BY W. STEUART TRENCH.

EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES.

"These sketches of Irish life have attracted much attention and elicited the highest praise for their fidelity to nature, and the simplicity, pathos, and power by which they are marked. No recent work has appeared which so vividly presents the condition of Ireland, suffering under sore political and social grievances, and distracted by contending factions. The author has spent his life in intimate acquaintance with the Irish heart as it beats in the cabins of the poor, and while the stories he tells of Irish life illustrate sometimes that truth is stranger than fiction, the reader will find in them a spell of interest which fiction rarely possesses. We have not in a long time read aught that is more apt to 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 in one form or another, but never have they been more effectively related than here—the history of the Ribbon Code and some of the results of its system, the outrages perpetrated upon the landlords or their agents, are dramatically told, and while the faults of the Irish disposition are not concealed, their virtues are equally revealed, and show the genuine Irish heart, which is capable of so much that is noble. The book reads like a novel, full of exciting events and truthful characterization, and cannot fail to be read with interest by those to whom the question of the land tenure in Ireland has come to be regarded as one of the most serious which engages public attention."

"It is so written that the painful element of Irish life is not protruded, while there is no glossing of facts or extravagance of national 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 well for Ireland if it had many more within its borders like Mr. Trench, for in that case it would avoid the neglect and selfishness that cause distress on the one hand, and the factious and unreasoning bitterness that result from it on the other."

"A strongly dramatic series of pictures, the scope of which is apparent in its title, being founded upon actual observation, and sure to hold the reader's rapt attention."

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