Pastoral Anula pp. 397. !London: Seeley (1840). Rev. J. Spenter Knox Oonten>ts: ''The Sick P!arish," "The First Deaith," "The Sermon," "The Warnl~," "The Private Still," "The Pl1Uralist," "The Inn," "The School," "Rlbbonism" (1a very un.farvou1rruble . piotUTe of bailiffs, process-servers. Very fair towards Catholics); "The Night," "The Starving Faimily," "The Bir<tl1," "Tht Sotiip Shop" (!F'amlne of 18:17); "Death by StarvaUon," "The COnfess.ional' (a plea for private conf'ession), "P1amily Worship/' "Tithe Setting," "Lough Derg" (.faicetious 1n tone. Lcmgh Derg Pilgrimage.-.ia scene of mocke'ry and de5solwteness"). A sedes of studies-d'or the most part care.flul a.nd sympathetic. Parit of Ireland dealt with-Donegal. Lutrell of A.nu Pratt, New York 0865). Charles Lever This novel contains Lever's most charming heroine, while Tom O'RoUTke, an innkeeper, 1-n a wild, remote parrt of County Donegial provides a good deal o:f humour. Where the Atlantic Meets the Land Lane (1896). Caldwell Lipsett S~en short sketche~, several dealing-not too sympa.thetioally-lWi:th Donegal pease.n171:y, pasisionate and cpild-ish beings, in whose undisciplined na'tm.res tragic and, humorous elements are close neighlbours. The Four Feathers w. 338. Smith Elder (1902) NelSon (1912). A. :£. W. Muon Scene Vlaries be·tween London, Devonshire, the Soudan, and Doneg·al (:Ramelton and C:Henella), the scenery of which latter is finely descri~d. The theme is ori'ginal and Sltriking. The hero, an English soldieT, is all his life haunted by the fear of showing "the white f€a1lher" ait a critical moment. He resigns his oommission .raither than risk in a: campalign his reputatl.on for courage. This ·aiotion bTingis on him the dreaded reputaition of CO'Wlal'dice. How he redeems his honour i!s finely told. A deHicate soul-!tudy. The heroic self-se.cirifiCe of J'ack Durance still fUrther raises the moral worth of the book. A Royal Democrat pp. 288. Gill. c. (1892). Alice MiUigan A fanciful torecast of Irish poll:tlcal hlsto'ry, 1892-1948, embodied 1n the story Qf Arthur COrmac Ohristi1an Frederick, Prince of Wales, born 1918. The reO:>ellion of 1895 had been crus'hed and the national leaders, Davitt, Dillon, Parnell, O'Brien, etc., killed 1n aetion or execu!ted. Prince Oormac, on a tour round the world, is .shipwrecked on the Donegal coast. He is saved by his coU:Sin Frederlka, who had become queen, from sentence of deaith fo·r political intrigues. There is a pleasant love interest in the story, which is well told, but, Olf course, wildly im1Probalble. Scene: Donegal and DUlblin. O'Donnell .pp. 288. Downey (1895). Lady Morgan The central ftgfure of this tale is a: scion o! the O'!Donnells of Tyreonnell, proud, cou'l'lteous, travelled, who has foughit in the armies of AUSltrta. and of France, and finally that of England. He is a type of the old C'aitholic nobility, and this story is made to Hlustra·te the working of the Penal laws. Nearly all the personages of the story are peo<ple of fashion, mostly titled. There is much elalborate char·WC1ter-s·tudy, and not a Utitle social satiTe. The native Irish of the lower orders appear in •the person of M"'Rory alone, a humorous, faithful old re.tainer, whose conversatJ.on is f•U1l of bulls. Lady Singleton, the m~ddling, showy, fll:P!Pantly talkative woman of fashion, and Mr. De:ioter, the oibsequious, a West Briton of those days, are well draiwn. The main purpose of lthe !book, says the aurthor, was to exMbi-t Catholic dtsalbilities. There a.re interesting descriilptiona ot scenery a.long the AntriID;l coast and in Done,gal. As fticUon it is slow reading, yet Sir WQJter Soot>t ®eaks b1&hlY of it. In a loaclaboat Way . Waahlbourne 0008). Clara Mulholland ThHI bOOk eon11a1ns vivid de81Ctiption1 of Donegral scenery 'Mld is a story in which the lives of the people are depi'cted with sympa:thy and feelin~.
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