The Life And Times Of Robert Emmet.
By R. R. Madden, M.D., M.R.I. A.
With numerous Notes and Additions, and a Portrait on Steel.
Also, A Memoir Of Thomas Addis Emmet,
with a Portrait on Steel.
New York; P. M. Haverty. Pp. 328. 1868.
Few, if any, of the Irish patriots of modern days have a stronger hold on the affection of the people than Robert Emmet. Perhaps, with the exception of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, we might have written none other. His deep love of country, his abiding trust in her future, his daring but futile attempt to accomplish her liberation, his death upon the scaffold, these were his, in common with many others, who are remembered but with gratitude, not, like him, treasured in the popular heart. Like our own immortal Washington—the man is loved, the patriot revered.
This history of his life and times should find readers wherever a friend to liberty dwells; but for us, this volume has a special interest, containing, as it does, a Memoir of Thomas Addis Emmet, the last twenty-three years of whose life were spent in this city, and whose monument may be said to form one of the sights of the metropolis. The volume is very neatly got up; the steel portraits excellent, both as likenesses and works of art.
Memoirs Of The Life Of The Right Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
By Thomas Moore.
New York: W. J. Widdleton. 2 vols. pp. 307, 335.
Moore's Life of Sheridan has long since passed beyond the province of the critic. We will, therefore, merely call attention to the present edition as being very handsomely got up; containing, also, a very fine portrait of Sheridan, after the original painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. We ought, perhaps, in this connection, to award a meed of praise to the enterprising publisher for placing within reach of all, books such as this, which, as of standard excellence, should be, but were not, of easy access.
The Poetical Works Of Thomas Moore.
Brooklyn and New York: William M. Swayne. Pp. 496.