CONTENTS 



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Section First. — Historic View of the Rise and Progress of the Ossianic 



Controversy, 3 



Second. — Macpherson's Ossian compared with the new Transla- 

 tion of the pretended Gaelic version, 32 



Third. — On the Imitations in Macpherson's Ossian, 56 



Fourth. — Of the Argument founded on the Excellence of the 



Poetry, 75 



Fifth. — On the Language of Ossian, 97 



Sixth. — On the probable Era and Origin of the Poems attributed 



to Ossian, 114 



Seventh. — Fin Mac-Cumhal and Oisin were natives of Ireland, not 



of Scotland, 127 



Eifjhtk. — On the Topography of Ossian's Poems, 143 



Ninth. — On the Era of Ossian, ... 153 



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