THE STORY OF THE MANX KINGS

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 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 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

THE LITTLE MANX NATION