24 OCTOBER 1925, Page 43

My Tower in Desmond. By S. R. Lysaght. (Macmillan. 7s.

6d.)—Written in a quiet, discursive, autobiographical style, this story follows the fortunes of two Irishmen, whose friendship, begun in boyhood upon a farm in Munster, ripens through various experiences in England and South Africa and even stands the strain of the Great War and the Irish Rebellion, in which their convictions range them as com- batants on opposite sides. The early scenes are described with much charm, and the account of the Easter Rebellion of 1916 is written, obviously, from first-hand knowledge. Few readers will have difficulty in recognizing in " Brian ", one of the best known rebel leaders.