THE ANNALS OF IRELAND;
From the Original of the Four Masters, from the earliest Historic Period to the Conclusion in 1616; consisting of the Irish Text from the Original MSS., and an English Translation, with copious Explanatory Notes, an Index of Names, and an Index of Places, by JOHN O'DONOVAN, Esq., LL.D., Barrister at Law; Professor of the Celtic Language, Queen's College, Belfast.
Extract from the Dublin Review.
"We can but hope, within the limited space at our disposal, to render a scanty and imperfect measure of justice to a work of such vast extent and varied erudition.... We would beg the reader, if he be disposed to doubt our opinion, to examine almost every single page out of the four thousand of which the work consists, in order that he may learn the true nature and extent of Mr. O'Donovan's editorial labours. Let him see the numberless minute verbal criticisms; the elaborate topographical annotations with which each page is loaded; the historical, genealogical, and biographical notices; the lucid and ingenious illustrations, drawn from the ancient laws, customs, traditions, and institutions of Ireland; the parallelisms and discrepancies of the narrative with that of other annalists, both native and foreign; the countless authorities which are examined and adjusted; the errors which are corrected; the omissions and deficiencies supplied; in a word, the curious and various learning which is everywhere displayed. Let him remember the mines from which all those treasures have been drawn are, for the most part, unexplored; that the materials thus laudably applied to the illustration of the text are in great part manuscripts which Ussher and Ware, even Waddy and Colgen, no to speak of Lynch and Lanigan, had never seen or left unexamined; many of them in a language which is to a great extent obsolete."
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POETRY OF THE YEAR,
PASSAGES FROM THE POETS
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE SEASONS.
WITH TWENTY-TWO COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS BY THE FOLLOWING EMINENT ARTISTS.
T. CRESWICK, R.A.
C. DAVIDSON.
W. LEE.
J. MULLER.
E. DUNCAN.
BIRKET FOSTER.
D. COX.
H. LE JEUNE.
W. HEMSLEY.
C. BRANWHITE.
J. WOLF.
C. WEIGALL.
HARRISON WEIR.
R. R.
E. V. B.
LUCETTE E. BARKER.
"Christmas has seldom produced a gift-book more creditable to all concerned in it than this beautiful volume. The poetry is well chosen; the passages being for the most part bits of real description, excellent in their kind, from the writings of our poets, from the time of Lord Surrey to that of Tennyson, with two or three beautiful bits from American authors. Now and then a poem is inserted, which, if not descriptive, is in spirit and feeling akin to the season to which it is referred; and this gives variety to what might otherwise be too great a mass of description. As a book of extracts merely, it would be an intelligent and creditable selection, made upon a distinct and coherent plan. But the drawings of Messrs. Foster, Davidson, Weir, Creswick, Cox, Duncan, and Branwhite, are a great addition to the volume; and the coloured engravings have been happy in catching the spirit and character of the artist themselves.
"Though on a small scale, the feeling of some of the designs is admirable, specially those devoted to the illustration of spring and summer—the seasons which, both in poetry and painting, have the greatest amount of honour in this volume. The publisher is entitled to the praise of great care and attention to the appearance of the book; the colour and texture of the paper, the type, and the binding are unexceptionable. It is a book to do credit to any publisher."—Guardian.
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