A story of the sensational kind, founded on the murder of a bank-manager by a constabulary officer called Montgomery, and the subsequent trial, which many years ago excited considerable interest. Scene: S. of Ireland.
⸺ TRUE TO THE CORE: a Romance of ’98. Two Vols. (F. V. White). 1884.
The story of the love of a Kerry peasant girl for the ill-fated John Sheares. The interest is that of plot, history being quite of minor importance, and centres in the scheming of his various enemies to compass the destruction of John Sheares in spite of all the efforts of his guardian angel, Norah Nagle. There is not one really sympathetic character. Sheares is a mere dreamer; Norah is generous and faithful, but lies and “barges” on occasion; almost all the rest, except Norah’s peasant lover, are fools or villains of the blackest sort. Disagreeable picture of the Dublin of the day. The story is told with considerable verve and carries one along. The Author is not at all hostile, but seems unstirred to any feeling of enthusiasm for the cause of Ireland.
⸺ DR. BELTON’S DAUGHTERS. Pp. 169. (Ward, Lock). 1890.
Alice the second marries a curate in the W. of Ireland and struggles to keep up on small means a good appearance. Her husband is an incurable optimist.
⸺ THE LUCK OF THE KAVANAGHS. (Sealy, Bryers). 6d. 1910.
Strange adventures of an emigrant Irish boy.
HAMILTON, Edwin, M.A., B.L., M.R.I.A. Born 1849. Resides at Donaghadee, Co. Down. Author of Dublin Doggerels (1880), The Moderate Man (1888, Downey). The two following books are not in the British Museum Library.
⸺ BALLYMUCKBEG. 1885.
Political satire.