Strath: In Isle Of Skye Lamont, Rev. D History,Skye

8vo (18.5cm), vi [2], 169pp, folding map and 12 plates. Publisher's green cloth. Faint contemporary inscription to the front paste-down. Binding secure. Some browning to map and light scattered foxing throughout. A tight copy of a scarce and interesting Skye work. It was reprinted in the 80's but even that is hard to find. The full-page illustrations (frontis + 11 others) include an image of the Skye marble quarries in the early 20th century. Chapters are as follows: I. STRATH UNDER FOREST II. EARLIEST INHABITANTS - Picts etc. - Cairn Liveras - Standing stones at Kilmaree etc. III. A NEW RACE IV. EARLY SOCIAL LIFE V. THE DRUIDS VI. THE GOSPEL FROM IONA VII. ST MAELRUBHA VIII. SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL IX. THE NORSEMEN X. THE STRATH OF THE MACKINNONS XI. HOME LIFE AND RELIGION XII. CHURCH HISTORY IN STRATH XIII. NOTABLE VISITORS. Flora MacDonald, Dr Johnson and Boswell, Sir Walter Scott - Alexander Smith XIV. THE BARDS OF STRATH XV. WHEN OUR OLD FOLKS WERE YOUNG APPENDINX - Castle Moyle - Eath Dwelling - Standing stones - Marble quarries - Clach na h-Annait - Wells - The rocking stone - Dunes - Tobar a' Chinn - Place-names - Loch Coiruisk - The Spar Cave - Scalpay - Pabay - The Palm for Highland Scenery -Gaelic - Census.