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Introduction.

far more rugged, crags and cliffs of Achill; by "the wild sea-banks" of what has been described as the "grandest coast in Europe"—that of Glencolumkill.

The beauty of Scotch scenery has been discovered by one critic to be reflected in the picturesqueness of the Scotch tales. I am not without hope that a like influence has contributed something of a like quality to those now submitted to the reader.

William Larminie.