=DENVIR, John.= Born 1834. Lived nearly all his life in England (Liverpool, London, and Birmingham). Throughout his long career has never ceased to work for Ireland. Conducted for some years the CATHOLIC TIMES. Publ. _The Irish in England_ and his own autobiography, _The Life Story of an Old Rebel_ (1910), new ed., 1914. He is still living in London. He has publ. there a considerable number of popular books about Ireland, including “Denver’s Irish Library,” booklets at a penny each. ⸺ THE BRANDONS: a Story of Irish life in England. Pp. 153. (_Denver’s Irish Library_). 2_s._ 6_d._ Paper 1_s._ 1903. An Italian carbonaro tragedy that by a strange combination of circumstances comes into a peaceful back water of Liverpool, Homer’s Gardens, and mingles with the lives of its Irish inhabitants. A romantic interest is added by the love of Hugh and Jack Brandon for Rose Aylmer. Jack’s self-sacrifice is rewarded in the end. There are several pleasant Irish characters besides Hugh and Jack—Father MacMahon, genial, generous, and fatherly; Mick Muldowney and his wife, rough customers enough, but always cheery, and willing to share their last crust with anyone in need. ⸺ OLAF THE DANE. Pp. 103. (_Sealy, Bryers_). 6_d._ Paper. Scene: Donegal. Extraordinary story, full of sensational incidents. It turns chiefly on a prophecy made in the ninth century about men then living, which is fulfilled in their descendants of the nineteenth century. One of these latter is endowed with supernatural powers. There are some pretty faithful pictures of the peasantry. =[DERENZY, M. G.].= ⸺ THE OLD IRISH KNIGHT: a Milesian Tale of the Fifth Century. Pp. 186. (LONDON: _Poole & Edwards_). 1828. By the Author of _A Whisper to a Newly-married Pair_, _Parnassian Geography_, &c. In spite of an apparent effort to be archæologically correct the book is full of rather absurd anachronisms. There are already in Ireland abbeys with long lines of arches, there is talk of the finest organ in Europe being purchased for one of them, and so on. The story does not hang together. It is merely a string of disjointed incidents, most of them wholly improbable. =D’ESPARBÈS, Georges.= ⸺ LE BRISEUR DE FERS. Pp. 316. (PARIS: _Louis-Michaud_). 3_fr._10. [1908]. New edition, 1911. Dedication (to Colonel Arthur Lynch), and Preface (telling about the erection of the Humbert Memorial at Ballina). Humbert’s invasion told in impassioned and somewhat high-flown language. Describes some of the episodes with extraordinary vividness. Based mainly on reliable works, but not strictly historical. The Author is a distinguished writer, and very prolific, having produced a long series of novels, volumes of verse, &c. Born 1863 in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne.