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THE CELTIC MAGAZINE. 329LOGAN'S SCOTTISH GAEL; WITHi MEMOIR. 5^ CAe Rev. Alex. Stewakt,'Nether-Lochaber." Hugh Mackenzie, Bank Lane, Inverness.—Parts V. and VI.Tins Avoi'k has now reached the sixth j^art—the end of the first vohirnein which we have the long lool^ed for memoir of ]\[r Logan, from the penlof ]\rr Stewart, " Nether-Lochaber." It is most interesting as far as itgoes, but we must admit that it is nothing like what we expected fromisuch a source. The memoir only occupies twelve pages of the volume.It would have been easy to have written twelve times twelve pages ofmost interesting matter about the early career, life, and struggles of poorJames Logan. Had our friend, "Nether-Lochaber," applied to Johnmoron Macphee, whom he mentions among otliers, as one of Logan'sbunofactors in his latter days, he could have procured an account of Logansufficient to form an interesting volume. In Part V. Logan treats in avery interesting manner of, and illustrates very fully by incidents in thehistory of the Gael, Celtic shields, their uses and ornaments ; banners,armour, badges or suaichecmtas of the Highland clans, war cries, watchwords, weapons of all kinds peculiar to the Celt, Lochaber axes, broad-=iw( trds, two-handed swords, dirks, bows and arrows, stone arrow heads, andntlier implements of war.In Part VI. we have a title-page for Vol. I., which the editor inscribesto Professor Blackie. We also have Logan's dedication to William IV.,% tal)le of contents, the ]\Iemoir ; and Logan's own Introduction to the originalWork, after Avhich Ave have a full and interesting account and description(^f Higldand cavalry, war chariots, chariot exercise and races, pistols,vitrified forts and other fortifications, methods of defence and attack,Jiiii--< or signal towers, and an account of the disarming of the Highlandersit'tcr the Kebellion of 1715. The whole is illustrated throughout withfiic-.-^imile plates of those in the original Work. We also liave some intert'stingnotes by Mr Stewart. In one, at page 32.5, he mforms us that," at the battle of Inverlochj', in which Ai-gyle ran away and left his armyto be mercilessly slaughtered by ]\Iontrose, DomhniU nan Onl, an Atholeman and a smith to trade, kiUed nineteen CamjibeUs Avith his own hand.At (_'ulloden, a William (yliisholm, a Strathglass man, killed sixteen of theC'uinny, three of them being troopers; Chisholm Avas at last killed himself.( )ii licaring of his death his Avife composed a Avell knoAvn and very beautifulelegiac poem on her fallen brave one."We commend the Avork to all Avho take an interest in the History,Customs, and Institutio]is of tlie Gael; and Avish the Publisher the successwliieh his enterprise so Avell deserves.