Ossian
a mythical Gaelic hero and bard, is said to have lived in the 3d century, and to have been the son of Fingal, a Caledonian hero, whom he accompanied in various military expeditions. His name has derived its celebrity from the publications of Macpherson, who, about 1760, gave to the world, as the "Poems OSNABRÜCK, a town of Prussia; province of Hanover, in the valley of the Hase, 75 miles S. S. W. of Bremen. Its great Catholic cathedral, in the Transition style of the first half of the 13th century, is rich in relics and monuments; of Ossian," a remarkable series of bal- コ and the town hall (1486-1512) contains lads. portraits of all the plenipotentiaries who here, Oct. 24, 1648, signed the peace of Westphalia. Osnabrück has important iron and steel works, and manufactures of railway plants, agricultural machinery, gas-meters, paper, tobacco, etc. It suffered much in the Thirty Years' War, (1618-1648), but recovered, thanks to its linen industry, during the eighteenth century. The name Osnaburgs given to coarse linens is derived hence. Pop. about 75,000.