These tales and legends were very favourably received by a Wide circle of readers, and by the Press generally, as they appeared from month to month in the Celtic Magazine. They are now pub lished in a collected form at the request of many who have previously perused them. I would like to present the. Public with the names of their authors; but as one of them — the Norman and Torquil of the Celtic Magazine — objects to have his name made public, although he has written the greater number of them, I must content myself now by taking advantage of this opportunity to thank him.