A curious little book that is an instructive sample of Celtic studies and eighteenth-century scholarship. It combines two branches of literary investigation and has, furthermore, some features resembling a bibliography. Valentin Ernst Loescher, born in 1673, is best known for his theological activities but also wrote the present work, a handbook for students of Germanic linguistics. After the fashion of the day he included Gaulish and, so far as he knew them, other Celtic languages, since he believed them to be Germanic languages. His booklet is probably the first conspectus of Celtic studies. Loescher declares the central importance of Germanic studies and supports his assertion by authorities who are not Germans. The title 'Literator Celta' is confusing, unless we realize that he regarded the Celtic languages as belonging to the Germanic stock. Consequently, he could properly include a chapter on Celtic names in classical authors. It is interesting to note a bibliography of published saga texts and a long discussion of the various Germanic languages and Germanic dialects. (c.f. A. Taylor, Valentin Ernst Loescher's "Literator Celta" pp. 40-43, in "Modern Philology" Vol. 43, no. 1)