4. Importance of Literature to Men of Business.

Glasgow: Griffin and Son. 1854.

5. Annual Report of the Committee of the

Clonmel Mechanics' Institute. Clonmel. 1855. 248

IV.-ODD BOOKS :-

1. Catalogue of the Valuable, Select, and Distin-

guished Library of the late John Smith Furlong,

Esq., Q.C., and Bencher of the Honorable Soci-

ety of Kings' Inns, which will be sold by

Auction, by Charles Sharpe, at his Literary Sale

Room, 31, Anglesea Street, on Tuesday, 26th

May, 1846, and Ten following Days, com-

mencing at 1 o'clock each Day. Dublin:

Printed by Webb and Chapman. 1846.

2. Catalogue of the Valuable Library of the late

Frederick William Conway, Esq., comprising

Rare and Early English and Foreign Theology;

Ecclesiastical History and Antiquities; Illumi-

nated and other Manuscripts of the XIII, XIV,

and XV Centuries; with many Very Fine Spe-

cimens of Early Printing; Standard Literature

in the English, French, Italian, and Spanish

Languages; a Noble Collection of the Greek and

Latin Classics; Works relating to Ireland and

America; the Drama; Bibliography; Illustrated

Works, &c., which will be Sold by Auction, by

H. Lewis, in the Literary Sale Rooms, 31, An-

glesea Street, on Tuesday, May 30th, 1854, and

Twenty-Four following Days. Dublin. 1854. 287

V. THE ROMANCE OF LIFE :-THE COUNT OF MONTE

CRISTO :-

The Count of Monte Cristo. By Alexander

Dumas. London: Chapman and Hall. 1847. 301

VI.-FITZPATRICK'S LIFE OF LORD CLONCURRY:-

The Life, Times, and Cotemporaries of Lord

Cloncurry, embracing the period from 1775 to

1853; with a selection from his hitherto unpub-

lished Correspondence. By William John Fitz-

patrick, Esq., M.R.D.S. Dublin: Duffy. 1855. 330

VII.—THE MILITIA and the Line :-

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1. Acts 15th and 16th Victoria, Chapter 50:

17th Victoria, Chapters 13, 16, 107, and others,

being the Acts of Parliament Regulating the

present Militia Establishment of the United

Kingdoms.

2. War Office Circulars of March, 1855. Being

those Relating to the Militia.

VIII.-SHEIL:-

1. Memoirs of the Right Honourable Richard

Lalor Sheil. By W. Torrens M'Cullagh.

London: Colburn. 1855.

2. Sketches, Legal and Political, by the late Right

Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil. Edited, with

Notes, by M. W. Savage, Esq.

Colburn. 1855

IX.-REFORMATORY SCHOOLS FOR IRELAND:-

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London :

Thirty-Third Report of the Inspectors-General

on the General State of the Prisons of Ireland,

1854. With Appendices. Presented to Both

Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her

Majesty. Dublin: Thom and Sons. 1855.

X.-PARIS CORRESPONDENCE:-No. II. THE RUE

DE RIVOLI AND ITS NEIGHBOURS.

XI.-QUARTERLY RECORD OF THE PROGRESS OF RE-

FORMATORY AND RAGGED SCHOOLS, AND OF

PRISON DISCIPLINE, WITH MR. RECORDER

HALL'S NOTES OF HIS SECOND VISIT TO CON-

TINENTAL REFORMATORIES.

349

392

410

THE

IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

No. XIX.-SEPTEMBER, 1855.

VOL. V.

CONTENTS.

ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL LAW IN IRELAND.

ARTICLE.

I. TENNYSON AND HIS "MAUD";

Maud, and other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson,

D.C.L., Poet Laureate. London: Moxon.

1855.

PAGE.

II.-JOHN BANIM :-PART VI. Life in France. Ill-

ness. Letters. Disputes with Publishers.

Composition of "The Smuggler," and of "The

Dwarf Bride." Writes dramatic pieces for

Thomas Arnold. "The Death Fetch, or the

Student of Gottingen," represented at the

English Opera House: Strictures of "The

Times" on its plot. Letters. Illness of

Banim's Mother: beautiful traits of her love

for John. Letters. Death of old Mrs. Banim.

Letters. Kindness of Friends in Boulogne.

Troubles of Authorship. Disputes with, and

losses by, Publishers. Writes for the "An-

nuals." Letters. Ill health and pecuniary em-

barrassments. A son born. Sick of the

cholera; a relapse. Publication of "The

Chaunt of the Cholera." Publication of "The

Mayor of Windgap," and of Miss Martin's

453

"Canvassing," in new series of "Tales by the

O'Hara Family." Letters. Visit of Mrs.

Banim to London. Debt and embarrassment.

Affecting letter. Appeal on Banim's behalf

in the "Spectator," and by Sterling, "The

Thunderer," in "The Times." Letter from

Banim to "The Times." Meetings in Dublin,

Cork, Kilkenny, and Limerick, in aid of Banim.

Report of the Dublin meeting: Morrison's

large room given free of charge for the meeting:

the Lord Mayor presides: Sheil's speech: the

Resolutions and names of Subscribers and

Committee. Committee room opened at Mor-

rison's hotel: P. Costelloe and Samuel Lover

appointed Honorary Secretaries. Liberality of

the late Sir Robert Peel. Letters. A son born.

Removal to Paris. Letters. Lines "To the

Colossal Elephant on the site of the Bastile."

Ill health; copy of opinion on his case by

French, and English surgeons. Violent reme-

dies their unhappy result. Letters. Anxiety

to return to Kilkenny. The journey from Paris

to Boulogne: mishaps by the way: Lines,—

"The Call from Home."

III. SYDNEY SMITH :-

A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith.
By his

Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection

from his Letters. Edited by Mrs. Austin. 2

vols. London: Longman and Co. 1855

IV. THE POETS OF AMERICA. SECOND PAPER :-

1. The Poetical Works of John G. Whittier,

Author of "Old Portraits," &c. &c. London:

George Routledge and Co., 2, and 3 Farring-

don-street. 1852.

477

505

2. Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination;

and Poems. London: Clarke, Beeton, and

Co., Fleet-street

3. The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell.

Edited with an Introduction, by Andrew R.

Scoble. London: George Routledge and Co.,

Farringdon-street. 1853.

4. Poems by Thomas Buchanan Read. Illus-

trated by Kenny Meadows. London: Delf

and Trübner, 12, Paternoster-row. 1852.

5. The Poetical Works of N.P. Willis. Author

of "
Pencillings By the Way." London :

George Routledge and Co., Soho-square. 1850. 561

V.-OUR SOLDIERS AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD :-

1. Report of the Committee of the House of

Commons appointed to Enquire into the Con-

dition of the Army before Sebastopol, and into

the Conduct of the various Departments of

Government whose duty it has been to minister

to the wants of the Army. March, 1855.

2. Hansard's Debates, 1855.

War, Passim.

Debates on the

3. The Queen's Regulations and Orders for the

Army. Third Edition, 1844.

4. Addenda to the same up to March, 1854.

Parker, Furnival and Parker.

London.

VI.-ALISON AND HISTORY:-

Whitehall:

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History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon

in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon

in 1852. By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart. D.C.L.

Author of the "History of Europe from the

Commencement of the French Revolution in