CHAPTER I. PAGE THE STORY OF A MINISTER, HIS SECRETARY, AND A PAIR OF SATIN SHOES--MR. R----’S THEORIES--LONDON--ENGLISH SOLDIERS--THE CHANNEL TUNNEL--HYDE PARK--HOLYHEAD--DUBLIN--THE JAUNTING CARS--_The United Ireland_ AND MR. O’BRIEN--_The Freeman’s Journal_ AND MR. DWYER GRAY 1 CHAPTER II. THE LAND LEAGUE--AN IRISH CONFESSOR--CAPTAIN BOYCOTT--A CONSPIRATOR’S CAVE--MR. HARRINGTON--MR. BIGGAR--THE OBSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN--MR. SULLIVAN LORD MAYOR, POET, PATRIOT, STATESMAN, AND DIVER--A ROUGH ELECTION MEETING--MR. SHACKLETON--A CANDIDATE’S PROFESSION OF FAITH--PEMBROKE HOUSE 29 CHAPTER III. ADVICE TO TOURISTS ON THE ART OF KISSING ENGLISH WOMEN--AN IRISH INN--CASTLE CONNELL--THE DEATH OF THE LAST OF THE O’BRIENS--BALLINACOURTY--CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT--THE SHANNON--SIR CROKER BARRINGTON--MR. CARDEN--LORD CLONCURRY AND HIS TENANTS--A LAND LEAGUE HUT--MR. PATRICK HOGAN’S OPINION OF THE LANDLORDS 79 CHAPTER IV. LIMERICK--ADMIRABLE SELF-DEVOTION OF THE IRISH PIGS--THE AGENTS--MALLOW--KILLARNEY--HOW WE TRAVEL IN KERRY--MUCKROSS ABBEY--AN IRISH CABIN--DERRYGARIFF--THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF AN ESTATE--THE DRAMA OF GLENVEIGH--A DINNER IN KERRY 117 CHAPTER V. AN AGENT’S MORNING--HOW A DAIRY WAS FOUNDED--MR. O’LEARY’S CASE--MINISTER AND ARCHDEACON--CATHOLIC ORGANISATION IN IRELAND--THE DISTRESS OF THE TAX-PAYERS AT KENMARE--AN INDIGNATION MEETING--THE IRISH CONSTABULARY 160 CHAPTER VI. DEPARTURE FROM KENMARE--A BAILIFF UNDER PROTECTION--HOW PLAIN DAUGHTERS CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUSLY DISPOSED OF--BLARNEY CASTLE--TRALEE--BARON DOWSE’S SPEECH--AN IRISH MARKET--THE GRAND JURY AND ITS PRESIDENT--MEDITATIONS 205 CHAPTER VII. IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHENTIC CASE OF BOYCOTTING--ANGLERS ON THE SHANNON--THE CONSTITUTIONAL--ENGLISH EDUCATION--DEPARTURE FOR SHAUNGANEEN--MR. THOMPSON--THE CORK DEFENCE UNION--SEVERELY BOYCOTTED--PRETTY MISS M’CARTHY AND HER LEG OF MUTTON--ENSILAGE IN THE OPEN AIR--THE RETURN FROM CAHIRMEE--THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ENGLISHWOMEN’S VIRTUE AND THE RAISING OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES--THE ORIGIN OF HARICOT MUTTON--CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1880 AT SHAUNGANEEN 228 CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION 279 PADDY AT HOME. CHAPTER I. THE STORY OF A MINISTER, HIS SECRETARY, AND A PAIR OF SATIN SHOES--MR. R----’S THEORIES--LONDON--ENGLISH SOLDIERS--THE CHANNEL TUNNEL--HYDE PARK--HOLYHEAD--DUBLIN--THE JAUNTING CARS--_United Ireland_ AND MR. O’BRIEN--_The Freeman’s Journal_ AND MR. DWYER GRAY.