I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of Volume Eight of the Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society.
It is a real pleasure to read a volume so interesting, so well illustrated and so full of information. You are to be congratulated on the excellent work.
John J. Lenehan, New York City.
I was prepared for something extra, for with you it is nullum quod tetegit non ornavit, but Volume Eight of the Journal has completely surpassed all my anticipations. It is a wonder.
It is the best book ever issued by the Society, and marks the highest point reached in its work.
Between the pages—nay, between the very lines themselves—I see your thought and care for every detail. Well written, carefully read, appropriately collocated, profusely illustrated, full of information and suggestion, the book only partly shows the wealth of labor expended on its preparation.
No one will ever know or thoroughly realize the time you necessarily gave to this task. The American Irish Historical Society will long feel proud of the zeal and devotion of its distinguished Secretary-General.
In these days of the strenuous life it may truly be said that greater love hath no man than this, that he gives up some of his time for his friends. This work will bear great fruit. May you long be spared.
M. P. Tully, Newton, N. J.
Enclosed herewith please find receipt for Volume Eight American Irish Historical Journal, which came duly to hand on 19th inst., for which you will accept my sincere thanks. It is intrinsically priceless to any Irish person or a person of Irish descent if they have any regard for their ancestors. It is one of the greatest privileges of my life to be admitted as a member of such an organization. The work before it will be of incalculable benefit to the Irish race. May it live long and prosper!