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THE BEST


HUNDRED IRISH BOOKS


INTRODUCTORY AND CLOSING ESSAYS


BY


"HISTORICUS."


AND


LETTERS


FROM

The Archbishop of Cashel; Mr. Parnell, M.P.; The Earl of Carnarvon; Mr. Justin McCarthy, M.P.; Mr. Lecky; The Archbishop of Tuam; Mr. Trevelyan; Dr. Galbraith; The Editor of "Pall Mall Gazette"; Dr. Ingram; Sir Robert Kane; Mr. Alfred Webb; The Bishop of Achonry; The Moderator of General Assembly; The President of Maynooth College; The Librarian of British Museum; The Bishop of Salford; Lord Monteagle; Bishop Healy; Mr. O'Neill-Daunt; The Solicitor-General; The Bishop of Clonfert; The Rector of Catholic University; The Editor of The Irish Monthly; Miss Charlotte O'Brien; Lord Justice Barry; Mr. Frank Hill; Sir Charles Gavan Duffy; Sir Samuel Ferguson; Mr. John Augustus O'Shea; Rev. Dr. Delaney, S.J.; Mr. John O'Leary; Judge O'Hagan; The President of Queen's College, Cork; Mr. T. P. O'Connor; Mr. Justin Huntly McCarthy; Mr. Wm. O'Brien; Lady Florence Dixie, &c., &c.


WITH ANNOTATED INDEX.





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