74 JOURNAL OF TRE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. The Mermaid of fnish-uig pp. 248. Arnold (1898). R. W. K. Edwards To Inil!l.sh-Uig (TO'cy Island) wiith its primitive people comes a new lighthouse-looep€r, a scoundrel, and a hyipocrlte, who leads '"B1a1ck ~ate" asitriay. He tries to turn to account the ilUcit stilling prupens~ties of the people, but is foiled in an amusing way. Flather Tim and a PreE1by1terian minis1ter on the mainland are two finely crrawn ch1aracters. The islanders are well descriJbed, and their dialec1t well rendered. A Maid of the Manse pp. 315. Sampson Low (1895 Mrs. ·E. Rentoul Esler A sitory of Pre.Slby·terian cle1rical life in County Donegal six;ty years ago. A pleasant, readalb!le s1tory, with a well wroug:b;t plot. There is both pa1thos and l'l.umour in the whole book, and as a picture of manners it is true to life, if somewhat idyllic. Rosie Wedder1burn's love st'Ory f'orms part of a plot. Memories of a Month Among the "Mere Irish" pp. 29. Keegan Paul (1881) ~d Edn. (1886). "Floredice., W. H." (William Hart) A ·record of conversa:tions held and things seen, but esipecially Of legends, stories, and anecdotes heard from the peasantry during a stay made by t'he Alu'thor when a youth at Doe .oastle, near the head o,f Siheeiphawn, Oo. Donegal. Owen Gregallah (Gallagher?) an old water-Iba.Iliff, w1ith whom the Author used to go fishing, teUs many of these la1t:ter, in the local dialec1t, which is faithfully >reiproduced. The stories are interesiting in themselves, and very well told. Dr. Mah1affy referred in the "Academy" to one of them a.s the tunnies;t Irish sto.ry in print. - There is no condeicension in the Author's tone. He likes and respects, as well as enjoys, his. p.aasant companions. !He seems to 'be an American. 'Dhe preface to the second edition gives a humo'tous aGcount of the diffilcu1t1ies of tr.avel in Donegal in those d!ays. tN.B.-The ti,tle on the cover is "Mere Irish" stories. - Derryreel London. Hamilton Adams. (1886). (William Hart) "Floredice:J W. H.'' "A collecition of sitories from North-West Donegal." This wr~ter J)uiblished also a voliume entitled "Floredioce Stories." Sarsfield 3 Vols. London (1814). Dr. John Gamble T'he hero is a young Irish:n1an who is held, under the name of Glisson, in a French prisnner of war camp at Stra'.bane. He is aided to esc.a.pe by the daughter of a local pos1tmaster, ahd wanders all over Uls;ter (c. 1760) w:here the wi1des't exciitemeht prevails over a threia'tened French invasdon. The author emlbodied many local traditions which make the novel well worthy of reprinting. The Druidess pp. 195. ouseley (1908) Mrs. Florence Gay (nee Smith) Cormac, a youth of Pi1ctish royal blood has a mission from his dying father to reS!cue from the Saxons the mother of hris intended bride. His adventures in carrying ou1t his mission bring him from :Oamonia (lbetiwBen the Yoe and the Axe) to Ire~and (Gilendlalough, TailUenn, Doneg1al). He is present a•t the halfpagan festiv•al of [Beltadne, and a1t the CbnveniMon of Drumceat. .l\Jt the latter he meets St. Colium!ba, who is sym.pa.theittcally descr1hbcd. The story deals largely with the lingerings of Baganism in Ireland. Several battles between Smrons and Britons are descri1bed. The savage manners of the time are ptctured with realistic vividness. The wild scenes of adventure follow one another withouit a pause. Intended for ''1b!oys and others." The Seals Oape (1935) Monk Gibbon A tale of the Donegal coast,
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