Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; in which the objections of Malcolm Laing, Esq. are particularly considered and refuted. By Patrick Graham, D.D. Minister of Aberfoyle. To which is added an essay on the mythology of Ossian's poems [...]

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Full title: Essay on the authenticity of the poems of Ossian; in which the objections of Malcolm Laing, Esq. are particularly considered and refuted. By Patrick Graham, D.D. Minister of Aberfoyle. To which is added an essay on the mythology of Ossian's poems, by Professor Richardson of Glasgow College. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 471. Signatures: [a]9 b4 A-Z8 2A-2F8 2G4. Boards. Bookplate of James Ure, listed as subscriber, p. 469. Errata slip inserted at end. An attempt by Patrick Graham to refute Malcolm Laing’s work. Laing had been able to prove that the Ossian poems were in fact a patchwork of relatively modern Gaelic sources, eked out by James Macpherson’s independent invention. Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.