These half-dozen tales of Ireland, ancient and modern, are in that peculiar vein of historic realism which set the author’s “Children of the Hills” apart from the average book of Irish short stories. The Syngesque vigour and raciness of Mr. O’Byrne’s idiom gives a quality to his writings which is absent from that of his contemporaries.

A GARDEN BY THE SEA. By Forrest Reid. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. net.

The author of “The Bracknels” and “Following Darkness” has brought together a volume of short stories marked by the distinction which has characterised his previous novels of Irish life.

Transcriber’s Notes

  1. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
  2. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
  3. [Front Matter] “The thanks The Talbot Press, Limited” changed to “The thanks of The Talbot Press, Limited”.
  4. [Page 13] Period at end of “make-up as men” changed to comma.