These Tales and Legends werevery favourably received by a wide circle of readers, and by the Pressgenerally, as they appeared from month to month in the CelticMagazine. They are now published in a collected form at the requestof many who have previously perused them. I would like to present thepublic with the names of their authors; but as one of them—the “Norman”and “Torquil” of the Celtic Magazine—objects to have his name madepublic, although he has written the greater number of them, I mustcontent myself now by taking advantage of this opportunity to thankhim, “Mac Iain,” and the others who supplied the Tales and Legends, themerits of which—especially those for which I may be held personallyresponsible—I propose to leave to the tender mercies of an indulgent public.

ALEX. MACKENZIE.

Celtic Magazine Office, Inverness,
September 1878.