LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, W.
THE END OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.
By JOSEPH R. FISHER, B.A.,
Author of "Finland and the Tsars."
Demy 8vo., 10s. 6d. net.
The period dealt with by the Author comprises the last thirty years of the Irish Parliament. The system of Dual Government—that "vulture gnawing at the vitals of the Empire," as Lord Rosebery has called it—was then on its trial. It had already broken down in Scotland, and in Ireland the irrepressible conflict between closer union on the one hand and complete separation on the other went steadily on to its destined end.
The crisis came when England found herself at war; a French invasion of Ireland was attempted, and a fierce Rebellion broke out. The causes that led to this Rebellion, its failure, Pitt's decision that only in complete Union could a remedy be found for the desperate evils of the country, and the means by which the Union was carried, constitute an important chapter in Irish history, and one not without its bearing on current problems.
GERMAN INFLUENCE ON BRITISH CAVALRY.
By ERSKINE CHILDERS,