Clearly genuine autobiography. Begins in little village in Kildare, but at five or six the child is taken to Dublin. Story of an unhappy childhood, for she was treated with great harshness by sisters and mother. Had some friends, however, among them an old gentleman, who believed himself to be Hamlet and O’Donovan Rossa, then a young lad. (_See_ p. 609 in BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE, vol. 164, where the story appeared serially). Her unhappiness was continued at the convent school, near Birmingham, where she was educated. Everything is set down, including a flogging she received and an account of her first confession. A very curious book, very well written. =LYON, Capt. E. D.= Late 68th Durham Light Infantry. ⸺ IRELAND’S DREAM: a Romance of the Future. Two Vols. (_Sonnenschein_). 1888. A forecast of Ireland under Home Rule. Contains much about relations of Orangemen and Catholics, the National League, secret societies, emigration, and so on. Represents an Ireland hopelessly “gone to the dogs”—no security for life or property, murder rife, prosperity gone, &c. Written in flippant style, betraying bitter contempt for Irish nationalism. =LYSAGHT, Mrs.= ⸺ REX SINGLETON; or, The Pathway of Life. (_Wells, Gardner_). 2_s._ Illustr. Third ed., _c._ 1911. Thoroughly a boy’s book, full of the adventures and pranks of an Irish boy.—(Publ.). =LYSAGHT, Sidney Royse.= Eldest son of T. R. Lysaght, of Mintinna, Co. Cork. Has published three volumes of verse between 1886 and 1911. Lives in Somerset. ⸺ HER MAJESTY’S REBELS. Pp. 488. (_Macmillan_). 6_s._ 1907. In a prefatory note the Author tells us that though the career of his hero resembles that of Charles Stewart Parnell, Connor Desmond is not intended as a portrait of Parnell. “There is an historical basis for the structure of the story—not for the persons.” A political novel, written mainly about the course of national life in Ireland, 1875-1891. The central figure most obviously reproduces the career and even the personal characteristics of Parnell, who is well and even sympathetically portrayed. The writer’s view-point is free, on the whole, from party bias. He is convinced that a Royal residence in Ireland would be a sure antidote to seditious tendencies. There is a strong love interest. The Author depicts many scenes of Irish life among various classes. The hero is “involved in flagitious relations with several women.”—(_Baker_, 2). =LYTTLE, Wesley Guard; “Robin.”= Born, 1844, at Newtownards, Co. Down. Was successively a junior reporter, a school teacher, a lecturer on Dr. Corry’s _Irish Diorama_, a teacher of shorthand, an accountant, an editor. Started, in 1880, THE NORTH DOWN AND BANGOR GAZETTE, a strong Liberal and Home Rule paper. Afterwards owned and edited THE NORTH DOWN HERALD. Died 1896. ⸺ ROBIN’S READINGS. Eight Vols.