Irish Books and Irish People

by Stephen Lucius Gwynn

IRISH BOOKS
AND IRISH PEOPLE

By

STEPHEN GWYNN.

DUBLIN
The Talbot Press Ltd.
89 Talbot Street
LONDON
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.
1 Adelphi Terrace

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION	[1]
NOVELS OF IRISH LIFE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY	[7]
A CENTURY OF IRISH HUMOUR	[23]
LITERATURE AMONG THE ILLITERATES:
I.—THE SHANACHY	[44]
II.—THE LIFE OF A SONG	[51]
IRISH EDUCATION AND IRISH CHARACTER	[65]
THE IRISH GENTRY	[83]
YESTERDAY IN IRELAND	[97]

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INTRODUCTION.