16 JULY 1887, Page 19

Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift, By J. Bowles

Daly, LL.D. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Daly reprints here the " Drapier Letters," and various other tracts published by Dean Swift between 1720 and 1734, ending with the "Modest Proposal," the grimmest piece of satire that ever was penned. We have also "A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the Legion Club," the Irish Parliament of the day.

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