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Though we cannot altogether agree with the principles which have

guided Mr. Alfred M. Williams in making his selection, his Poets and Poetry of Ireland (J. R. Osgood and Co., Boston, U.S.A.) is none the less a very interesting collection. All forms, from the herdic ode to the broadside, are here represented ; and the several sections into which the book is divided are prefaced by appropriate notices, biographical and critical. We miss some old favourites—for example, neither