23 MAY 1925, Page 20

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Blind Battery. By Donn Byrne. (Sampson Low. 5s.)–.. There is no country but Ireland of which it is so true to say " you must love her ere to you she will seem worthy of your- love." The story of Blind Raftery will appeal to those- readers to whom the atmosphere of mournful romance which envelopes the Emerald Isle is specially attractive. Raftery is the greatest of-Irish harpers—the date is the early eighteenth century—and he and his Spanish wife, Hilaria, are extremely picturesque figures. The story is full, of snatches . of song and contains long descriptions of Irish scenery.