Cap.t. J. 1S. Hamilton .. 1(Doncgal D9mocrat Bally1::;hannon 12/6). 'My Times and other Times' is a mine for those who wiH be anxious later on to reconstruct the history of troubled days, a time of change and unrest. Here is a man who lived in .the heart of this period-the end of the era, the beginning of an et4a,-a landlord among tenants, a Protestant among Catholics, and yet in the midst of the confusion, the tur:bulence, even at times the bitterness, was ·aible to .possess his soul in peace. He ·gave of his best to the new regiine as to the old, and was prepared to fWOrk with any man or any group iwho put the common good of the country a1bove the petiness of .pnl'ty. And, as those who read this 1book will discover, Captain Hamilton's contribution was a·lways positive and fruitful. :Ilt is well that such a book, partly autobiographical, partly historical, ·.should have 1been written to :preserve something of the atmosphere of an tage that is dying. Who more fitting for the task than the genial master of Brownhall? For he does not look at his .time a:s one of an audience .sitting in the :stans but as an actor in the events iwhich he describes or refers to. The .temptation to quote is hard to resist and yet the effect would be litt:e better tha.'!1 thalt ,produced by the old Greek, who, attempting to dispose of his villa, darried -round a brick as a sample. To the reviewer persona~ly the wise -and wide outlook of the author is a specially notablt characteristic. • Mr. 13'1ac Donagh, Bank of Ireland, BallJribofey, in his graceful foreword pays a 1wel1-deserved tribute to the author. R01S NUALA SEAN LEACHTAI Goide an ait do hhi an Ros Ta i bhfus agus thall frid Dun agus cerbh i ~uala? na nGaa leachtai i bhaineann le .sagairt a mhair le linn na hpeindlithe. Ba cheart rud eicint a l\IAC SUIBHNE BANNAGH dheanamh amhail is ta deanta i Ta daHadh foirgnenmh (caislean) ~e Clainn an Mac Suibhne seo i nDun na nGall theas. Tenstuionn go gear eolas fa dtnobh doibh. '~EIRE OG" gConntaethe eile in Elrinn ·Chun na scrihhinni ionnta do bhreacadh sios a,gus a bheith cinnte de. go bhfuighidh na leachtai seo togha an aire agus nach leigfear i leig iad. 335.
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