A sensational story, filled, without any interval of dullness, with exciting adventures—sea battles, wrecks, hairbreadth escapes, fighting under Wellington in Spain, &c., &c. The main theme is a murder committed by a wicked land agent in Ireland—Malcolm M’Nab—and of which Luke is suspected on strong circumstantial evidence. All through the book, until just the end, M’Nab is on top, but right finally triumphs. There is no attempt at character drawing and very little probability. ⸺ THE FLIGHT FROM THE CLIFFS. Pp. 266. (_Duffy_). 1911. Author’s avowed intention—to present Irish and Catholic view of the Confederation War. With the political and military events of the time in mingled the romance of Walter Butler (the hero), who is on the Confederate side, and the daughter of Inchiquin. Owen Roe and Father Luke Wadding are prominent in the tale. Careful description of Benburb. Scene laid in many parts of Ireland (Dublin, Wicklow, Cork, Donegal, &c.), and in Spain and Rome. Full of exciting adventures, battles, sieges, &c. Illustr. very numerous. They are crude, but serve to enliven the narrative. ⸺ LAYS AND LEGENDS OF IRELAND. (_Duffy_). 1912. Twelve in prose and five in verse. Includes two of Author’s best short stories—“Maureen’s Sorrow” and “At Noon by the Ravine,” as well as several of his best known ballads. ⸺ THE INSIDE PASSENGER. (_Duffy_). 1913. The mail coach from Limerick is overtaken by a snow-storm near the old castle of Bullock, near Dalkey, and held up by a snowdrift. Passengers have to get out and shelter in the castle. To while away the time they tell stories each more weird and wonderful than the preceding, and all referring indirectly to the Inside Passenger. Towards morning the I. P., the coachman, and the six brass-bound boxes are found to have disappeared. The story tells what befell on the head of this and how the mystery was finally solved. =MURPHY, Nicholas P.= D. 1914. Ed. Clongowes Wood College. Was a member of the English Bar. ⸺ A CORNER IN BALLYBEG. Pp. 256. (_Long_). 6_s._ 1902. A collection of short, humorous sketches of life in a midland village in Ireland at the present day. The dialect is well done. The book is not written in a spirit of caricature. =MURRAY, John Fisher.= B. Belfast, 1811. Ed. there and T.C.D. Wrote much for Irish and English periodicals, including the NATION and the UNITED IRISHMAN. D. Dublin, 1865. ⸺ THE VICEROY. Three Vols. (LOND.). 1841. Deals with Dublin official life, satirizing it unmercifully. First appeared in BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE. The Author was born in Belfast in 1811; died 1865. Wrote for the NATION, the UNITED IRISHMAN (1848), the DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, &c. Graduated M.A. in T.C.D., 1832. =NAUGHTON, William.= ⸺ THE PRIEST’S BOY: a Story of Irish Rural Life. (DUBLIN: _Hunter_). 1_s._ 1914.