25 JANUARY 1879, page 17

Brian Boru.* The Author Of This Tragedy Tells Us That

it is "a first and tenta- tive effort," "composed at various intervals during the past three years, amid the pressure of other engagements." That being so, it is undoubtedly a......

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WALTER BAGEHOT.* a sense, it may be said that all writings are biographical, because to those who are prepared by due exercise of sensibility, the character of the writer will......