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.

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IV.

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Portrait-CHARLES JAMES LEVER-From a photograph by Chancellor, Dublin,.......................frontispiece.

MRS. S. C. HALL-From a photograph by Frankland, London,

.....to face 34

THE RIGHT HON. JAMES WHITESIDE-From a photograph by Mayall, London,...

SIR CHARLES Gavan Duffy-From a photograph by Lesage, Dublin,............

ISAAC BUTT, M.P.-From a photograph by O'Shea, Limerick,.

THE RIGHT HON. EARL CAIRNS-From a photograph by Russell, Chichester,...

THE RIGHT HON. EARL DUFFERIN, K.C.B.—From a photo. by Notman, Montreal,

JUSTIN MCCARTHY, M.P.—From a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co.,.