Essays Relating to Ireland. By C. Litton Palkiner. (Longmans and
Co. 9s. net.)—Mr. Falkiner was a member of the Irish Bar who was called away from his advocate's work and prospects first by literary and then by official employment. The world is certainly the gainer by this fact. These essays, selected from a number contributed during a life of remarkable activity to the periodical Press, are full of interest and value. All are worth study; if any one wishes to take a sample, let him read the " Biographical Study "—one of five papers similarly entitled--of Archbishop Stone. Stone was Primate of Ireland, of the typo best represented by Primate Boulter, with as little of the ecclesiastic and as much of the politician in him as are seen in the most worldly of mediaeval Popes and prelates. A more vivid picture of Anglo-Irish relations could not be found. The other studies are "Spenser in Ireland," " Sir John Davis," An Illustrious Cavalier" (the first Duke of Ormond), and "Robert Emmet." "Illustra- tions of Irish Topography," historical sketches of Dublin, Youghal, Kilkenny, Drogheda, Armagh, and Galway, make up the volume, which is a most interesting and valuable piece of work.
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