The Sir Roger of the story (he is “10th baron Navan”) is an elderly married man, blustering, cursing, lying, cheating, but described in such a way that one does not see whether the author means him for a hero or not. He falls in love with Lady Kitty, who is in love with somebody else. Sir Roger tries to get the latter into disreputable situations. They fight a duel, and the curtain falls on Sir Roger mortally wounded. The book is quite devoid of seriousness. ⸺ SMITH OF THE SHAMROCK GUARDS; by “An Officer.” (_Stanley Paul_). ⸺ STORIES OF IRISH LIFE, PAST AND PRESENT; by “Slieve Foy.” Pp. 160. (_Lynwood_), 1_s._ 1912. Ten stories, amusing and pathetic, some of which have appeared in the WEEKLY FREEMAN and the IRISH EMERALD. ⸺ STORY OF NELLY DILLON, THE; by the author of “Myself and my Relatives.” Two Vols. (LONDON: _Newby_). 1866. Nelly Dillon, daughter of a Tipperary farmer, is abducted in suspicious circumstances by a former lover, who is a Ribbonman and illicit distiller. She is disowned by her parents but befriended and sheltered by Bet Fagan, a fine character. The latter prevails upon the abductor, when under sentence of death, to clear Nelly Dillon’s character in presence of the parish priest, who afterwards tells the facts from the altar. The parents wish to receive Nelly back, but she rejects their advances and dies. A sad story, well told, and with a healthy moral. ⸺ TALES AND LEGENDS OF IRELAND. Two Vols. (CORK: _Bolster_). 1831. “Illustrative of society, history, antiquities, manners, and literature, with translations from the Irish, biographical notices, essays, etc.” ⸺ THOMAS FITZGERALD THE LORD OF OFFALEY; by “Mac Erin O’Tara, the last of the Seanachies.” Three Vols. (LONDON). 1836. “The first of a projected series illustrative of the history of I.” (Title-p.). See also Introd. (pp. xxx.) containing some interesting remarks about Irish historical fiction. Claims to “give the history as it really occurred.” The book is a quite good attempt to relate the rebellion of Silken Thomas in a romantic vein (though with no love interest) and to picture the times. The conversations, though somewhat long-drawn-out, are in very creditable Elizabethan English, redolent of Shakespeare. Opens with a description of Christmas in Dublin in 1533. The Author is not enthusiastically Nationalist, but is quite fair to the Irish side. ⸺ TIM DOOLIN, THE IRISH EMIGRANT. Pp. 360 (close print). (_Partridge_). 3_s._ 6_d._ Illustr. Third ed., 1869.