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ADVERTISEMENTS. THE CELTIC MAGAZINE. A Monthly Journal devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at home and abroad. Conducted by Alexander Mackenzie (late Secretary of the Gaelic Society of Inverness), and the Rev. Alexander MacGregor, M.A., and Dr MacBain. 13 vols. 10s 6d, each. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The articles, etc., are those in which Highlanders take delight.—" John o' Groats Journal. No one can open its pages without finding something of pleasure, profit, or instruction. — " American Scotsman. " The Magazine ought to find its way into the hands of every true Highlander. — " Greenock Highlander." THE ROMANCE OF POACHING in the Highlands of Scotland. As illustrated in the lives of John Farquharson and Alexander Davidson, the last of the Free- Foresters. By W. M'Combie Smith. 190 pages. 1904. Portraits and Illustrations. 3s 6d. CONTENTS. John Farquharson — Lanavey — Lost on the Grampians — A Lesson in Deer-Stalking — Two Days with a Poacher of the Old School — Gamekeepers Outwitted — How the Deer were Carried Off — Initiating a Sportsman — Sportsmen and Keepers Sold— Seven Deer Shot in Sixty Seconds— Stalking Stalkers— Running the Blockade— A Dream and its Fulfilment— Fox Chasing — ' ' Nell " — Alexander Davidson . g Reads more like a romance than a plain narrative of facts. — " Stirling Observer." HECTOR MAC DONALD: The Story of His Life. By David L. Cromb. Author of "The Highland Brigade : Its Battles and Its Heroes," etc. Nine Illustra- tions. 158 pages. 1903. 2s 6d. THE FEUDS OF THE CLANS By the Rev Alexander Macgregor, M.A. ; together with the History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans in the Northern Parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles, from the year mxxxi. unto mdcxix. First published in 1764 "from a MS. wrote in the reign of King James VI." 176 pages. 1907. 3s 6d.