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—March, 1873.THE GAEL. 31of Donnchadh Ban and 3Iac M JtaighstirAlasdair than with the heroic strains ofthe blind minstrel of Greece. Gaelicmusic was also praised by the learnedProfessor, his admiration of it being undoubtedlystrengthened by the excellentmanner in which Mr. John MacGillivraysang " Muile nam Morbheann." Mr.Murdo MacLeod, the aiithor of " Eileanan Fhraoich," sang the following song,which was composed for the occasion :LUIXXEAG.ilo run air clann nan Gaidheal,'Si cainnt ar duthch' a' Ghaidhlig,Co-dhiii 's i cainnt ar matharA's fearr leinn na 'n tè Shasunnaicli.Jlnstoers to €orresp0iTb£nt5.Music.—On account of the length ofthe song giv^en in the present Gael, andits being harmonized for four voices, andconsequently occujDying so much space,we are reluctantly obliged to withhold theOld Notation, but in future we shall givethe melodies alone and in both notations.W. M'D., Inverness.—We can bind"The Gael" for you, if you cannotget it done in your owTi town. You cansend it to us by post, accompanied by Is.in stamps, and we wiU return the book toyou bound. If any numbers are wantingwe can supply them at 6d. each. No. 2was slightly wider than the subsequentnumbers, but a careful binder can manageto bind it with the other numbers withoutinterfering with the reading matter.The Gaelic Tran.slation of theQuEENa Highland Jouexal. — In answerto several enquiries as to what hasbecome of this book, we give the followingextract from the Nether Lochaber correspondent,in a late number of the InvernessC'ourier:^"\ye are glad to be able to intimateto our readers that there is everyprosjiect of the early publication of thelate Mr. Angus Macpherson's translationinto Gaelic of the Queen's Highland Journal.Cluny Macpherson, to whom wetook the liberty of writing on the subjecta short time ago, informs us that the work,Co 'chuala riamh a' Ghaidhligin its present stage, is under the superintendenceof the Rev. Mr. Cameron, Ren-IJach iarradli i mar chanain ?Tha sluagh gun chiall gun naire'Chaidh àrach innt' 's nach labhair i.ton ; and it could not possibly have falleninto better hands, for since the death ofXa Gaidheil ann an Grianaig,'Si SCO an coinneamhour fI lend and neighbour the late Mr.bhliadhnail,O'n chuir iad flos do m' larraidhJames Munro, who in his day as a CelticCha b'f hiach lean gun tigh 'nn maille riu, philologer and grammarian had no equal,Mr. Cameron perhaps knows more of theLeughar auns gacli àite,Sgeul beurla, print'dh air paipeargenius and grammar of our mountaintongueMu chruinneachadh nan Gaidheal,than anybody else that we can at'S feai'-pàrlamaid 'sa 'chathair ac'.the present think of. From the greatTha urramach amount of labour and conscientious carero spèiseilA bhuineas do na chleir,l)estowed on his translation by Mr. Angus'Thainig thugaiuu a Dun-eideannMacpherson, the work completed under'S gun cheist b' e 'n deagh f hear laljhairt e. the editorship and superintendence of the'Nuair their na Gaill le tàireRev. Mr. Cameron cannot fail to proveNach f hiach a' chain nt a' Ghaidhlig,such a book as every Celtic scholar willNach cuimhnich iad cho ard'S a tha 'n t-àit' thug Ban-righ Bhreatuiun d'i.wish to have a copy of onshelves.his libraryCha Sheinn mi ach an rann seo,'San oidhche 'ruith 'na deann uainn,To C. Stewart, London.—The Stewartsare not originally Celtic, but Norman.Ach 's dginn dorah a ghealltuinnGu'n tig mi ann an ath-bhliadhna.Our best genealogists agree in saying thatthey were a branch of the great Nonnanfamily of Fitzalan, one of whom firstsettled in Renfrewshire. In due time thechief of this family became Lord HighSteward of Scotland, and from this dignitythe family derived their name of Stewart,Steward, Stuart, &c., for it is variouslyspelt, though the first of these is unqueetionablythe most ancient orthography.Walter Stewart of Renfrew married Marjorie,daughter of King Robert Bruce,whence sprung the royal family of Stewart; for, AValter's son, named Robert, becameking of Scotland on the death of hisuncle, Da^nd II. Our present Prince ofWales is de facto chief of the Stewarts,and as such is Baron of Renfrew and LordHigh Steward of Scotland. The real dejure chief is the lineal male representativeof James II. of England and VII. of Scotland,whoeverhemaybe. The Stiaicheantas