'An Impeached Nation '

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 19, 13 May 1909, Page 742

'An Impeached Nation '

Our cleverly edited contemporary, the Adelaide Southern Cross, gives two lengthy and detailed notices of the latest N.Z. Tablet publication, An Impeached Nation. The two notices- run into four columns of our South Australian contemporary's space. " We take the following extract from the openjjig paragraph of the first notice: ' The title of this volume is too restricted, and does not - convey an adequate idea of its scope and purpose. Thoucjh entitled A Study of Irish Outrages, it is in reality a handbook of the Irish question from the Union to the present day, written and compiled with the ability, thoroughness, and research which always characterise Father Cleary's contributions to cxirrent literature. A glance at the " Index of Authorities," at the end of the book, will convey an idea tof the reading and research expended in the preparation of the work. ' All the writers of any note, British and foreign, who have dealt with the Irish question during the last century, are laid under contribution. The book is, indeed, largely made up of quotations, with a connecting commentary by the author. Written originally as a series of articles in the New Zealand Tablet, there is necessarily some repetition and overlapping in the various-chapters. The neAvspaper articles have been re-written and expanded, and Father Cleary has conferred a boon on students of Irish problems by. issuing them in permanent shape.'