A collection of thirty stories picked up by the Author during holidays in various parts of Ireland, and “received, mostly, from accidental and familiar intercourse with the peasantry.”—(Pref.). The place with which the legend is connected is indicated in each case. The legends are of a very miscellaneous nature, local incidents, fairy stories, ghost stories, old hero stories, &c. A considerable number of counties are represented by one or more stories. =O h-ANNRACHAIN, Michea.= B. New Ross, Co. Wexford. Ed. Christian Bros.’ Schools and Collegiate Academy, Carlow. Has written a good deal for the press. Is an ardent worker in the Language Movement. ⸺ A SWORDSMAN OF THE BRIGADE. Pp. 231. (_Sands_). 3_s._ 6_d._ 1914. A fine stirring adventure story of the doings of one of the “Wild Geese” in Sheldon’s division of the Irish Brigade in the service of France. Scene: Flanders, Bavaria, Italy, and Dublin. _c._ 1703. Told in a breezy way and thoroughly Irish in spirit. =O’HARE, Hardress.= ⸺ CONQUERED AT LAST: from Records of Dhu Hall and its Inmates. A Novel. Three Vols. 1874. =O’HIGGINS, Brian; “Brian na Banban.”= B. Kilskyre (Cill Scire), Co. Meath, 1882; ed. there. Came to Dublin about twelve years ago and threw himself into the work of the Gaelic League, for which he became a travelling teacher (múinteoir taistil) in Cavan and Meath. Has publ. two books in Irish. Has for years past been a frequent contributor to the Catholic and Irish press at home and in America and Australia. His songs are popular at Irish-Ireland concerts all over the country. ⸺ BY A HEARTH IN EIRINN. (_Gill_), 1_s._ 1908. The gay and humorous side of the language movement seen from a League point of view—the Seonín, the Feis, the Gaelic Christmas hearth. One sketch gives a glimpse of the early years of John Boyle O’Reilly. ⸺ GLIMPSES OF GLEN-NA-MONA. Pp. 115. (_Duffy_). 6_d._ Paper. 1908. Sketches of peasant life in a remote glen (place not indicated). Almost wholly taken up with the sadness and the miseries of emigration. Simple, pathetic, and religious. ⸺ FUN O’ THE FORGE. (DUBLIN: _Whelan_). 1915. A collection of humorous stories. =O’Kane, Rev. W. M.= B. 1872, at Millisle, Co. Down. Son of Capt. Francis O’Kane, of Weymouth and Millisle. Ed. Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, and at Queen’s Coll., Belfast; B.A. and LL.B., R.U.I. Was Curate in Banbridge and Belfast and is at Present Incumbent of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Author of _The King’s Luck_ and _Guppy Guyson_. ⸺ WITH POISON AND SWORD. Pp. 402. (_Mills & Boon_). 6_s._ 1910.