REALITIES OF IRISH LIFE.
BY W. STEUART TRENCH.
=One Volume, 12mo, paper cover, 25 Cents.= =Bound in extra cloth, full gilt side and back, 50 Cents.=
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"These sketches of Irish life have attracted much attention and elicitedthe highest praise for their fidelity to nature, and the simplicity,pathos, and power by which they are marked. No recent work has appearedwhich so vividly presents the condition of Ireland, suffering under sorepolitical and social grievances, and distracted by contending factions.The author has spent his life in intimate acquaintance with the Irishheart as it beats in the cabins of the poor, and while the stories hetells of Irish life illustrate sometimes that truth is stranger thanfiction, the reader will find in them a spell of interest which fictionrarely possesses. We have not in a long time read aught that is more aptto moisten the eyes than the chapter devoted to the simple story of'Mary Shea.'"--_Buffalo Courier._
"Many of the incidents herein narrated have already been published inone form or another, but never have they been more effectively relatedthan here--the history of the Ribbon Code and some of the results of itssystem, the outrages perpetrated upon the landlords or their agents, aredramatically told, and while the faults of the Irish disposition are notconcealed, their virtues are equally revealed, and show the genuineIrish heart, which is capable of so much that is noble. The book readslike a novel, full of exciting events and truthful characterization, andcannot fail to be read with interest by those to whom the question ofthe land tenure in Ireland has come to be regarded as one of the mostserious which engages public attention."
"It is so written that the painful element of Irish life is notprotruded, while there is no glossing of facts or extravagance ofnational pride. 'Manly' is the title that best describes its spirit,while its literary power, expressed without effort or consciousness,surpasses much of the work of thoroughly-trained skill. It would be wellfor Ireland if it had many more within its borders like Mr. Trench, forin that case it would avoid the neglect and selfishness that causedistress on the one hand, and the factious and unreasoning bitternessthat result from it on the other."
"A strongly dramatic series of pictures, the scope of which is apparentin its title, being founded upon actual observation, and sure to holdthe reader's rapt attention."
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