Our Little Irish Cousin

THE Little Cousin Series
(TRADE MARK) Each volume illustrated with six or more full page plates in tint. Cloth, 12mo, with decorative cover per volume, $1.00 LIST OF TITLES By Col. F. A. Postnikov, Isaac Taylor Headland, Edward C. Butler, and Others
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Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) All rights reserved Made in U. S. A. Published June, 1904 Fifth Impression, August, 1908 Sixth Impression, November, 1909 Seventh Impression, September, 1910 Eighth Impression, August, 1912 Ninth Impression, October, 1915 Tenth Impression, April, 1920 THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

With the home of our Irish cousins we are not very familiar, but with our Irish cousins themselves we have a better acquaintance, for many of them have come over to settle in America, and they were among the bravest of the American troops in the World War. Of the part in the war taken by their people in Ireland we do not know so intimately, but we do know that they sent many men to France to help England defeat the Germans. They took our boys to their homes, and fed and clothed them; they nursed them back to health and strength, and by so doing the people of Ireland won their way into the hearts of the people of America.
Since the end of the war the bond between the two countries has grown even closer, for, under the leadership of America, the nations of Europe began to listen to Ireland's plea for home rule. This plea was backed up by active Revolution, as was our own struggle for independence. Finally the Imperial British Government, with the interests of the Irish people at heart, granted them Home Rule, to control their own destinies within the British Empire. Unfortunately, however, even this did not prove a complete solution of Ireland's difficulties, for some of the Irish people wished to remain attached to England, and enjoy the advantages of her wise and just rule. These were the people of Northern Ireland, called Ulster. So it has been agreed that they shall remain under English rule, leaving Home Rule for Southern Ireland.