Transcriber’s Notes: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_), and text enclosed by equal signs is in bold (=bold=). Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end. * * * * * The Gaelic State in the Past & Future OR “THE CROWN OF A NATION” By Darrell Figgis This book gives a careful historical analysis, in clear and simple terms, of the Gaelic State, and shows exactly what that State was, how it worked, and in what way it could be adapted for the modern requirements of a Nation. On the basis of that analysis it outlines a State for the future that claims to be a continuity of Ireland’s historic past. MAUNSEL & CO., LTD. ONE SHILLING NET * * * * * JAMES CONNOLLY =LABOUR IN IRELAND.= By JAMES CONNOLLY, with an Introduction by ROBERT LYND. 4s. net. Contains _Labour in Irish History_ and _The Reconquest of Ireland_ ALSO IN 2 VOLUMES WRAPPERS, 1s. NET I. Labour in Irish History II. The Re-Conquest of Ireland SEAN MILROY =MEMORIES OF MOUNTJOY= by SEAN MILROY. Wrappers, 1s. net. =JOHN MITCHEL. An Appreciation, with some Account of Young Ireland.= By P. S. O’HEGARTY. Cloth, 2s. 6d. net. =POETS OF THE INSURRECTION.= Pearse, Plunkett, Thomas McDonagh, and McEntee. Wrappers, 1s. net. The Gaelic State in the Past & Future or “THE CROWN OF A NATION” By DARRELL FIGGIS MAUNSEL & CO., LTD. 50 Lower Baggot St., Dublin 40 Museum Street, London 1917 * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR. POETRY. A Vision of Life (1909). The Crucibles of Time (1911). Queen Tara: A Tragedy (1913). The Mount of Transfiguration (1915). NOVELS. Broken Arcs (1911). Jacob Elthorne (1914). Children of Earth. (In preparation.) GENERAL. Shakespeare: A Study (1911). Studies and Appreciations (1912). “Æ”: A Study of a Man and a Nation (1916). A Chronicle of Jails (1917). Cahill & Co., Ltd., Printers, Dublin. Irish Paper. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK 1 II. THE MAKINGS OF A POLITY 8 III. THE POLITY AND THE STATE 15 IV. THE WORKING OF THE STATE 27 V. THE BROKEN STATE 36 VI. THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD 45 VII. AT THE GATES OF THE FUTURE 55 VIII. APPROACHING PROBLEMS 79 * * * * * The Gaelic State OR “THE CROWN OF A NATION” I. THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK.