=GRIMSHAW, Beatrice.= An Irish Authoress, born in Cloona, Co. Antrim. Hitherto her novels do not deal directly with Ireland, but some of her chief characters are Irish. Thus Hugh Lynch, a Co. Clare man, is the hero of her _When the Red Gods Call_ (Mills & Boon), 1910, and Geo. Scott, a typical Belfastman, plays a prominent part in _Guinea Gold_ (Mills & Boon), 1912. These novels deal with New Guinea life. =GRINDON, Maurice.= ⸺ KATHLEEN O’LEOVAN: a Fantasy. Pp. 107. Two illustr. (_Simpkin, Marshall_). 1896. Levan, grandson of an O’Leovan who had settled in England, visits the home of his ancestors, Castle Columba, Kilronan, and meets the heroine. =GUINAN, Rev. Joseph.= Father Guinan is P.P. of Dromod, in Co. Longford. Before his appointment to an Irish parish he passed five years in Liverpool. This gave him “the fresh eye,” the power to see things which, had he remained in Ireland, he might never have observed. His books deal with two things—the life of the poorest classes in the Midlands and the life of the priests. Of both he has intimate personal knowledge, and for both unbounded admiration. He writes simply and earnestly. To the critic used only to English literature, his work may seem wanting in artistic restraint, for he gives free vein to emotion. But this is more than atoned for by its obvious sincerity. ⸺ SCENES AND SKETCHES IN AN IRISH PARISH; or, Priests and People in Doon. (_Gill_). 2_s._ Fourth edition. 1906. A faithful picture of typical things in Irish life: the Station, the Sunday Mass, the grinding of landlordism, the agrarian crime, the eviction, the emigration-wake. See especially the chapter “Sunday in Doon.” This is the Author’s first novel and is somewhat immature. ⸺ THE SOGGARTH AROON. (_Gill & Duffy_). 2_s._ 6_d._ (N.Y.: _Benziger_). 1.00. Second edition, 1907. Third, 1908. Pathetic experiences of a country curate in an out-of-the-way parish, where the people’s faith is strong and their lives supernaturally beautiful. The Soggarth shares the few joys and the many sorrows of their lives. ⸺ THE MOORES OF GLYNN. Pp. 354. (_Washbourne_). 3_s._ 6_d._ (N.Y.: _Pratt_). 2.00. [1907]. Third edition. 1915. The fortunes of a family of four children whose mother is a beautiful and lovable character. The book is full of pictures of many phases of Irish life, the relations between landlord and tenant, priests and people, evictions, emigration, a “spoiled priest.” A typical description is the realistic picture of the pig fair. Full of true pathos, with an occasional touch of kindly humour. ⸺ THE ISLAND PARISH. Pp. 331. (_Gill_). 1908.