MIIIREDACH, ABBOT OF MONASTERBOICE.
Muireclach, Abbot of Monasterboice, 890-923 A.D. By R. A. S. Macaliater. (Hodges, Figgie, and Co. 75. 6d. net.)— This delightful book is a reprint of three lectures delivered by Professor Macalister at Alexandra College, Dublin, in 1013, under the foundation in memory of Margaret Stokes. The lectures were designed "to stimulate interest rather than to satisfy it," and no exhaustive treatment of the subject is attempted. The Cross of Muiredach at Monasterboice is generally acknowledged to be one of the most beautiful of
Celtic monuments in Ireland—or, indeed, in the world—and Professor Macalister has made a very successful endeavour to revivify the life of the days when it was first set up, fresh from the sculptor's chisel, and, it may be, bravely painted as well. Ireland a thousand years ago was the home of a wonderful artistic movement, many relics of which are finely pictured in this book and well expounded by the author.
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