CURRENT LITERATURE.
The Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania ; or, Ireland in America. Told by Ernest W. Lucy, edited by "C. E." (Bell and Sons.)—We are now familiar with the outlines of the Molly Maguire story ; here we have it told in considerable detail. "C. E.'s " American corre- spondent, who seems to have a special acquaintance with the locality which was the scene of the conspiracy, has furnished various par- ticulars ; others have been taken from two works published in America, one of them in German, and the other from the pen of Major Pinkerton, who was head of the Detective Agency in Chicago. Many pages are devoted to a detailed report of James M'Parlan's evidence (41'Parlan, it will be remembered, was the de- teotive who made his way into the confidence of the association, discovered its secrets, and ultimately brought about its dissolution and the punishment of some of its most guilty members). A stranger story never was told. The temper of mind which led to this wonderful development of lawlessness is pithily expressed in a story which Mr. Lucy tells :—" An Irish emigrant, on landing in New York, is said to have asked if there was a government in his new country. Being told there was, Then I'm agen it !' ho cried." English wrong-doing may have contributed to the formation of this temper, bat something is innate in the blood.
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