldson (1923)
Wild Scottish clans and bonnie
Prince Charlie by A. L. Griffiths (1910)
An absolute
must for anyone with an interest in the Scottish Highlands
and its distant past – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very
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