=ARCHER, Patrick, “MacFinegall.”= Born at Oldtown, North County Dublin, about fifty years ago. Lives in Dublin, where he is a Customs Official. ⸺ THE HUMOURS OF SHANWALLA. Pp. 162. (_Gill_). 2_s._ 6_d._ Frontisp. photo of Author. [1906]. New edition, 1_s._ 6_d._ 1913. A series of sketches exhibiting the humorous side of village life in the North County Dublin district, or thereabouts. Quite free from caricature; in fact tending to set the people described in a favourable light, and to make them more appreciated. There is a portrait of a priest, earnest, persevering, and wholly taken up with his people’s good. Thoroughly hearty, wholesome humour. =ARGYLE, Anna.= ⸺ OLIVE LACY. Pp. 365. (PHILADELPHIA: _Lippincott_). 1874, and earlier editions. Scene: Wicklow during rebellion. Story told in first person by Olive Lacy, a peasant’s daughter, adopted into a country gentleman’s family. Castlereagh and Curran are introduced. A good specimen of the latter’s table talk is given. Olive’s father becomes a United Irishman, is betrayed by a foreign monk (who goes about in a habit and cowl!), escapes, is rearrested, and finally is shot. A general description of the rising is given. Tone, healthy. Story well told, but for some improbabilities. Wrote also: _Cecilia; or, The Force of Circumstances_. N.Y.: 1866; _Cupid’s Album_; _The General’s Daughter_. =ARTHUR, F. B.= ⸺ THE DUCHESS. (_Nelson_). Scene: mainly in Donegal. Standpoint: Protestant and English. Not unfair to peasantry. A pleasantly told little story. The hero implicated in Fenian movement, and arrested, escapes from prison through the cleverness of his little daughter, “the Duchess.” =[ASHWORTH, John H.]= Author of _The Saxon in Ireland_. ⸺ RATHLYNN. Three Vols. (_Hurst & Blackett_). 1864. A young Englishman, son of “Admiral Wyville,” takes up and works a property in a remote district in Ireland. Told in first person. The chief interest seems to lie in jealousies and consequent intrigues arising out of love affairs. =“ATHENE”= _see_ =HARRIS=. =AUSTIN, Stella.= ⸺ PAT: A Story for Boys and Girls. (_Wells Gardner_). 2_s._ 6_d._ Illustr. “One of the prettiest stories of child life. Even the adult reader will take a great liking to the lively Irish Boy”—(CHRISTIAN WORLD). By the same Author: _Stumps_, _Somebody_, _Tib and Sib_, _For Old Sake’s Sake_, &c., &c. =“AYSCOUGH, John” [Mgr. Bickerstaffe Drew].= The Author is a Catholic priest (a convert), now (August, 1915) acting as a chaplain in the British Army in France. He is one of the best-known writers of the day. ⸺ DROMINA. Pp. 437. (_Arrowsmith_). 6_s._ 1909.