Excerpt from The Proceedings of the Great Bardic Institution Armstrong states in his Gaelic dictionary at the word Bard, that princes and warriors did not disdain to claim affinity with the order of the Bards. The Celts, being pas sionately fond of poetry, would listen to no instruction, whether from priest or philosopher, unless it was conveyed in rhymes. Thus we find a hard often entrusted with the education of a prince; and only two centuries ago a High land chieftain had seldom any other instructor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.