A critical dissertation on the poems of Ossian
Subtitle: the son of Fingal.
Contributors: Macpherson, James, 1736-1796.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 40160.
Publisher: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt
Published: 1763
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Ossian, -- 3rd cent; Scottish Gaelic poetry
Notes: "The substance of the following dissertation was delivered by the author in the course of his lectures on rhetorick and belles-lettres, in the University of Edinburgh." -- Advertisement.

The poems attributed to Ossian were probably written by James Macpherson, who claimed to have collected and translated them. cf. Oxford companion to English literature.

"Blair encouraged MacPherson to publish the 'Fragments of ancient poetry' in 1760,, and eulogised their merits with more zeal than discretion." -- Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 40160)