TALE OF IRELAND FIFTY YEARS AGO.
By Charles Lever
Dublin
William Curry, Jun. And Company.
William S. Orr And Co. London.
Fraser And Co. Edinburgh.
1845.
TO JOHN WILSON, ESQ., Professor of Moral Philosophy In the University of Edinburgh, &c.
Dear Sir,
It is but seldom that the few lines of a dedication can give
the pleasure I now feel in availing myself of your kind
permission to inscribe this volume to you. As a boy, the
greatest happiness of my life was in your writings; and
among all my faults and failures, I can trace not one to
your influence, while, if I have ever been momentarily
successful in upholding the right, and denouncing the wrong,
I owe more of the spirit that suggested the effort to
yourself than to any other man breathing.
With my sincerest respects, and, if I dared, I should say,
with my warmest regards,
I am, yours truly,
CHARLES LEVER.
Carlsruhe, October 18th, 1845.
CONTENTS
[ THE O'DONOGHUE ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] GLENFLESK
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE WAYSIDE INN
[ CHAPTER III. ] THE “COTTAGE AND THE CASTLE.”
[ CHAPTER IV. ] KERRY O'LEARY
[ CHAPTER V. ] IMPRESSIONS OF IRELAND
[ CHAPTER VI. ] THE BLACK VALLEY
[ CHAPTER VII. ] SIR ARCHY'S TEMPER TRIED
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] THE HOUSE OF SICKNESS
[ CHAPTER IX. ] A DOCTOR'S VISIT
[ CHAPTER X. ] AN EVENING AT “MARY” M'KELLY's
[ CHAPTER XI. ] MISTAKES ON ALL SIDES
[ CHAPTER XII. ] THE GLEN AT MIDNIGHT
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] THE GUARDSMAN
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] THE COMMENTS ON A HURRIED DEPARTURE
[ CHAPTER XV. ] SOME OF THE PLEASURES OF PROPERTY
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] THE FOREIGN LETTER
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] KATE O'DONOGHUE
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] A HASTY PLEDGE
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] A DIPLOMATIST DEFEATED
[ CHAPTER XX. ] TEMPTATION IN A WEAK HOUR
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] THE RETURN OF THE ENVOY
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] A MORNING VISIT
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] SOME OPPOSITE TRAITS OF CHARACTER
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] A WALK BY MOONLIGHT
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] A DAY OF DIFFICULT NEGOCIATIONS
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] A LAST EVENING AT HOME
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] A SUPPER PARTY
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE CAPITAL AND ITS PLEASURES
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] FIRST IMPRESSIONS
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] OLD CHARACTERS WITH NEW FACES
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] SOME HINTS ABOUT HARRY TALBOT
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] A PRESAGE OF DANGER
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] THE ST. PATRICK'S BALL
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] THE DAYBREAK ON THE STRAND
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] THE WANDERER'S RETURN
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] SUSPICIONS ON EVERY SIDE
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] HEMSWORTH'S LETTER
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] TAMPERING AND PLOTTING
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] THE BROTHERS
[ CHAPTER XL. ] THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] A DISCOVERY
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] THE SHEALING
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] THE CONFEDERATES
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] THE MOUNTAIN AT SUNRISE
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] THE PROGRESS OF TREACHERY
[ CHAPTER XLVI. ] THE PRIEST'S COTTAGE
[ CHAPTER XLVII. ] THE DAY OF RECKONING
[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ] THE GLEN AND THE BAY
[ CHAPTER XLIX. ] THE END