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The Language and Literature of Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2020

Edward D. Morris
Edward D. Morris*
Affiliation:
Systematic Theology in Lane Theological, Seminary, Cincinnati.
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Gentlemen of the Association:—As vessels of various lines and nationalities dip their colors in graceful recognition when they pass each other on the high seas, so those who represent any single department of human knowledge may well accept every occasion for the manifestation of friendly courtesies toward such as are the acknowledged representatives of learning in other spheres, however remote or foreign in outward appearance. For, as it is one and the same ocean which washes the shores of islands and continents far distant from each other, and binds them into a physical unity otherwise unattainable, so this vaster ocean of human knowledge, with its cosmic commerce of thought and attainment, makes friends of all who traverse its magnificent ranges, whatever cargo they may carry, and whatever be the port toward which they are hastening.

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PMLA , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Volume IV 1888-1889 , 1889, pp. 4 - 18
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1889

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References

page 4 note ∗ Address delivered before the Sixth Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association, held at Cincinnati, Ohio, December, 1888.

page 4 note 1 The following books may be consulted on the general subject here discussed:

Myfyrian Archæology of Wales: A Compilation. 3 vols.

Skene, W. F.: Four Ancient Books of Wales.

Pughe, Wm. Owain. Heroic Elegies of Llywarch Hen.

Williams, Edward, (Editor). The Iolo Manuscripts.

Guest, Lady Charlotte: The Mabinogion.

Turner, Sharon: Vindication of the Genuineness of the Ancient British Poems.

Stephens, Thos.: Literature of the Cymry.

Davis, Edward Rev.: Celtic Researches.

Rhys, Professor: Welsh Philology.

Giraldus Cambrensis, Itinerarium.

Jones, John: History of Wales.

Powell, Thos. M.: History of the Ancient Britons, (American.)

Williams, R., Rev.: Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen.

Archæologia Cambrensis: A Journal.

Cymmrodorion: Transactions of, etc.

It may be added here, that the writer has felt at liberty to draw somewhat upon articles written by himself, and published in the Bibliotheca Sacra, 1850 and 1853. The facts given in the address have, however, been verified by more recent investigations in this interesting field.

page 4 note 2 Hibbert Lectures, 1886, on the Origin and Growth of Religion, as illustrated by Celtic Heathendom.

page 4 note 3 A splendid copy of the ‘Laws of Hywel Dda with an English translation has been published during this century by the British Government,—edited by an accomplished Welsh scholar, Aneurin Owen.

page 4 note 4 One who has journeyed along the Welsh coast from Conway round through Bangor and Caernarvon, by Harlech to Aberystwyth and beyond, and has seen the old castle ruins perched like eagles on many a high hill or craggy summit overlooking the sea, much like those that make the Rhine so beautiful as well as historic a river, cannot fail to have had some new impressions as to the manner in which these old Welsh prinees and chieftains lived and flourished in their strong abodes seven centuries ago.

page 4 note 5 ‘Some of the Great Preachers of Wales,’ by Rev. Owen Jones, M. A.