In this, as in the selection and treatment of the tales, there is of course room for much difference of opinion.

I can only ask the critic to believe that nothing has been done in the framing of this collection of Gaelic romances without the consideration and care which the value of the material demands and which the writer's love of it has inspired.
T.W.

ROLLESTON [2] There is one important tale of the Finn cycle, the _Pursuit of Dermot and Grania_, which I have not included.

I have omitted it, partly because it presents the character of Finn in a light inconsistent with what is said of him elsewhere, and partly because it has in it a certain sinister and depressing element which renders it unsuitable for a collection intended largely for the young.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION COIS NA TEINEADH BARDIC ROMANCES I.THE STORY OF THE CHILDREN OF LIR II.

THE QUEST OF THE SONS OF TURENN III.