TALE OF IRELAND FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Reading edition
By Charles Lever
Dublin William Curry, Jun. And Company. William S. Orr And Co. London. Fraser And Co. Edinburgh. 1845.
TO JOHN WILSON, ESQ., Professor of Moral Philosophy In the University of Edinburgh, &c.
Dear Sir, It is but seldom that the few lines of a dedication can give the pleasure I now feel in availing myself of your kind permission to inscribe this volume to you. As a boy, the greatest happiness of my life was in your writings; and among all my faults and failures, I can trace not one to your influence, while, if I have ever been momentarily successful in upholding the right, and denouncing the wrong, I owe more of the spirit that suggested the effort to yourself than to any other man breathing. With my sincerest respects, and, if I dared, I should say, with my warmest regards, I am, yours truly, CHARLES LEVER. Carlsruhe, October 18th, 1845.
CONTENTS
THE O'DONOGHUE CHAPTER I. GLENFLESK CHAPTER II. THE WAYSIDE INN CHAPTER III. THE “COTTAGE AND THE CASTLE.” CHAPTER IV. KERRY O'LEARY CHAPTER V. IMPRESSIONS OF IRELAND CHAPTER VI. THE BLACK VALLEY CHAPTER VII. SIR ARCHY'S TEMPER TRIED CHAPTER VIII. THE HOUSE OF SICKNESS CHAPTER IX. A DOCTOR'S VISIT CHAPTER X. AN EVENING AT “MARY” M'KELLY's CHAPTER XI. MISTAKES ON ALL SIDES CHAPTER XII. THE GLEN AT MIDNIGHT CHAPTER XIII. THE GUARDSMAN CHAPTER XIV. THE COMMENTS ON A HURRIED DEPARTURE CHAPTER XV. SOME OF THE PLEASURES OF PROPERTY CHAPTER XVI. THE FOREIGN LETTER CHAPTER XVII. KATE O'DONOGHUE CHAPTER XVIII. A HASTY PLEDGE CHAPTER XIX. A DIPLOMATIST DEFEATED CHAPTER XX. TEMPTATION IN A WEAK HOUR CHAPTER XXI. THE RETURN OF THE ENVOY CHAPTER XXII. A MORNING VISIT CHAPTER XXIII. SOME OPPOSITE TRAITS OF CHARACTER CHAPTER XXIV. A WALK BY MOONLIGHT CHAPTER XXV. A DAY OF DIFFICULT NEGOCIATIONS CHAPTER XXVI. A LAST EVENING AT HOME CHAPTER XXVII. A SUPPER PARTY CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CAPITAL AND ITS PLEASURES CHAPTER XXIX. FIRST IMPRESSIONS CHAPTER XXX. OLD CHARACTERS WITH NEW FACES CHAPTER XXXI. SOME HINTS ABOUT HARRY TALBOT CHAPTER XXXII. A PRESAGE OF DANGER CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ST. PATRICK'S BALL CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DAYBREAK ON THE STRAND CHAPTER XXXV. THE WANDERER'S RETURN CHAPTER XXXVI. SUSPICIONS ON EVERY SIDE CHAPTER XXXVII. HEMSWORTH'S LETTER CHAPTER XXXVIII. TAMPERING AND PLOTTING CHAPTER XXXIX. THE BROTHERS CHAPTER XL. THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM CHAPTER XLI. A DISCOVERY CHAPTER XLII. THE SHEALING CHAPTER XLIII. THE CONFEDERATES CHAPTER XLIV. THE MOUNTAIN AT SUNRISE CHAPTER XLV. THE PROGRESS OF TREACHERY CHAPTER XLVI. THE PRIEST'S COTTAGE CHAPTER XLVII. THE DAY OF RECKONING CHAPTER XLVIII. THE GLEN AND THE BAY CHAPTER XLIX. THE END