The Literary Remains of the Rev. Thomas Price

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C. A. Mornewuk Pin. F. Whitchea I, P.'Vr. Cartitmanamr From the Original Portrait in Oils, hi the possession of Lady Halt of Uanovex THE ITttosmj %mm% OF THE REV. THOMAS PRICE, Cnrnjjitslnnmr, VICAR OF CWMDU, BRECONSHIRE; AND RURAL DEAN: AUTHOR OF I1ANES CYMRU, ESSAYS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL PROGRESS OF F.MP1R1 AND CIVILIZATION, ETC. BTC. VOLUME 1. " Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a progeny of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do preserve, as in a phial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them, 1 know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive as those sabulous dragon's teeth ; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men." Mii/roVa "Arenp-i-fitica." Section vi. LLANDOVERY: WILLIAM REES.

LONDON: LONGMAN & CO, MDCCCLIV. CONTENTS. Prkface pp. v — xii I. TOUR THROUGH BRITTANY, pp. 1— ill Celtic Remains in the Island of Jersey ... ... 3 — 5 Descriptions of the Province of Bretagne, and its Inhabitants 5 — 20 Breton Music ... ... ... 20 — 25 Breton MSS. ... ... ... 25 Curious Irish MSS. ... ... ... 26 Dissertation upon the Breton and other Languages ... 29 — 50 Marriage Ceremonies of Bas Leon, compared with those of Wales ... ... ... 50—59 Breton Literature ... ... ... 59 Drama ofthe Four Sons of Ay mon ... . . ... 69 Modern Books in the Breton Language ... ... 81 Prophecies of Merlin ... ... ... 92 Historical Poem of the xivth century, called the Combat des Trente . . . . ... 94-102 Breton Costumes ... . . ... 102—107 Customs and Language of the Bretons ... .,. 107 — 111 II. AN ESSAY On the Comparative Merits of the Remains of Ancient Literature in the Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic Languages, and their value in elucidating the ancient hlstory and the mental cultivation of the Inhabitants of Britain, Ireland, and Gaul pp. 113—232 1st period, druidic.

Welsh Literature of the Druidic Age ... ... 117 — 120 Irish Literature of the Druidic Age ... ... 121 2nd period, from 6th to 11th century. Welsh Literature of the 6th century. Poetry „ „ 7th century. Poetry ,, „ 8th, 9th, and 10th. .. „ 6th to 11th century. Prose Irish Literature of the 6th Century. Poetry. ,. „ 10th century. Poetry „ 6th to 11th century. Prose Gaelic Literature of the 6th to 11th century. Poetry 121—150 150—151 152—155 156—166 166—167 168—188 CONTENTS. VIII 3rd period. 11th to 14th century. Welsh Literature of the 11th to 14th century. Poetry ... pp. 189 — 204 11th to 14th century. Prose ... 205 — 206 Irish Literature of the 11th to 14th century. Poetry & Prose 206 — 207 Gaelic Literature of the 11th to 14th century. Poetry & Prose 207 Comparative merits. Poetry ... ... ... 208 Prose . . ... ... 213 Value in elucidating Ancient History, &c. ... ... 214 Mental Cultivation . . ... 217 Balance of Merits ... ... ... 227 Influence on European Literature ... ... ... 229 — 232 Scale of Merits ... .. ... 232 III.