Robert Sutherland Taylor Macewen T epub Clan Ewen: Some Records of Its History Date (Classic Reprint)

The following account of Clan Bwen is expanded from a series of articles contributed some years ago by the late Mr. R. S. T. Mac Ewen to the Celtic Monthly. The interest taken in the subject led Mr. Mac Ewen to make further researches, and at the time of his death in June, 1900, he had almost completed his manuscript for publication in book form. As the volume has been denied the benefit of its authors final revision, errors may have crept in which his more competent editorship and wider knowledge would have detected. Yet it will have served its purpose if it has in any way illustrated an obscure chapter of clan history. The attempt to weave together the scattered threads of tradition and historical record by which the history of Clan Ewen may still be darkly followed, has not been easy. All the usual materials for a clan history are wanting. A broken and disrupted clan since the middle of the 15th century, it boasts few authentic memorials and even fewer traditions of its early history and subsequent misfortunes. The dispersed clansmen had no bard-senachies to crystallize and hand down the story of their race, nor charter boxes to preserve the record of past possessions and spoliations.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org