“A Tale of 1849.” “The specific object of this work is to exemplify the various ways in which the poor are placed at a disadvantage, and the misery and, almost of necessity, the crime that ensue from their present crowded condition.” “Miss M. describes the life of one who might be called a Sister of Charity living in the world.... She tells us she has witnessed the incidents of her tale, which are described with vivacity.... The Author has entangled her heroine in a love affair, which, in itself, is very frigid and tedious.”—(D.R.). =MASON, A. E. W.= ⸺ CLEMENTINA. (_Methuen_). 2_s._ Eight illustr. by Bernard Partridge. [1901]. Second ed., 1903. (_Nelson_). New ed., 7_d._ 1911. The story of the romantic escape in 1720 of the Princess Clementina Sobieski from Austria, and how she was conducted to Rome to be married to the Pretender by the Chevalier Charles Wogan, member of an Anglo-Irish family of Clongowes Wood, in the County Kildare. Some glimpses of the Irish Brigade. A lively narrative. Mr. Baker calls it “a particularly close imitation of Dumas.” ⸺ THE FOUR FEATHERS. Pp. 338. (_Smith, Elder_). 6_s._ (_Nelson_). 7_d._ [1903]. 1912. Scene varies between London, Devonshire, the Soudan, and Donegal (Ramelton and Glenalla), the scenery of which latter is finely described. The theme is original and striking. The hero, an English soldier, is all his life haunted by the fear of showing “the white feather” at a critical moment. He resigns his commission rather than risk in a campaign his reputation for courage. This action brings on him the dreaded imputation of cowardice. How he redeems his honour is finely told. A delicate soul-study. The heroic self-sacrifice of Jack Durance still further raises the moral worth of the book. =MASON JONES=, _see_ =JONES=. =MATHEW, Frank.= A grand-nephew of Father Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance. B. 1865; ed. Beaumont, King’s College School, and London University. The writer of the Preface to the New Ed. of the _Cabinet of Irish Literature_ says: “A good many people of excellent judgment look upon Mr. Mathew as the Irish novelist we have been so long awaiting.... He does not write merely from the point of view of a sympathetic outsider. He has the true Celtic temperament, with the advantage of education, inherited and otherwise, over the peasants of genius who have so long represented the Irish spirit.” Wrote also _Father Mathew, his Life and Times_, _One Queen Triumphant_, _The Royal Sisters_, &c. Resides in London. ⸺ AT THE RISING OF THE MOON. Pp. 240. (_M’Clure_). 3_s._ 6_d._ Twenty-seven good Illustr. (N.Y.: _M’Clure_). 1.50. 1893.