25 JANUARY 1890, Page 43

Glimpses of Irish Industries. By J. Bowles - Daly. (Ward and Downey.)—Mr.

Bowles-Daly takes up the cudgels on behalf of the Irish very vigorously,—too vigorously for the task in hand, and, we must also add, for good taste. He declares in his introduction that "one is always hearing the oft-repeated statement that the Irishman will work hard in every country but his own." A little further on he says : "It is true that a dislike to manual labour is universal." It is much to be regretted that a certain tone of bitterness pervades the whole of Mr. Bowles-Daly's book. There are some interesting and valuable facts in it, and the writer knows what he is writing about. He might with advantage have used more judgment in discriminating between what to say and what need not be said.