The Little Manx Nation

This edition features a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
THE STORY OF THE MANX KINGS
Islanders — Our Island — The Name of our Island — Our History — King Orry — The Tynwald — The Lost Saga — The Manx Macbeth — The Manx Glo'ster — Scotch and English Dominion — The Stanley Dynasty — Iliam Dhoan — The Athol Dynasty — Smuggling and Wrecking — The Revestment — Home Rule — Orry's Sons

THE STORY OF THE MANX BISHOPS
The Druids — Conversion to Christianity — The Early Bishops of Man — Bishops of the Welsh Dynasty — Bishops of the Norse Dynasty — Sodor and Man — The Early Bishops of the House of Stanley — Tithes in Kind — The Gambling Bishop — The Deemsters — The Bishopric Vacant — Bishop Wilson — Bishop Wilson's Censures — The Great Corn Famine — The Bishop at Court — Stories of Bishop Wilson — Quarrels of Church and State — Some Old Ordeals — The Herring Fishery — The Fishermen's Service — Some Old Laws — Katherine Kinrade — Bishop Wilson's last Days — The Athol Bishops.

THE STORY OF THE MANX PEOPLE
The Manx Language — Manx Names — Manx imagination — Manx Proverbs — Manx Ballads — Manx Carols — Decay of the Manx Language — Manx Superstitions — Manx Stories — Manx "Characters" — Manx Characteristics — Manx Types — Literary Associations — Manx Progress — Conclusion

CONCLUSION