“A volume compiled by Gerald Campbell [their great grandchild] from the letters of those who knew them, in which is told the ‘life story’ of the Irish rebel leader and his wife. Unlike other memoirs of Lord FitzGerald, this is not founded on Thomas Moore’s ‘Life and death of Lord Edward FitzGerald,’ which appeared in 1831. The letters cover in all a period of sixty years—from 1770 to 1831. The object of the first part of the volume is to give a picture of the home life of Lord Edward’s family, and incidentally portraits of the writer of the epistles. No attempt has been made to give a connected account of the story of his life. The letters have been left to show how he was regarded by those who knew and loved him best.”—N. Y. Times.
“On the whole the work of the editor has been well done.” G. H. O.
| + + | Eng. Hist. R. 20: 613. Jl. ‘05. 590w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 10. Ja. 7, ‘05. 400w. (Outlines contents). |
Fitzgerald, Percy. Lady Jean, the romance of the great Douglas cause. [*]$3.60. Wessels.
A revival of the famous Douglas case, the story of Lady Jean Douglas, who at the age of 50 married a broken down gambler in order to provide heirs for her brother’s estates. The author takes the side of the Hamiltons and contends that Lady Jane’s twin boys were hers not by birth but by purchase.
“Mr. Fitzgerald has, in fact, given us a somewhat repellant chapter of gossip, narrated in a style so slipshod as to suggest doubts as to its accuracy in other points.”
| — | Acad. 68: 147. F. 18, ‘05. 650w. | |
| + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 779. Je. 24. 490w. |
[*] Fitzgerald, Sybil. In the track of the Moors. [*]$6. Dutton.
“These essays contain no personal reminiscences; they are interpretative rather than descriptive, and they often run far afield into legend, history, politics, race characteristics and development, the inter-play of one race upon another, and other problems remote from the point of view of the guide-book.... It is as a luxurious and leisurely commentary upon travels past or to come, as a collection of delightful essays and beautiful pictures, that ‘In the track of the Moors’ should be judged and enjoyed. The book is the result of collaboration by Sybil and Augustine Fitzgerald, the former furnishing the essays and the latter the pictures. There are sixty-three full-page illustrations excellently printed in color.”—Dial.
[*] “If the author displays here no great erudition, she certainly shows a real and sympathetic acquaintance with the lands in question, considerable powers of observation, and a pretty taste in the literature of travel.”