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AN GAODHAL.
our correspondence with them, and the
organization of their society (S. P. I.
Language) in the Fall of '77.
We have the record of every step
taken, at home and abroad, from the
initiation of the movement in 1872 to
the present time — its difficulties and
its triumphs — and every one engaged
in it, whether a friend or foe of An
Gaodhal, will be faithfully recorded, for
the perversion of history, to our mind,
is the most abhorrent crime of which
a man can be guilty.
The book will contain about 700 pa¬
ges, five and a half by eight and a half
inches. We shall reduce the photos
so that each page will contain four,
with a short biographical sketch, as
outlined in our last issue. The book
will also contain extensive extracts
from the most eminent writers on the
early cultivation and enlightenment of
the Gaelic race. The book will be val¬
uable and interesting to future genera¬
tions, and, if our finances permit, every
subscriber to an Gaodhal will be pres¬
ented with a copy free of charge.
We hope, then, that all our subscri¬
bers will send us their photographs to¬
gether with the other needed informa¬
tion already referred to — and we mean
former as well as present subscribers.
The reader need not suppose that
we are going to “write" a book ; no, it
will be a collation of facts already pub¬
lished in the newspapers, at the place
and time of action, so that it will
defy adverse criticism. The book will
also contain the elements of the lang¬
uage from recognized authors.
Read the offer in relation to Char¬
les Dickens' works on back page. A
fine library could be secured in this
way at a mere nominal expense.
In the name of the Language move¬
ment, The Gael sincerely thanks the
editors of the SCRANTON TRUTH CATH¬
OLIC TRIBUNE, St. Joseph, Mo., and the
LABOR JOURNAL, Paterson, for their ge¬
nerous notice of its 8th. Volume.
GUTH ANOIR ÓN t-SEAN FHÓD.
A Shaoi Dhíl:
Le mór-shásamh chidhim go bh-fuil an
Liathánach ag leanacht de 'n obair do
chuir sé roimhe, ag cruinniughadh i g-ceann
a chéile na n-abhrán ársa do tháinic a¬
nuas cugainn ó 'n t-sean-aimsir. Bhí
abhrán an-deas aige, goirid ó, i Nuaidh¬
eacht Thuama, do cumadh fad ó i nDún-
na-nGall; agus chidhim ceann eile ó
Chiarraighe aige 'san nGaodhal an mhí so.
Ó cheann go céile dár d-tír ní bh-fuil
cúinne nach bh-fuil seod éigin, gleoite nó
garbh, le fághail ann. Ní'l cnoc, gleann,
loch, rath ná abhainn nach bh-fuil a sgeul
féin leis, agus is mór an obair gach nidh
de 'n t-samhail so do chúmhdach ó'n m-bás
atá ag bagairt orra.
Is dócha go bh-faca tú an Ghaedhilge
bhidheas ins an Dúithche (Nation) gach uile
sheachtmhain le tamall anois. An Chraoi¬
bhín Aoibhinn atá ag sgríobhadh ann láith¬
reach; agus leath amuigh de na dántaibh
so atá sé a clódhbhualadh, tá leabhar
sgeultadh eile réidh aige, agus banáite
as an g-cló. Do chonnaiceas féin cuid
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go mór ná a cheud leabhar Sgeuluidheach¬
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beag, mar gan buidheachas do dhuine air
bith, is Gaedhilge bhinn, fhíor-bhlasda, atá
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Fuairis, dar ndóigh, an leabhar nuadh
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goirid ó — "Trí Bioraethe an Bháis, do
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