Peggy is the daughter of a poor Irish peasant and of an officer. She is now an orphan, but has been adopted by an English friend of her father’s and sent to an English boarding school. The story is made up of plots and petty jealousies amongst the schoolgirls. Peggy, though much ridiculed for her dreadful brogue, triumphs over her special enemy and the latter’s followers and ends by being popular and happy. ⸺ KITTY O’DONOVAN. Pp. 330. (_Chambers_). 5_s._ Six good coloured Illustr. by J. Finnemore. 1912. Doings in a select English boarding school, where the pretty heroine from Kerry comes scatheless through the spiteful plots of her jealous rivals, and is crowned Queen of the May. There is a pretty description of Kerry scenery, but most of the action takes place outside of Ireland. ⸺ THE PASSION OF KATHLEEN DUVEEN. Pp. 284. (_Stanley Paul_). 6_s._ 1913. “A tale of the novelette class about a young Irishman forced into crime and faithlessness to his young wife by his family’s need of money.”—[TIMES LIT. SUPPL.]. Another “Colleen Bawn” story. Brilliant young officer marries penniless girl. Financial straits. Murder; and nemesis. ⸺ AT THE BACK OF THE WORLD. (_Hurst & Blackett_). 6_s._ _n.d._ Scene: “Arranmore,” on the sea coast of Cork. Sheila O’Connor is long sundered from her lover by the suspicion, shared by herself, that he is the murderer of her father, the Squire. Whether they are ever united again we leave the reader to discover. There are many scenes that show us the life of the peasantry, in particular their religious customs. The book seems free from bias, and the brogue is not exaggerated. =[MEANY, Mary L.].= ⸺ CONFESSORS OF CONNAUGHT; or, The Tenants of a Lord Bishop. Pp. viii. + 319. (PHILADELPHIA: _Cunningham_). [1864]. _n.d._ (still in print). Hardly a story: rather a relation of real incidents in which the names are thinly disguised. Turns chiefly on the proselytising efforts of Lord Plunkett, Protestant Archb. of Tuam, resulting in the Partry evictions. Archb. MacHale, Father Patrick Lavelle, Mgr. Dupanloup, and J. F. Maguire play parts in the tale. Written with strong Catholic bias, but among the chief characters are a Protestant minister and his wife, who are represented as estimable in every way. Style lively, and at times humorous. Dialogue good and natural. The Author is a great admirer of William Smith O’Brien. She has also publ. _Grace Morton; or, The Inheritance_. _A Catholic Tale._