Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-03-16
Literary Notices.



The causes and aims of Irish agitation. Ilustrat-
cd. BY NJ. E. Sullivan, with an introduction by
Thomas Power O'Connor, NJ. P. J. g. McCurdy 4
Co., Publishers, Philadelphia Cincinnati, o; Chi
cago, ILL.,. st. Louis, Mo.
To the great body Of the people of the United
States. whose reading about the Irish question has
been almost necessarily confined to publications
written from the English point ofview and who know
ireland only thus represented rather misrepre
sented, we especially commend this work.
We wish it could be brought to the attention Of
every who is Indifferent upon the Irish question
or has taken up the idea that 1t agitation
less, or based only upon sentimental grievances.
They will find in this book no rhetorical general
titles or descriptions drawn from Imagination, but
facts gathered from of unquesonable relia-
bility, and statements by persons Of unmpeachabe
veracity.
Entirely disconnected from the Irish Land move
ment revealing the true nature and effects of Irish
landordism its grinding oppression, its exorbitant
exactons and the depths of squad hopeless poverty
and misery to which ii reduces Irish tenants which
requires no appeals to feeling to fill every human
mind With detesati0n Of the Irish land SYSTEM and
commiseration for those upon whom 1t has been i'm
posed. The publishers want agents everywhere.
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When the publisher undertook to furnish the
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edgs" that should excel all other Cyclopedias in
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the information is brought down to the latest date.
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subjects not treated with sufficient eullness and
q large amount Of information which every Amen-
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ference of this character is Conspicuous by its ab-
sence." Here is where the American ''Library Of
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dentally at "Allen" found in the Chamber text
but one person of that name mentioned, and he
little known litterateur of Edinburg, while the Amer
biographical additions comprise thirteen Aliens
all Of whom merited record in American Encyclo.
psdia far more tn did the Scotch Allen. Opening
at random the 9th volume at the article Geology,
there is found an article of four pages from the
Chambers edition, with an added American article
OFF, pages.
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