THE

IRISH MONTHLY;

A Magazine of General Literature

SEVENTH YEARLY VOLUME.

1879.

DUBLIN:

M. H. GILL & SON, 50 UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET.
LONDON: BURNS & OATES; SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & CO.

THE IRISH MONTHLY is sent post free for Seven Shillings a year. The yearly Volume begins with the January Number.

Kilbarron Castle and the O'Clerys of Donegal. By the Rev. John Healy

A Stroll through Rome. By the Rev. Joseph O'Malley, S.J.
Thomas Grant, First Bishop of Southwark. By the Editor
Cardinal Newman. By Henry Bedford, M.A.

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The Early Haunts of Oliver Goldsmith. By the Rev. J. J. Kelly

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The late Mr. Michael Henry Gill.

Cardinal Ximenes. By the Rev. Peter Finlay, S.J. In two Parts
Father Olivaint, S.J. By the Editor

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Visit to the Falls of Niagara. By the Rev. William Meagher
The Nephew of Count Montalembert. By the Editor

A Forgotten Shrine. By the Rev. F. M. Ryan. In two Parts.
The Antiquities of Boyle. By the Rev. J. J. Kelly.

Mrs. Aikenhead, Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity

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St. Remigius, Bishop and Confessor. By the Rev. W. H. Anderdon, S.J. In

two Parts.

Health-seeking in Wildbad-Gastein

Netherland Genre Pictures. By N. Colgan

Doctoring under Difficulties. By M. J. Malone, M.D.

Friends at Court. By a Discursive Contributor. In two Parts

561, 651

ESSAYS.

Some Notes on Reading and Thinking. By Isaac Tuxton

Scientific Gossip. By Henry Bedford, M.A.

I. The Physical Constitution of the Sun.

II. The Uses of the Sun

A Plea for the Poor Hearth. By Mrs. Morgan John O'Connell

Peace. By Mrs. Charles Martin.

The Electric Light. By the Very Rev. Gerald Canon Molloy, D.D.

Plagiarism or Coincidence-Which? By Thomas Gallwey, M.A.

Our Young Work Girls. By Mrs. Charles Martin

The Round Towers and Recent Investigations. By J. A. F.

Acts of the Clifden Confessors. By A. Whitelock

NOTICES OF Books.

Alzog's Church History.-To My Lady, and other Poems.-Lives of the Early
Popes.-The Church and the Sovereign Pontiff.-St. Patrick's College
Gazette. No. 3-God in his Works.-Three Sacred Songs.-Hymns,
&c. &c.

The Rise, Increase, and Exit of the Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, and Perse-
cution after their Fall.-The Jesuits

A Guide through Glasnevin Cemetery.-Cathedra Petri.-A Loving Offering to

the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.-Hymns.-The Manna of the Soul.-

'Varsity Versicles

Lough Derg and its Pilgrimages.-The Curé's Niece.-The Summa Theologica
of St. Thomas exhibited in tabular form
The Description of Ireland in anno 1598.-Harmony of the Gospels.—Debrett's
Peerage. Summer and Winter Stories.-Mary magnifying God.-The
Church and the Sovereign Pontiff.-The Dark Shadow; or, The Blast
Meditations and Prayers.-Poems.-Benedictine of Sixteenth Century.—Our
Thirst for Drink.-Alzog's Manual of Universal Church History.-Cantica
Sion.-Finola.-The Postulant and the Novice.-The M'Phersons.-
Popular Centenary Edition of Moore's Irish Melodies
Mary Aikenhead, Foundress of the Irish Sisters of Charity.-Two Bibles: a
Contrast.-Brian Boru.-Apostolicae Sedis.-Sketch of the Life of Sister
Mary Alphonsus Downing.-Mrs. Ball: a Biography
Loca Patriciana.—A Gracious Life.-An Exposition of the Gospel of St. Luke.
The Moore Centenary Address

Mr. Aubrey de Vere's Legends of the Saxon Saints.-Mission of the Zambesi.—
A History of the Mass.-Funeral Words in Memory of Prince Louis
Napoleon.-Emmanuel: a Book of Eucharistic Verses.-Education under
the French Republic.-Jubilee of Emancipation
Knocknagow; or, the Homes of Tipperary.-The Story of Jesus, for Catholic
Children. Several new treatises of piety.-Irish Saints in Great Britain.—
The Children's Companion to Christian Doctrine and Bible History.-My
Lords of Strogue

Prisoners of the King.--Bells of the Sanctuary.-Moral Discourses.-American
Edition of "Emmanuel."-Mixed Marriages: their Origin and their Results
Outlines of Geology and Geological Notes of Ireland.-Roman Violets.—En-

cyclical Letter of our Holy Father Pope Leo XIII.-The Jesuits: their
Foundation and History.-Other Gospels.-The Manna of the Soul.-
Practical Notes on Moral Training.—The Life of St. Colette, the Reformer
of the Three Orders of St. Francis, especially of the Poor Clares.-Sketch
of the Life of Mgr. de Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles

POEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.

The Irish Farmer's Sunday Morning. By the Rev. Matthew Russell, S.J.

From Vittoria Colonna. Translated by I.

Constant amid Change. By D. G.

A Picture in the Borghese Gallery. By Ellen Fitzsimon