SCHLICHTTRULL, Aline Von.
⸺ DER AGITATOR VON IRLAND. Pp. 1043. (Berlin: Otto Janke). 1859.
O’Connell is the hero, but there are a multitude of characters, chiefly of the ruling classes. Politics are much discussed, the Author’s sympathies being pretty clearly on the Catholic and Nationalist side. Scene partly in Ireland, partly in England, where the reader listens to speeches in the House of Lords.
SCHOFIELD, Lily.
⸺ ELIZABETH, BETSY, AND BESS. (Duckworth). 6s. 1912.
“The purport of the Author is to reveal the varied charm and grace of a delightful Irish girl’s character between the ages of thirteen and eighteen or so.... A vital, significant portrait.”—(T. Litt. Suppl.). Scene: partly at “Castlemorne,” partly in a big English school near Liverpool.
SCOTT, Florence, and HODGE, Alma.
⸺ THE ROUND TOWER. Pp. 229. (Nelson). 1s. 6d. Pretty picture cover. 1906.
A very slight story centering in the landing of the French at Killala in 1798. Adventures of two small English boys. An interesting but one-sided glimpse of some of the episodes of the time. For boys.