at
gift as a writer to such a spirit as breathes in the Sermon on the
Mount! But to wish this is perhaps as foolish as to expect dates to grow
on thistles. We must accept what is given us, and see that we, at any
rate, steer clear of the dangers mapped out for us by the travellers of
the past.

* * * * *

The editor takes this opportunity to thank Mr. G. Ravenscroft Dennis and
Mr. W. Spencer Jackson for much valuable assistance in the reading of
proofs and the collation of texts.

TEMPLE SCOTT.

NEW YORK,

_May 18, 1905._

CONTENTS
PAGE

A LETTER TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, IN IRELAND, UPON
THE CHOOSING A NEW SPEAKER THERE 1

A PROPOSAL FOR THE UNIVERSAL USE OF IRISH MANUFACTURE 11

AN ESSAY ON ENGLISH BUBBLES. BY THOMAS HOPE, ESQ. 31

THE SWEARER'S BANK 37

A LETTER TO THE KING AT ARMS 47

THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF EBENEZER ELLISTON 55

THE TRUTH OF SOME MAXIMS IN STATE AND GOVERNMENT,
EXAMINED WITH REFERENCE TO IRELAND 63

THE BLUNDERS, DEFICIENCIES, DISTRESSES, AND MISFORTUNES
OF QUILCA 73

A SHORT VIEW OF THE STATE OF IRELAND 79

THE STORY OF THE INJURED LADY. WRITTEN BY HERSELF 93

THE ANSWER TO THE INJURED LADY 104

AN ANSWER TO A PAPER CALLED "A MEMORIAL OF THE POOR
INHABITANTS, TRADESMEN, AND LABOURERS OF THE KINGDOM
OF IRELAND" 107

ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS 117

AN ANSWER TO SEVERAL LETTERS SENT ME FROM UNKNOWN
HANDS 127

A LETTER TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN CONCERNING THE
WEAVERS 135

OBSERVATIONS OCCASIONED BY READING A PAPER ENTITLED
"THE CASE OF THE WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES OF DUBLIN,"
ETC. 145

THE PRESENT MISERABLE STATE OF IRELAND 151

THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT WAS SAID BY THE