CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS

CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
   born at Islay, author of, among other works, "Popular Tales of the West Highlands, orally collected," a collection all his own, and a remarkable one for the enthusiasm and the patriotic devotion it displays (1822-1885).

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