A vivid impression of the Irish nobility trying to dazzle London society, and to prove itself more English than the English themselves, while the English great ladies mock at their parvenu extravagance and outlandish ways. The fine lady spends her days in social emulation, while her lord sinks to the company of toadies and hangers-on, until the conscience of the young heir is aroused by a tour in Ireland, and he brings the family back to their estates. The peasants are drawn purely in their relation of grateful and patient dependents. ⸺ ENNUI. [1809]. The Earl of Glenthorn, an English-bred absentee landlord, is afflicted with _ennui_. He determines to attempt a cure by a visit to Ireland, and the cure is effected in a very unlooked for way. The Author draws in an amusing and vivid way the contrast, as felt by Lord Glenthorn, between English tastes, prejudices, and decorum and the strange Irish ways, which surprise him at every turn.—(_Krans_). ⸺ ORMOND. Pp. 379. (_Macmillan, Dent, &c._) [1817]. Pictures of the scheming, political, extravagant gentry, especially of a type of the Catholic country gentleman, the good-natured, happy-go-lucky Cornelius O’Shane, known to his worshipping tenantry as King Corny. There is also a sketch of Paris society, to which Ormond, the attractive, impulsive young hero, is introduced by an officer of the Irish Brigade. Generally thought the most interesting, gayest, and most humorous of Miss Edgeworth’s books. ⸺ TALES FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH. (_Darton_). 10_s._ 6_d._ Illustr. by Hugh Thomson. 1912. Introd. by Austin Dobson. ⸺ MISS EDGEWORTH’S IRISH STORIES (A Selection). Ed. by Malcolm Cotter Seton, M.A., in _Every Irishman’s Library_ (The Talbot Press). [In preparation]. =“EDWARDES, Martin”; E. L. Murphy.= Son of Mr. W. M. Murphy, of Dartry. ⸺ THE LITTLE BLACK DEVIL. Pp. 190. (_Everett_). 3_s._ 6_d._, and 1_s._ 1910. A first novel by a new Irish writer. Scene: Bantry and London. The story of a young Irishman who, badly treated at home by his guardian, goes to London to make his fortune. His heart is broken by an adventuress, but in the end he marries a true woman. A little immature, but pleasant, and suitable for any class of readers. =EDWARDS, R. W. K.= ⸺ UNCHRONICLED HEROES. Pp. 119. (DERRY: _Gailey_). 1_s._ 1888. A rather feeble story of the Siege of Derry. Walker and Mackenzie are introduced, the former highly lauded, the latter disparaged. Appendix (filling nearly half the book) gives extracts from scarce documents relating to the siege. ⸺ THE MERMAID OF INISH-UIG. Pp. 248. (_Arnold_). 3_s._ 6_d._ 1898.