ТНЕ САABIN ET

OF

IRISH LITERATURE:

SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF THE

CHIEF POETS, ORATORS, AND PROSE WRITERS

OF IRELAND.

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND LITERARY NOTICES,

BY

CHARLES A. READ, F.R. H.S.,

Author of "Tales and Stories of Irish Life," "Stories from the Ancient Classics," &c.

51996

GLASGOW:

W. G. BLACKIE AND CO.. PRINTERS

VILLAFIELD,

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

PAGE

Portrait-THOMAS MOORE-From the portrait by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A.,...frontispiece.

LADY MORGAN-From the portrait by Rene Theodore Berthon,.

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REV. THEOBALD MATHEW ("Father Mathew")-From the picture by J. Haverty,
JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES-From the portrait by T. Wageman,..
THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS-From an authentic portrait,

WILLIAM CARLETON-From the drawing by Charles Grey, R.H.A.,
SAMUEL LOVER-From a photograph by Maull and Co., London,

FRANCIS S. MAHONY (“Father Prout")—From a photograph by Lesage, Dublin,