3 MARCH 1832, Page 17

BRYA.N'S IRELAND.

IT would be very difficult, and by no means a short task, to give an analysis of Mr. BRYAN'S valuable book on Ireland. He enti- tles it a "Practical View :" it is, in other words, a collection of FACTS on Ireland, methodically arranged under chapters,—such as Poor-laws, Absentees, Grand Juries, Taxation, Population; and connected together by much unprejudiced good sense and ap- parent benevolence. We know of no work, a consideration of which is so likely to clear up the conflicting and unsettled opinions respecting the remedies which ought to be applied to the evils of that unhappy country. To an inquirer of ordinary informatiOn, with a determination to master the subject, and to come to some sound opinion on it, we consider this book as an invaluable guide and assistant. The facts are in many instances of a striking and interesting description. A statistical and political work was never better adapted for making a decided impression on the public mind. Our only quarrel with the author is his unreserved abtise of the Economists, who really have done much to enlighten the world on the state of Ireland, but nothing to make it worse. It ought to be just as constantly borne in mind as it is perpetually forgotten, that Economy is one thing, and Politics and Morals are another; and that the Economist pretends but to the consideration of only one element in national prosperity—that is, wealth. Ab- senteeism, for example, might be proved not to detract directly from the wealth of a country, and yet in fact be the most perni- cious evil that affects its wellbeing.