THE LATE DR. F. W. PENNEFATHER.
(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") " X's" interesting letter about F. W. Pennefather in the Spectator of February 19th he alludes to Pennefather's admirable book Is Ulster Right; May I be allowed to relate another anecdote in connexion with that book, which, by the way, was published anonymously? Pennefather was in corre- spondence with Dr. 0. W. Prothero about an article he was writing for the Quarterly Review on some aspect of Irish affairs, and calling one day on the editor, Dr. Prothero said to him : " When next you are in Dublin I wish you would call on So-and-so, as I should like you to know him, for I regard him as the first authority on the subject of Ireland" (or words to that effeet). 'Accordingly Pennefather called on Dr. Protheto's friend, who, after greeting him, put his hand on a volume lying on his desk and said : " Do you know that book? I have learned more about Ireland from it than from any other source." The book was Is Ulster Right;—I am,
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