A thin thread of narrative connecting much interesting and valuable information about historical events and about the life of the people at the period. The hero passes from England, then laid waste by the wars of Stephen’s reign, to Ireland, where we are shown in great detail the civil and ecclesiastical life of the day. Thence he accompanies St. Malachi to Clairvaux on a visit to St. Bernard. Then he visits Italy—Tivoli, Horace’s Sabine Farm, and Rome, whose antiquities are described at length. Finally, he returns to Ireland, whose state is again dwelt upon. The narrative is relieved by exciting adventures and by stories told incidentally. The Author’s erudition is extensive and accurate. The title refers to St. Patrick’s Purgatory, Lough Derg. ⸺ THE FALCON KING. Pp. 240. (_Blackie_). 2_s._ 6_d._ Six illustr. by Paul Hardy. Picture Cover. 1907. “A series of historical episodes (beginning in Wales, 1146), vignettes of contemporary life, and stories from Celtic and Icelandic sagas and Norman French _chansons de geste_, illustrating events, manners, and religion.... Shows Henry II. and his barons engaged in the conquest of Ireland, and gives a good account of Dermot MacMurrough, and also of life in Dublin.”—(_Baker_, 2). =[O’CONNELL, Mrs. K. E.]=, of Leenane, Co. Galway; =“Aroon.”= ⸺ NOREEN DHAS. Pp. 62. (_Sealy, Bryers_). 1_s._ 1902. A pretty love-story of Connemara (the Killaries). The Author is for the language movement, and strongly opposed to the bargain marriages of the West. ⸺ WHITE HEATHER. Pp. 62. (_Sealy, Bryers_). 1_s._ 1903. Three tales of Connemara. The first is a graceful little fairy story, the third a story of faithful love. =O’CONNOR, Barry.= ⸺ TURF-FIRE STORIES, and Fairy Tales of Ireland. Pp. 405. (N.Y.: _Kenedy_). 0.63. Illustr. with woodcuts. 1890. “The greater number of the following sketches are original; the others have been transcribed, and in most cases materially altered, from the musty pages of some ‘Quaint and curious volumes of forgotten lore.’” (Pref.) Most of the stories are comic. The persons and incidents are mostly drawn from peasant life. Most of them are capitally told. A few are somewhat journalistic and hurriedly written. There is no caricaturing nor “Stage Irishism.” Some are legends of places, others typical fairy or folk tales. There are a large number of woodcuts, which, however, have no connection with the letter-press. =[O’CONNOR, Joseph K.]; “Heblon.”= ⸺ STUDIES IN BLUE. (_Sealy, Bryers_). 2_s._ Illustr. by C. A. Mills. _n.d._ (_c._ 1903). Sketches, true to life, and cleverly told, of the most disreputable side of Dublin slum-life, as seen, chiefly, in the Police Courts. Amusing, but at times verging on vulgarity. =O’DONNELL, Lucy.= ⸺ ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. Pp. 86. (DUBLIN: _Curry_). 1855.