In the height of the Whiteboy disturbances, which are luridly described, a young Englishman comes to Ireland with the intention of uplifting the peasantry and bettering their lot. After some terrible experiences he at length succeeds to a wonderful extent in his benevolent purposes. The book is of a didactic type.—(_Krans_). ⸺ THE FIGHT OF FAITH: a Story of Ireland. Two Vols. (_Chapman & Hall_). [1862]. 1869. Opens at Havre in 1680 with a Huguenot family about to fly from persecution. Their ship is wrecked off the Isle of Wight, where the little girl Pauline is rescued and adopted by an old sea-captain. The scene then changes to Carrickfergus, then held by Schomberg. Geo. Walker is introduced, and the story ends with the battle of the Boyne (the fight of faith). View-point strongly Protestant. ⸺ NELLY NOWLAN, and Other Stories. Popular Tales of Irish Life and Character. Seventh edition, with numerous Illustr. Demy 8vo. (LONDON). 1865. Contains twenty-five delightful tales of Irish life, with numerous illustrations by Maclise, Franklin, Brooke, Herbert, Harvey, Nichol, and Weigall; “Sweet Lilly O’Brian,” “Mary Ryan’s Daughter,” “The Bannow Postman,” “Father Mike,” and twenty-one other tales. As a graphic delineator of Irish life and character, no other writer has dealt with the subject so delightfully and truly as Mrs. Hall. She wrote many volumes on the subject, of which this is the best. ⸺ TALES OF IRISH LIFE AND CHARACTER. (_T. N. Foulis_). 5_s._ With Sixteen Illustr. in colour from the famous Irish paintings of Erskine Nichol, R.S.A. 1909. =HALPINE, Charles Graham; “Private Myles O’Reilly.”= Born in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, 1829. Son of Rev. N. J. Halpin (_sic_). Ed. T.C.D. Took up journalism and went first to London, where he came to know some of the young Irelanders, and thence to America. Became a well-known journalist. Fought through the Civil War. His songs became very well-known throughout the Union. D. 1868. Publ. also a series of prose sketches, _Baked Meats of the Funeral_, and a vol. of reminiscences. ⸺ MOUNTCASHEL’S BRIGADE; or, The Rescue of Cremona. Pp. 151 (close print). (DUBLIN: _T. D. Sullivan_). Fifth ed., 1882. Episodes in the story of the Irish Brigade in the service of France. The narrative is enlivened with love affairs, duels, and exciting adventures very well told. ⸺ THE PATRIOT BROTHERS; or, The Willows of the Golden Vale. (DUBLIN). Sixth ed. 1884. One ed., pp. 173 (small print), _n.d._, was publ. by A. M. Sullivan.