The Poets of Ireland. A. biographical dictionary, with bibliographical particulars, by David J. O'Donoghue.
Any one who opena this book will be astonishtd at the nunber of Irishmen who have written verses good enough to entitle them to rank among the poets. Judging by this work Ireland well mstains her repntation as a land of soDg. " The present work," 6iys the author in his preface, " deals entirely with the poets, a numerous and a most unjustly neglected body, but it is so extensive in its scope that hardly a score of the greatest and best known authors are leit out." To any one desirous of obtaining a thorough acquaintance with the literature of Ireland the work will be invaluable, and it will doubtless also have the desirable effect of rescuing from oblivion writers who have deserved well of their country. Tbe particulars given in each case are comprehensive and clear,
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 37, 1 July 1892, Page 20
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150The Poets of Ireland. A. biographical dictionary, with bibliographical particulars, by David J. O'Donoghue. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XX, Issue 37, 1 July 1892, Page 20
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