Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances, and Folk-loreBrown, Stephen J. M. (Stephen James Meredith)
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Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances, and Folk-lore
Brown, Stephen J. M. (Stephen James Meredith)
English fiction -- Irish authors -- Bibliography; Ireland -- In literature -- Bibliography
⸺ SHILLELAGH AND SHAMROCK. (_Chatto_). 3_s._ 6_d._ 1902.
Short stories dealing mainly with the wild scenes of old
election days. Pictures of evictions and the old-time
fox-hunting, whiskey-drinking landlord. Always on the peasants’
side. Tales full of voluble humour and “go.” The peasants’ talk
is faithfully and vividly reproduced.
⸺ IN THE DAYS OF GOLDSMITH. Pp. 309. (_Long_). 6_s._ 1903.
A panegyric of Goldsmith, dealing with the part of his
life spent in England. Conversations introducing Reynolds,
Beauclerk, Johnson, etc., the latter’s talk recorded with
Boswellian fidelity. A picture, too, of the life and manners of
the day drawn with such frankness as to render the book unfit
for the perusal of certain classes of readers.
⸺ PATSY THE OMADHAUN. Pp. 260. (_Chatto_). 3_s._ 6_d._ (N.Y.:
_Benziger_). 0.60. 1904.
A dozen short stories, in which the village tailor recounts the
exploits of Patsy, who proves to be by no means the fool he
seems, and extricates himself and his friends from all kinds
of comical situations. All told in broadest brogue. Somewhat
farcical comicality.
⸺ TRUE MAN AND TRAITOR. (_Duffy_). 1910.
The career of Robert Emmet from his Trinity days to his tragic
end, told in the Author’s usual spirited fashion. Emmet is
represented as an able and practical organizer, but the story
of his love for Sarah Curran is not neglected. The historical
facts are thoroughly leavened with romance—Emmet’s perilous
voyage to France in a fishing-hooker, the detailed accounts of
his interviews with Napoleon, the character of Malachi Neelin,
the traitor: these and many other things are blended with the
narrative of real events.
=[BOLES, Agnes], “J. A. P.”=
⸺ THE BELFAST BOY. Pp. 464. (_Nutt_). 5_s._ 1912.
Opens in Belfast during the great riots of twenty-five years
ago. The hero, falsely accused of murder, flees to South
Africa, where he becomes a millionaire, and is known as “The
Belfast Boy.” The heroine, when she is going out to marry him,
omits to mention that she is leaving a son and his father (the
villain) in Belfast. These are conveniently got rid of, one by
lightning, the other by lightning-like small-pox. Several real
persons are introduced as personages in the story. Many of the
incidents are sensational, there is much dialect, and the style
in places is far from refined. An intense love for Belfast and
its surroundings pervades the book.—(_Press Notices_).
=BOVET, Madame.=
⸺ TERRE D’EMERAUDE.
=BOWLES, Emily.=
⸺ IRISH DIAMONDS: A Chronicle of Peterstown. Pp. 219. (_Richardson_).
1864.
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