WORKS PUBLISHED BY WORKS ON IRELAND-continued. Ecclesiastical Index of Ireland, with the Rectories, Vicarages, Perpetual and Impropriate Curacies, arranged alphabetically, with their Value, Glebe Lands, Churches, Glebe Houses, Members of Established Church, Dioceses, and Patrons; also the Unions of all the Dignitaries at present existing, and the episcopal Incomes; with annexed Appendix, containing Forms, and Legal Precedents, for the Use of Candidates for Orders, and the Parochial Clergy. Edited by the Rev. Robert Knox, A. M. 1 vol. 8vo., cloth, 6s. A General Collection of the Ancient Music of Ireland; consisting of upwards of 165 Airs, few of which have ever before been published; comprising an Explanation of the Principles on which Irish Melodies have been constructed; a copious Digest of ancient Irish Musical Science, and the technical Terms used by the Harpers; a Dissertation on the Antiquity and Characteristics of Irish Music and Musical Instruments; together with Biographical Memoirs of various eminent Harpers of later Times, and Notices of the more remarkable Melodies and Pieces of the Collection; also, an Account of the several Efforts towards a Revival of the Use of the Harp in Ireland. By Edward Bunting. 1 vol. royal 4to., in elegantly ornamented cloth boards. "The name of Edward Bunting must be ever dear to the lovers of Irish music. From the year 1792 down to the present time, he has been indefatigable in his efforts to rescue the exquisite airs of our country from oblivion. His name will be honourably mentioned in the republic of letters, as well as in the world of Music. "The preliminary essays and memoirs relative to the Irish harp, are also, in their way, invaluable, and would in themselves be sufficient to form a very instructive volume. Petrie and Ferguson have, in this department, lent their assistance. On the whole, we may safely assert, that, Price 31s. 6d. independent of the sterling value of the subject matter of this book, its typography alone is sufficient to entitle the enterprising publishers to encouragement and support."-Evening Packet. "Mr. Bunting has produced the most valuable Irish work of the present century, which, with the other two volumes, of which we hope soon to sec a republication, is as perfect a History of Irish Music as can ever be hoped for. It is brought out in a very superior style, and reflects great credit on the publishers; indeed, a more perfect specimen of typography could not be produced by any press in Europe."-Dublin Monitor. Round Towers of Ireland. The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland, anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion; comprising an Essay on the Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland, which obtained the Gold Medal and Prize of the Royal Irish Academy. By George Petrie, R. H. A., V. P. R. I. A. The Work is beautifully printed, and contains upwards of 250 Illustrations, from Drawings by Mr. Petrie. Second Edition, in 1 vol. royal 8vo., embossed cloth, price £1 8s. "A work which can only be paralleled by the labours of the great Niebuhr, and which, as a single publication, is the most complete and nationally important work on Archæology that has ever issued from the press."-Freeman's Journal. "We congratulate ourselves and the country on the possession of a work so truly splendid in every thing that contributes to make a work valuable; in originality of matter absolutely unrivalled-in judicious learning not inferior to the labours of the most distinguished scholars of other countries and in illustrative and typographical beauty equal to any work of its class that has issued of late years from any press, either at home or abroad."-Dublin Evening Post. "Mr. Petrie has brought to his inquiry extreme caution, pure candour, and all the temperateness of an accurate and a calm scholar. * * This is unquestionably the first work on British Antiquities of the age."-Dublin University Magazine. "Since the union with Great Britain, there has not issued from the Irish press any work at all comparable, either in appearance or substance, with this splendid and learned volume; nay, we might go much farther, and say, that of late years no work of equal elegance, in its peculiar department of learning, has emanated from the Press of any part of the United Kingdom."-Dublin Evening Mail. Into his evidence for this opinion we shall go at a future day, thanking him at present for having displaced a heap of incongruous, though agreeable fancies, and given us the most learned, the most exact, and the most important work ever published on the antiquities of the ancient Irish nation."-Nation. "Mr. Petrie has brought to light a great mass of most interesting facts, illustrative of Irish history and antiquities, which, we confess, have surprised us, and added a dignity and character to the history of Ireland."-Literary Gazette. HODGES AND SMITH. WORKS ON IRELAND-continued. Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernica. The Succession of the Prelates and Members of the Cathedral Bodies in Ireland. By Henry Cotton, D. C. L., Archdeacon of Cashel. Vol. I. 8vo., boards, Price 14s. Vol. II., Part I., containing the first half Volume of the Dioceses of Dublin, Glendaloch, and Kildare. Price 7s. 6d. Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Down, Connor, and Dromore; comprising an ancient Taxation of those Dioceses, compiled about the Year MCCXCI., with Notes; and other early Documents, embodied with original Matter in an Appendix. By the Rev. William Reeves, M. B., Perpetual Curate of Kilconriola, in the Diocese of Connor. In 1 thick vol. small 4to. Price £1. "In the work now under notice, Mr. Reeves has offered another contribution towards an ecclesiastical history of his country; and the honest and painstaking labour he has bestowed on his work does honour to himself, and reflects credit on the Irish Church. The history of these taxations of the clergy is very curious. In the Notes and Appendix of this volume, Mr. Reeves has collected a vast quantity of information regarding the benefices mentioned in the Taxation. It is sincerely hoped this work will be received with the attention it deserves, and that Mr. Reeves may be encouraged to prosecute his studies, and to throw still further light on the ecclesiastical history of Ireland."-British Magazine. This is a work highly ereditable to the author and to the Church. There has not been a more important contribution to Irish Church history and antiquities since the days of Ussher. The beauty of the volume, as a specimen of typography, can scarcely be exceeded."-Irish Ecclesiastical Journal. It is with unaffected delight we hail this valuable accession to the history and archæology of Ulster, a province which has been sadly neglected; and yet there is no part of Ireland which affords richer material,-more enduring reminiscences of the blood-stained battle-field,-the bawn and castle, the ruined temple hallowed by the footsteps of the pilgrim, the scholar, and the saint. It is impossible, in the space we can devote to a notice of this work, to enumerate the various interesting articles which are comprised in the Appendix. We have long accounts of the three dioceses of Down, Connor, and Dromore, and the congeries of dioceses out of which they were formed, with lists of the Bishops, much fuller than given by Ware, Harris, &c."-Armagh Guardian. The public will reserve their gratitude for the reverend author himself, who has, at a great disadvantage of position, succeeded in laying before the world a book such as this, elaborate, copious, and accurate, and in every possible way a credit to the literature of Ireland."Warder. We have already said the book has surprised us, even on opening it for the first time, nor does a repeated recurrence to its pages diminish the sentiment. Where and how the reverend writer could amass such a quantity of antiquarian knowledge, and of the minutest kind, touching a period singularly dark and miserable, has been a matter of astonishment to us. Nor is our wonder materially diminished by his abundant quotation of authorities. Why, a search into these, of themselves, would be sufficient to occupy half a life. One would think that Mr. Reeves had not only the records in the Tower of London and Carlton Ride, not to speak of those that were deposited in the Round Tower of the Castle of Dublin, or lie entombed amongst the muniments of Westminster Hall and the Four Courts, but that he had the Vatican and the Bibliotheque du Roi, at his elbow. And it is perfectly manifest that there is no affectation of display in the notes of the dissertations. Thus he has produced a work of the most profound learning, on a theme which a superficial person might imagine hardly worthy the labour and learning employed."-Evening Post. "This is a most valuable work on local Church History and Antiquities. Upon a meagre text, Mr. Reeves has accumulated, in the shape of Notes and an Appendix, an immense body of local history, tradition, etymological research, and antiquarian learning of the most authentic kind. In truth, we can scarcely believe that he has left much to glean, either as to the civil or ecclesiastical history of that portion of Ulster. For, straightway upon the mention of any church, or abbey, or chapel, Mr. Reeves presents to us whatever is to be found of it, and the district around it, in every Norman Chronicler, every Norwegian scald, and every Irish annalist or bard, who has named its name. The volume has been printed at the University Press,-that is to say, by one of the best printers probably now in Europe."-Nation. Military Memoirs of the Irish Nation; comprising a History of the Irish Brigade in the Service of France; with an Appendix of official Papers relative to the Brigade, from the Archives of Paris. By the late Matthew O'Conor, Esq., Barrister at Law. 8vo. cloth, boards, 9s. "A truly national monument to the misfortunes and the gallantry of his fellow-countrymen.' Literary Gazette. The style of the work is earnest and glowing, full of patriotism and liberality; but Mr. O'Conor was no blind partisan, and he neither hides the occasional excesses of the Irish nor disparages their opponents."—Nation. "This work should be in the library of every Irish gentleman."-Kilkenny Moderator. "A work that will be read with much interest. Its charm consists in the passionate love of Mr. O'Conor for his subject; in his fervent attachment to his country; in his glowing description of battles, which are so graphic as to pass vividly before us; in his religious tolerance; and in the spirit of honour and fidelity, which makes him ready to praise valour and fidelity in the worst enemies of Ireland."-Athenuum. WORKS PUBLISHED BY WORKS ON IRELAND-continued. The Irish Flora; comprising the Flowering Plants and Ferns. Second Edition, I vol. 12mo., fancy cloth, 5s. "This work should be read by every man, woman, and child, interested in becoming acqainted with the vast amount of botanical treasures with which Nature has blessed our lovely island. The young gardener aspiring to fame in his profession,-the agriculturist desirous of distinguishing the characteristics of the native plants which he should cultivate, or extirpate,-the gen tleman who saunters through his fields, woods, and plantations, admiring his own works, or the works of his ancestors,-the young lady who delights in studying Nature in its simplest form,and the matron, whose pleasure it is to teach her beloved offspring to look through Nature up to Nature's God,'-all should possess, as a companion, the Irish Flora."-Farmer's Gazette. Industrial Resources of Ireland, carefully revised and corrected, with Maps illustrating the geological and industrial Structure of the Country. By Sir Robert Kane, M. D. Post 8vo., New Edition, 1 vol., cloth, 78. "Dr. Kane's Industrial Resources of Ireland, whether regarded as a source of information on almost every subject connected with the capabilities of this country, or as affording suggestions for turning these capabilities to account, is far and away the most important work which has ever issued from the Irish press."-Farmer's Gazette. "Without exaggeration, The Industrial Resources of Ireland is the ablest, as it is the most truly national work, that ever issued from the press of Ireland."-Monitor. "Had the spirit of our times produced no other fact within the year than the publication of this volume, we would confidently refer to it as satisfactory and conclusive evidence of the rapid progress we are making."-Freeman's Journal. "Dr. Kane's work is full, clear, scientific, exact in stating places, extent, prices, and every other working detail, and is a manual of the whole subject."-Nation. "We rejoice that such a work should come from one whose knowledge is so copious and exact, and whose well-deserved reputation stands so high, that the most implicit confidence can be placed on every statement."-Cork Examiner. "We have no hesitation in recommending it as a vade mecum, which should be in the hands of every one interested in Ireland, and as the best book which has ever issued from the Irish press."Dublin Evening Post. "The Author handles his subject with the dexterity of a master, and condenses in one volume as much of scientific and statistical information as we have ever seen thrown together."-Athenæum. "It embraces a condensed but masterly summary of the enormous natural resources with which this island has been favoured. Who says that Ireland is not calculated to be a great manufacturing country! Let him read Dr. Kane's production, and his scepticism will vanish."-The World. The Geological Maps to the New Edition of Kane's Industrial Resources of Ireland. 4to., sewed, 1s. A Grammar of the Irish Language, published for the Use of the senior Classes in the College of St. Columba. By John O'Donovan, Member of the Irish Archæological Society. In one large volume, with engraved specimens, from early Irish manuscripts. Price 16s. "One need not be a master, nor even a student of the Irish language, to find interest and knowlege in this work. It is no regiment of rules without reason, illustration, or authority, like most grammars. It is a profound and discursive treatise on the pronunciation, inflections, structure, and prosody of the most perfect of the Celtic tongues. There is not, we are sure, an antiquarian or philologist in Europe but will grasp it as the long wished-for key to facts locked in the obscurity of a language whose best grammarians had only the dialect of their own parishes, and whose most notable grammars were the works of pretenders. Yet no one must suppose that this work is merely an antiquarian miscellany, or a philosophical treatise, or both. It is a thoroughly practical Irish Grammar."-Nation. A Primer of the Irish Language, for the Use of 1 vol. 12mo., boards, 3s. Students in the College of St. Columba. The History of the County of Dublin, and Me moirs of the Archbishops of Dublin. By John D'Alton, Esq., M.R. I. A., Barrister at Law. 2 vols. 8vo., 25s. HODGES AND SMITH. WORKS ON IRELAND-continued. The Life of James Gandon, M. R. I.A., F.R.S., Architect of the present Custom House, Four Courts, King's Inns, and West View of the Bank of Ireland. From materials collected by his Son, and Edited by the late T. J. Mulvany, R. H. A. 1 vol. 8vo., with Portrait, 10s. 6d. "The biography of Gandon has long been a desideratum, and we have often thought it strange that, in the long interval between his death and the publication of the volume before us, some friendly hand had not done honour to the memory of this great man. To his genius we are indebted for the design of the new Custom House, Royal Exchange, Military Hospital in the Phoenix Park, for Carlisle Bridge, the Four Courts, the splendid portico of the House of Lords in Westmorelandstreet, various alterations in the House of Commons (now the Bank of Ireland), and the Queen's Inns."-Evening Mail. The graphic notices of contemporary artists either born in Ireland, or who made it the scene of their labours, judiciously interspersed by the lamented editor, Mulvany, throughout Mr. Gandon's biography, cannot fail to increase to the general reader the interest of a work, whose mere intrinsic merits are sure to command the grateful perusal of the Irish public."-Freeman's Journal. "The profession he so eminently distinguished will, we are confident, treasure this work."Evening Post. "Mr. Gandon's connexion with our city, as the architect of the noblest of our public edifices, has associated his name with the history of Art in Ireland; and the volume, besides the details of his own private life, is filled with interesting notices of the contemporary artists."-Dublin Re view. "The man who came to supply the genius latent but uncultivated in her sons, which her national rise, and the luxurious dilletantism of her wealthier classes now needed, was he whose biography lies before us-James Gandon. To the topographer of Dublin, and the artist, the work is one of much value."-Nation. The Tenant-Right of Ulster, considered Economically; being an Essay read before the Dublin University Philosophical Society; with an Appendix, containing the Evidence of John Neilson Hancock, Esq., taken before the Landlord and Tenant Commission. By W. Neilson Hancock, Esq., Barrister at Law. 8vo., sewed, 1s. Land Commissioners' Report. Digest of Evidence taken before Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of the Law and Practice in respect to the Occupation of Land in Ireland. 2 vols. 8vo., boards, 15s. The Poor Law Unions and Electoral Divisions in Ireland, and the Baronies in which they are situate, shewing their Area, Population, and Net Annual Value; with Summaries of the Unions, Counties, and Provinces, with a List of the Marriage Registrars' Districts, shewing their Population, Area, Counties in which situate, &c. Compiled from Official Returns by Arthur Moore, Esq. "This, at the present moment, is a most important publication, which ought to be in the hands of every individual who can afford the very moderate price at which it has been issued."— Londonderry Standard. Upon the subject it leaves nothing further to be desired. The comprehensive details are reduced by a lucid and well-digested arrangement to a form intelligible and interesting, by the simple inspection of which we become at once fully informed upon the whole body of Poor Law Statistics. We cordially recommend it to all concerned in the onerous and responsible duty of meeting the present emergency."-Evening Packet. "When it is considered that the Poor Law Valuation is now recognised as the general standard of local taxation, and that it will regulate the applotment of the taxation arising out of the relief measures, it will be universally admitted that this work will prove one of inestimable value to all classes. Such a book, founded on official documents, has long been required."-Evening Post. "The statistics contained in this publication are most important, and appear to be arranged with the utmost care and accuracy."-Beljast News-Letter. "This is a work of great utility, which should be in the possession of every landlord and ratepayer in the kingdom."-Erne Packet. "Every public office in Ireland should have a copy of this book; its statistical tables are among the most valuable extant."-Cork Examiner. Viceroyalty of the Earl of Bessborough.-Notices of the Viceroyalty of the late Earl of Bessborough. 8vo. boards, 5s. WORKS PUBLISHED BY HODGES AND SMITH. In the Press,-will be published in February, AN ANALYSIS OF THE CRIMINAL LAW OF IRELAND, BARRISTER AT LAW. Preparing for Publication, In One Volume 4to., elaborately illustrated by Engravings from original Drawings, The Architecture, History, and Antiquities OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. CANICE; Together with Memoirs of the Bishops of Ossory; the Succession of Deans, and other Dignitaries connected with the Church; with some Account of the original Sees of Seir Ciaran and Aghaboe, and of the ancient Episcopal Corporation of Irishtown, Kilkenny. BY THE REV. JAMES GRAVES, A. M., CURATE OF ST. PATRICK'S, KILKENNY; AND of the Cathedral is a small volume published by the late Doctor Shee of Kilkenny, being merely a reprint, with a translation and notes, of the monumental inscriptions collected by O'Phelan, and which had before appeared in Led wiche's Essay. Amongst the many monuments of the architec-posal. The only other work which treats expressly tural taste and skill of our ancestors, which time and the more destructive hand of man have spared, few offer a fairer field to the annalist and the draughtsman than the ancient Cathedral of the Diocese of Ossory; it is, therefore, strange that its architectural features have never hitherto been adequately portrayed, and that its history remains as yet, in a great degree, to be written. It is true that Ware and his continuator, Harris, have left us a series of memoirs of the Bishops of Ossory, which cannot be too highly prized; but as regards the fabric of the Cathedral, or its monumental antiquities, these memoirs, as might be expected, afford little information; and the work of which they form a part, having been long out of print, is now expensive, and rarely to be procured. With respect to Ledwiche's Essay towards the History and Antiquities of Irishtown and Kilkenny, it is enough to observe, that this whimsical and inaccurate writer availed himself but of a small part of the materials which he had at his dis Every thing of value supplied by the abovementioned writers is embodied in this work, and for the first time presented to the Public in a conn.cted form; and, in addition, the Editors have carefully examined the ancient "Red Book" of Ossory, a MS. of the fourteenth century, Bishop Otway's Visitation Book, compiled in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and other MSS. preserved in the archives of the See; the records of the Chapter, of the Vicars Choral, and of the Corporation of Irishtown, which have all afforded much curions and interesting information. The various manuscript collections in Dublin, and that of the British Museum, will also contribute towards the work. |