The supposed teller began as a supporter of “law and order,” but the conviction of the abuses of landlordism is forced upon him by experience and observation, and he ends by joining the secret society of the Whitefeet. He makes no secret of the crimes of this body, and many of them are described in the course of the narrative. =CUSACK, Mary Frances=, known as “The Nun of Kenmare.” Originally a Protestant, she became a Catholic and a Poor Clare. From her convent in Kenmare she issued quite a library of books on many subjects—Irish history, general and local, Irish biography, stories, poems, works of piety and of instruction. Subsequently she left her convent, went to America, and reverted to Protestantism. Died Leamington, 1899, aged 70. She has published her autobiography. ⸺ NED RUSHEEN; or, Who Fired the First Shot? Pp. 373. (_Burns & Oates._ BOSTON: _Donahoe_). Four rather mediocre Illus. 1871. A murder mystery. The hero is wrongly accused, but is acquitted in the end. The real culprit (scapegrace son of the victim, Lord Elmsdale) confesses when dying. The mystery is well kept up to the end. Indeed, the explanation of it is by no means clear, even at the close. The moral purpose is kept prominently before the reader throughout. Tone strongly religious and Catholic, the Protestant religion being more than once compared, to its disadvantage, with the Catholic. ⸺ TIM O’HALLORAN’S CHOICE; or, From Killarney to New York. Pp. 262. (LONDON: _Burns_). [1877]. 1878. “This little story gives a strong picture of the heroic faith, sufferings, and native humour of the Irish poor.”—(_Press Notice_). When Tim is dying a priest and a “Souper” contend for possession of his boy Thade. Tim is faithful to his Church, but after his death the boy is kidnapped by the proselytisers. He escapes, and is sheltered by a good Catholic named O’Grady. Subsequently he finds favour with a rich American, who takes him off to New York. =D’ARBOIS DE JUBAINVILLE, Henri.= Born in Nancy, 1827. Died 1910. Educated in École des Chartes. A biographical notice of him, followed by a bibliography of his works, will be found in the _Revue Celtique_ (Vol. 32, p. 456, 1911), which he edited for many years. The list of his works contains 238 items, the greater number of which concern Celts. Perhaps rather more than half deal with Ireland. They include a _Cours de Littérature Celtique_ in 12 vols., a history of the Celts, a work on the Irish mythological cycle, and a catalogue of the epic literature of Ireland. That on the Irish mythological cycle has been well translated by R. I. Best (_Hodges & Figgis_). 1903. Pp. xv. + 240. =D’ARCY, Hal.= ⸺ A HANDFUL OF DAYS. Pp. 319. (_Long_). 6_s._ 1914.