Ireland in 1901: a revolution has passed over Ireland, 2; she has made some material progress, 2; Dublin and Belfast, ibid.; improvement in the habitations of the community and in Catholic places of worship, 2, 3; material progress of the community, 3-5; the dark side of the picture, 5; decline of several towns in Ireland, of manufactures, of fishing industry, and of agriculture, 6, 7; Ireland a poor country, 7; excessive emigration, 8; great increase of local and general taxation, 8; the progress of Ireland as nothing compared to that of England and Scotland, 9; the Irish land system at the beginning of the reign of Victoria, 11; sketch of it from that to the present time, 11-17 (and _see_ the Question of the Irish Land, Chap. III., in many places); Ireland and her three peoples, 18; Catholic Ireland remains for the most part disaffected, despite the great reforms effected in its interest, 19-21; the Catholic democracy of Ireland, 21; failure of the policy of conciliation, 22; Presbyterian Ireland--its sentiments and demands, ibid.; Protestant Ireland--its position in the community, 22, 23; discontent of the landed gentry, 23; character of the Irish legislation of the Imperial Parliament, 23-25, and of its administration of Irish affairs, 28, 29; the Anglican Church of Ireland, 30; the Presbyterian Church, ibid.; the Catholic Church, 31; the administration of justice in Ireland, 31, 32; Irish literature and education, 32, 33; _resume_ of the general condition of Ireland, 33-35; the Irish policy of Lord Salisbury's Government during the last six years, 35, 36; Ireland still 'the vulnerable part near the heart of the Empire,' 37, 38 L Lalor, John Finton, a rebel of 1848: his teaching with respect to the Irish land, 148