[FEAR NAN SGEUL], SGEUL ALASDAIR IASGAIR etc. [Canadian Gaelic Stories]

MacKinnon, Jonathan G. [?]

Published by s.l. (Sydney N.S?) s.n. (Don MacKinnon ?) [1920], 1920

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1st Edition, single uncut folded sheet, 8vo, 16pp. No title page. First 7pp bear the header 'Fear nan Sgeul'. Undated but a letter from 'Gleann a' Ghiùthais' (Pine Glen, New Brunswick?)[p.9] is dated 20th May 1920. Very slight staining to inner edge. Otherwise clean and free of foxing. A few closed tears to folds. A curious and bare-bones piece of Gaelic ephemera, which - as far as I can make out - is totally unrecorded. I suspect from the print and style and the Gaelic itself that it was written by Jonathan G MacKinnon (Cape Breton native and editor of Mac-talla and Fear na Cèilidh.) This item appears to be part of an attempt to establish a Gaelic periodical in the early 20s, with the title 'Fear nan Sgeul' (The Story Man / Storyteller). This presumably unsuccessful effort was followed 8 years later by "Fear na Cèilidh" which the MacKinnon brothers (Jonathan and Don) published for 2 years. The stories are a mix of Canadian-Highland humour, translations of moral tales, and a Gaelic song [Oran a' Chlamhain: 'The Song of the Hawk'] composed in Cape Breton [p.16]. Seller Inventory # 1523

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Title: [FEAR NAN SGEUL], SGEUL ALASDAIR IASGAIR etc...
Publisher: s.l. (Sydney N.S?) s.n. (Don MacKinnon ?) [1920]
Publication Date: 1920
Edition: 1st Edition

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