ACTORS.
- Lawrence Barrett
- Dion Boucicault
- John Brougham
- John Drew
- John Duff
- John H. Dwyer
- Joseph M. Field
- William J. Florence
- John Henry
- Matilda Heron
- Eliza Logan
- Olive Logan
- William C. Macready
- John E. McCullough
- Tyrone Power
- Ada Rehan
- John T. Raymond
- Barney Williams
Mr. Lodge is right, i. e., he follows his authority honestly in giving practically the correct number of names belonging to the departments of Art, Science and Architecture, and these alone.
It is worth noting that, if the Irish are conspicuous by their absence from the last named, they are gloriously prominent in the first. The race which has given to America, Crawford, Milmore, Kelly, St. Gaudens, Thompson, Hennessey, O’Donovan and as many more, has contributed at least its share to the glory of the country in that department.
The corrected figures, not according to Mr. Lodge, but according to the authority from which Mr. Lodge professed to have taken his own are, therefore, as follows. We give first the summary of the Lodge tables and then that of Appleton’s cyclopedia. They speak for themselves:
| According to Mr. Lodge. | According to his authority. | |
|---|---|---|
| Statesmen | 22 | 67 |
| Soldiers | 37 | 107 |
| Clergy | 113 | 140 |
| Lawyers | 18 | 59 |
| Physicians | 4 | 16 |
| Literature | 39 | 70 |
| Art | 19 | 19 |
| Science | 9 | 9 |
| Educators | 7 | 14 |
| Navy | 8 | 19 |
| Business | 11 | 35 |
| Philanthropy | 8 | 12 |
| Pioneers and Explorers | 3 | 5 |
| Inventors | 0 | 3 |
| Engineers | 3 | 4 |
| Architects | 0 | 0 |
| Musicians | 1 | 2 |
| Actors | 7 | 18 |
| 309 | 599 |
The true figures are almost twice as large as those of Mr. Lodge, and are far from representing the great total of Irish ability contributed to the United States, but not acknowledged in the cyclopedia.
Mr. Lodge must plead guilty to one of two charges. Either he has deliberately misrepresented the facts, or he is so careless or incompetent that he can neither count nor quote within 50 per cent of the truth.