Smbfect proposed £y ^ Rmfal imfc Aeaitm ^ - T o kna iigaU fftc 

 mmikenticUy of the Poems of Osaimm^ hotk. m gnm m Mmty 

 ^knom's tnm^atiom, amd m$ pmkKiiktd w Gmdk, J^maim 1807, 

 tmder the mMmetiam of tike OfgUmid Sodety of Lmdom ; omdom 

 tie so^ooUiom i^swA Poems moi ^emg ofrocemi mgw, f» «»%m 

 tke proA o iUe erm omd commtry if tke mi^mol poei or poelt. A 

 Prize Essay, by WILLLVM HAMILTON DRUMMOND, D. D. 

 M. R, I. A. 



Bead 3Cjiy 25, ISSSl 



SBCTION L 

 Historic V»em!^tke JUmamdl^rognio^t 



"Podet iB talibos iaeptss (MaqphosoBB sdKooQ i 



That tbe subject of inquiry pn^osed by ihe Royal Irish Acadnty, 

 relatiTc to die authenticity t^Ossan"^ Poens, HHiy be pursued with 

 most advantage, it is deemed expedient to to— rnrr with an historic 

 TKw of the rise and progress <^ the Osaamc contrcHPersy. 



We kam from the Report of the Highhud Society of Scotbad, 

 drawn up by Hauy Maci^^azie, Esq. and pulAshed in B^^■h ^ ^g i^ 

 1805 ; that Jerome Stone of Dunkeid was the first vho wmde any 

 collection of the ancient poems of the Highlands. Of oae of these 

 poems he published a translation in the Scots Mi^awae, fer Janoaiy 

 1756, accompanied with a lett»- stating that diose who ha>ne any 



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