THE NORSE INFLUENCE ON CELTIC SCOTLAND.
The Norse Influence on Celtic Scotland. By George Henderson. (J. MacLeboso and Sons, Glasgow. 10s. net.)—This is a book for the Gaelic scholar, and we can do no more than call attention to its appearance. The converse of the subject—the Celtic elements in the Eddie poems and the Sagas—has been a good deal written about, but this is the first work which we know that treats compre- hensively of the Norse influence on the Scottish Celt in his language, art, beliefs, and literature. We too often regard the Norsemen as invaders who came and went without influencing the national life ; but, as Mr. Henderson points out, both in England and Scotland there is a large strain of Scandinavian blood, and the Norse influence is very apparent even with a people like the Celts who had no racial kinship with the invaders. We congratulate Mr. Henderson and the University of Glasgow on the production of so erudite and original a work.
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