"Barney Bradey has acquired considerable success in his treatment of Irish wit and character, partly in prose and partly in poetry: the latter runs on in a clear stream of merriment, while the former, with rollicking fun, possesses an undercurrent of light wit, and occasionally of caustic sarcasm. Taken as a whole the little book is exceedingly readable, and as a bold venture on a very delicate field of literature, may be looked on as a decided success."--_Herald._ "Barney Bradey will cause a merry laugh to many by his piquant humour and droll conceits. They display at times an acuteness of observation and a pungency of wit which is heightened by the quaint mode of expression used."--_King's County Chronicle._ "Over Barney Bradey's Papers every reader is sure to laugh. They are full of fun and jollity. The only fault is their brevity."--_Malvern News._ "Barney Bradey is one gem of the Isle. He understands the 'boys,' and expresses their opinions in a very cute sensible way."--_Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser._ "Barney Bradey's Papers are so droll that we cannot do better than give our readers the one 'Matrimonial.'"--_Eastern Post._ "Barney Bradey's Papers will afford considerable amusement.'--_Ayrshire Express._ "Barney Bradey's Papers are full of genuine humour."--_Greenwich Gazette._ "The facetious style has an excellent exponent in the person of Barney Bradey."--_Brighton Daily News._ "Prose or verse come equally facile to his exceedingly humorous and racy pen."--_Ecclesiastical Gazette._ End of Project Gutenberg's The Spook Ballads, by William Theodore Parkes