This is a good opportunity to thank those of Irish birth or extraction who in their papers and magazines said such nice things about the book.

The pictures, all snap shots, were taken by me, and even the Irish atmosphere was friendly to my purpose, and gave me considerable success. A pleasanter five weeks of travel I never had, and if you who read this have never visited Ireland, don't get too old before doing so. And if you do visit it give yourself up to it, and you'll have a good time.

Here's the book—like it if you can, drop it if you don't. Never waste time over a book that is not meant for you.

Charles Battell Loomis.

ILLUSTRATIONS

[Lismore Castle]Frontispiece
[A Real Irish Bull]16
[Government Cottage, Rent a Shilling a Week]20
[Horses in County Kerry]26
[To the Men of '98]30
[Prosperity in Limerick]34
[Mackerel Seller, Bundoran, Donegal]38
[In Donegal]42
[The Bungalow of Seumas McManus]50
[A Sky Line at Bundoran]52
[The Rocks at Bundoran on the West Coast]56
[Geese in Galway]64
[Dublin Bay]74
[A Dublin Ice Cart]78
[O'Connell's Monument, Dublin]82
[On the Road to Lismore, in a Rain Storm]86
[Milk Wagon, Mallow]92
[Green Coat Hospital, Cork]102
[A Bit of Killarney]106
[Street in Youghal]114
[Thatched Cottage, Wicklow]124
[Wicklow Peasants]132
[Lost in his Lunch, Mallow, County Kerry]140
[A Side Street, Wexford]150
[Picturesque Galway]156
[A String of Fishermen, Galway]160
[Waiting for the Circus, Galway]164
[Gaelic Sign, Donegal]170
[Gone to America]174

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[I].A Taste of Irish Hospitality15
[II].Around about Lough Swilly27
[III].A Joyful Day in Donegal41
[IV].The Dull Gray Skies of Ireland52
[V].The Joys of Third-Class Travel62
[VI].A Few Irish Stories74
[VII].Snapping and Tipping83
[VIII].Random Remarks on Things Corkonian97
[IX].A Visit to Mount Mellaray108
[X].A Dinner I Didn't Have123
[XI].What Ireland Wants134
[XII].A Hunt for Irish Fairies143
[XIII].In Galway with a Camera156
[XIV].The New Life in Ireland167