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This is a fascinating read for any guard dog enthusiast or
historian of the breed, but also contains much information that is
still useful and practical today. Ten photographic illustrations
accompany an absorbing and informative text. Contents Include: The
Obedient Dog; The First Step; Elementary Lessons; Further Progress;
The Intermediate Stages; Advanced Work; Tracking; How Dog Training
Has Developed; Rules for Working Trials; and Obedience Tests and
Trials. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back
to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Carmina Gadelica is the most comprehensive collection of poems
and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry. Gathered by
Alexander Carmichael, in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland,
'from Arran to Caithness, from Perth to St. Kilda'. The poems had
been handed down through the generations in a living oral
tradition. This tradition and the way of life which sustained it
have now disappeared but these poems and prayers live on to remind
us of the faith of the unknown poets who composed them. Previously
only available as a bilingual text in six volumes, this one-volume
edition in English only is an important contribution to the wider
awareness of Celtic literature. John MacInnes' introduction puts
the poems in the context of the life and folklore of the Gaelic
community.
The Isle of Skye, off the northwestern coast of Scotland, is the
largest of the Inner Hebrides. "Be the many marvelous tales
regarding Skye's heroes and heroines of prehistoric times true or
not, a spirit of warlike enterprise has existed in the island from
the earliest period of which we have any authentic record, and has
been fostered by passing events (involving the strife of arms)
century after century up to the present day. But it is with the
share that 'the Brave Sons of Skye' took in Britain's great wars in
foreign lands that this work more particularly deals." Biographical
sketches, of varying length and primarily focused on military
careers, are grouped by surname and place of residence. Surnames
include: Beaton or Bethune, Campbell, Elder, MacAlister (tracing
"their origin to Alasdair, or Alexander, a son of Angus Mor of the
Clan Donald"), MacDonald, MacInnes, MacIvor, MacKinnon, MacLean,
MacLeod, MacQueen, Martins, and Nicholson. Dr. John Grant, Sgt.
John MacBeth, Col. Sir John MacRa, Dr. Alexander Morrison, Pvt.
Hugh Robertson, the Battle of Mahidpore, the Battle of Moodkee, and
the Battle of Inkerman are covered. Numerous portraits, a list of
original subscribers, brief excerpts from letters and other
documents, and a full-name index augment this work.
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