results of the system of land purchase so far, ibid.; mischievous and dangerous consequences of all this legislation on the Irish land; a retrospect of it on the side of occupation, 230-237; judgment of Mr. Lecky, 237, 238; retrospect of it on the side of ownership, especially with regard to the subject of 'compulsive purchase,' which the system of 'voluntary purchase' has necessarily made a grave question, 238-256; judgment of Mr. Lecky, 256, 257; the Irish land system in a deplorable state, 257-259; plan of the author for the reform of this system approved by Mr. Gladstone and by Parnell, 259-266; the compensation of the Irish landlords must be accomplished if public faith is to be kept and common justice done, 266-270 Land League, the: Reign of Terror caused by, 14; its teaching and that of the National League, 20; ascendency of the Land League in ten or eleven Irish counties, 45; frightful state of Ireland due to it, 158-162 Law, Mr., the Irish Attorney-General of Mr. Gladstone in 1881: his definition of 'fair rent,' 192 Limerick in decay, 6 Litton, Mr. E. F., a member of the first Land Commission, 192 Local Government, sketch of, in Ireland, 309-329. _See_ Chap. VIII., Other Irish Questions, in several places M Macaulay, Lord: speech on the state of Ireland in 1844, 36 Meredith, Mr. Justice, head of the present Land Commission: a capable lawyer, but bound by the precedents of his forerunners, 229 N National League, the: it replaces the Land League, 47, 48; its leaders set on foot 'The Plan of Campaign,' 57; it was founded by Parnell, 171; its character, 172; agrarian side of the National League movement, 174, 175; decline of the power of the National League in 1889, 177; it is at its lowest ebb in 1895, ibid. National system of education, 332-336. _See_ Chap. VIII., on Other Present Irish Questions O O'Connell: his evidence on the state of Ireland in 1825, 5; he wrings Catholic Emancipation from a reluctant Government, 113; leader of the Repeal movement of 1843-44, 115 O'Hagan, Mr. Justice, head of the first Land Commission, 190