ESSAY

ON

THE AUTHENTICITY

OF

THE POEMS OF OSSIAN.

Entered in Stationers Hall.

ON

THE AUTHENTICITY

OF THE

POEMS OF OSSIAN;

IN WHICH

THE OBJECTIONS

OF

MALCOLM LAING, Esq.

ARE

PARTICULARLY CONSIDERED AND REFUTED.

BY

PATRICK GRAHAM, D. D.

MINISTER OF ABERFOYLE.

TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ESSAY

ON

THE MYTHOLOGY OF OSSIAN'S POEMS,

BY

PROFESSOR RICHARDSON

OF GLASGOW COLLEGE.

EDINBURGH:

Printed by James Ballantyne & Co.

FOR PETER HILL, ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO.

AND WILLIAM HUNTER, EDINBURGH; BRASH AND REID, GLASGOW ;
JOHN MURRAY, AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,

LONDON.

1807.