The _Irish Literary Society_ of New York, which has been founded this year, produced _The Land of Heart’s Desire_, _The Pot of Broth_, and _Cathleen ni Houlihan_, on June 3rd and 4th, very successfully, and propose to give Dr. Hyde’s Nativity Play, _Drama Breithe Chriosta_, and his _Casadh an t-Sugain_, _Posadh_ and _Naom ar Iarriad_ next year, at the same time of year, playing them both in Irish and English. I heard too that his Nativity Play will be performed in New York this winter, but I know no particulars except that it will be done in connection with some religious societies. _The National Theatre Society_ will, I hope, produce some new plays of his this winter, as well as new plays by Mr. Synge, Mr. Colum, Lady Gregory, myself, and others. They have taken the Molesworth Hall for three days in every month, beginning with the 8th, 9th, and 10th of October, when they will perform Mr. Synge’s _Shadow of the Glen_, a little country comedy, full of a humour that is at once harsh and beautiful, _Cathleen ni Houlihan_, and a longish one-act play in verse of my own, called _The King’s Threshold_. This play is founded on the old story of Seanchan the poet, and King Guaire of Gort, but I have seen the story from the poet’s point of view, and not, like the old storytellers, from the king’s. Our repertory of plays is increasing steadily, and when the winter’s work is finished, a play[D] Mr. Bernard Shaw has promised us may be ready to open the summer session. His play will, I imagine, unlike the plays we write for ourselves, be long enough to fill an evening, and it will, I know, deal with Irish public life and character. Mr. Shaw, more than anybody else, has the love of mischief that is so near the core of Irish intellect, and should have an immense popularity among us. I have seen a crowd of many thousands in possession of his spirit, and keeping the possession to the small hours.