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...Hyde, who is president of the Gaelic League, is a distinguished scholar and poet, and is today one of the best known and most influential men in Ireland. He is the author of several dramas which are now popular in Ireland, and he has written much original poetry, both in English and in the Gaelic tongue. Dr. Hyde's best known work is his literary history of Ireland which is considered the most comprehensive and connected history of Gaelic literature ever written...
...LECTURE. "The Folk-Tale in Ireland," Dr. Douglas Hyde, President of the Gaelic League. New Lecture Hall...
...Hyde is president of the Gaelic League, a society which was formed in Ireland about twelve years ago for the purpose of keeping the Irish language as a spoken tongue, and of publishing its literature...
...enough to satisfy the most confirmed specialists, furnishing, as they do, instruction in such out-of-the-way languages as Ethiopic, Phoenician, Pali, Gothic, Icelandic, Old Saxon, etc. There is however no course in Celtic. Is it not possible to have one at Harvard? A knowledge of old Welsh, Gaelic and Celtic is important for those who study mediaeval literature and seek to trace the origin of various myths and legends which have been woven into the romances of old French and German. Courses in the field suggested would certainly not be given in vain, and there are undoubtedly members...