The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
IN The WORLD OF LETTERS.
Miss Kate Mason Rowland AprOPoS Of
the Author Of "IriSh Pedi6reeS.'
The JOHN CHART TESTIMONIAL
Miss Annie steger wInston's Latest L''e'-
AIRY Work-More Praise for father Inv"
From Current Observation-Disclosures
and Publishers-Literary News

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THE CHART TESTIMONIALS lien
Castle Bellingham. county Lou.H' anu
Mr.. Jerome James Murphy, Oh Aah. ~
Cork. thankfully ackno"ieusc fhem
lowing subscriptions recslN ~ Gronosed
up to the present. TOWARDS tl0 49, "a
testimonials in his DECLINING ,n'
Mr.. John OHart. Of l, WoVus'1e -
non avenue, Clontarf, Duphh p'1S
Kilkee. County Clare, ana form Vi
Ringsend. DUBLIN, author On 80.
Pedigrees' and Irish Landed behuy
\Vnen cromwell Came to Ireland dub
lin: James Duny * CO.. Ne" ioiN'
BenZigcr BrOthers.) -, -,,,h ~
Mr.. O'Harts works have had such a
wide circulation. and beeh % s,ro,rriisS
appreciated throughout the "ol,u
wherever the English language Is spoh-
en- that for the information OF our couh-
trymen living IN distant regions, We
would ask the editors OF the press III
EngliSh-speaking countries 10 bNt tlo
proposed testimonial To Mr.. - hart tie
beneft of their eu4torial influence and
Among the Irish and Anglo-lrish at
home and abroad there may De some
worthy persons VINO; III M ,,aoa ~ a.
localities, may be so sood as 70
invite. receive ana Acknowledge III tht
local press any subscripuons-no mater
how humble they may be-toWaIds lhls
testimonial to Mr.. q Hart IN MS present
old age: for Mr.. O'Hart has spent
lifetime in unveling the irish and Anglo
Irish genealOgies without subscribing
sect or party. Further subscrip-
lions towards this wcll-merited tesu-
monlal forwarded TO either OF US. or 10
Mr. O'Hart l. WOOdside, Vernon aV-
enue, Clontarf, Dublin, will be thank
fully received and acknowledged.
HENRY BELLlNGHAM, Bart,
JEROME JAMES MURPHY
CO-Ireasurers.
CThen follows a list Of subscribers in
Great Britain and in the United States.)
In asking The Times to publish the
above circular recently received from
ireland. ] would call attention To the tact
that the pedigree of Charles Carroll, or
CarrOlltOn. is incorrectly given IN the
Irish Pedigrees edition OF 1871, but the
errors have been corrected IN the iourth
edition Of this bOOk-that or lNss, these
being the only two editions that have
come under my notice. In the lrlsh
Landed Gentry edition Of 1881, the pedl-
gree is also correctly given, y. tyS- J. ne
Carroll Family Of Maryland. L. ). ~.
Tho friends Of Mr.. O'Hart claim that
IN his long and meritorious devotion 10
the study of Irish and Anglo-lrlsh geneal-
Ogles he has never subscINcd sect %.
party" Yet, here is what ne says OF
Alle country fNtllIf Att"f NhNAA 80.
States of America achieved their lnde-
pendence there has been thorough lden-
LITIGATION OF Irish feeling with AIneI-
can % Success ana Ise
proportion of the flower Of the American
army who fought and bled ana dled IN
the cause OF America, in the time OF the
immortal Washington as well as more
recently In the time Of the humane ana
upright Lincoln were Irishmen.
OF what nationality, In Mr.. O Hart
we tho naOnle VINO. IN the
time Of the humane and upright Jener-
son Davis ofught to resist an invading
army, and 10 secure their independence
from the United States exactly as
Washington fought 70 secure independ-
ence from Great Britain? Happily tneIe
were many Irishmen who were proud 20
enroll themselves under the stainless
banner OF this gallant nation-patriols
Ike Mitchell. who knew the diuerence
between a cause that-disguise II as the
apoligists may under shams and subter-
fuges-meant nothing less than the lust
OF domination and oppression; and inc
cause of true liberty and constitutional
right-the Cause Of the South.
But Mr. OHart. in his irish LANDED
Gentry" tells of the Irish Brigades In
the Service of France" and the irish
Brigades in the Service Of America;
meaning by the latter only Meagher 3
Brigade in the army OF the United states,
and not a word is said about the irish
Confederate States. in the earlier
edition of Irish Pedigrees' Ten
nessees splendid "Irishman.' General
Cleburne. is put down without mention
of which army he was in-that Of the
United States or the Confederate states
and he is spoken OF as slain az the
battle Of Franklin. Pennsylvania How
ever Mr. O'Hart becomes better informed
later and In the edition OF 1873, General
Cleburne Is assigned 10 the Confederate
States Of America, the amusing mistake
of "Pennsylvania" for Tennessee IS cor
rected. and II is stated lie conlinahaeu
the Irish Brigade and was called tne
"StOnewall of the West etc. We are
told that Captain Christopher Stewart
Cleburnc. g. 5. A.. was slain al the
battle Of Cloyds Farm 90 Va, u. ,. A.
I'm lS8 Virginia was not IN the United
States i'm 1861 and many or US thlnk il
is "a thousand plues she II tl'Ie ho"'
Our authors call the war between the
States the War on the slave Enamel
patton Question such 90 supeIhclal ana
wholly false view of The great CONNECT
of the Confederate States Tor independ-
ence is easily disprOyed by any one who
will candidly examine the history Of the
causes Of the war But falsehOOd dies
hard, and foreigners VINO iead ohly what
Northern partisan writers state are easily
duped by the labricauons OF ignorance
malice or fanaticism Mr.. O'Hart notes
the Irish names among the nlty-lWo
sirners of the Declaration OF lndepend-
ence chief of whOm-as he ObserVes-WaS
Alarvland's First Citizen, Charles Car
roll. Of CarrOlltOn" n may interest Mr..
O'Hart 10 know that Charles Carroll
were true 10 the principles
there cnunCiated. and that TWO OF the
name left the ancestral home IN Mary
land TO fight on Virginia sOil-ln the ar
mics OF the Confederacy-fo the Home
Rule doctrine. ever 10 be associated win
Washington, Stonewal Jackson ana hoO-
KATE MASON ROWLAND
H.
AUTHORS AND PJ BLlShEtS' n
Manuel Of Suggestions for eginners IN
Literature. By q. HI. L. and }. B. i.
Seventh Edition. G.. j. putnam Sons
New York London.
For Sale by Geo. NJ west.
The kernel of the whole matter Is mere
presented by Messrs putnam. with at
tention to mechanical detail that makes
perusal a pleasant thing from any stand
point. To the army OF young authors
the book will prove most NIudDie' anu
il is fun Of interest FOR what us preface
styles that oyanescent INDIVIDUAL the
general reader
Personally we do not see why evanes-
cent but Messrs. Putnam nave good rea-
son TO know best. The first edltlon was
published In 1883. and this iast one Is a
tangible response 10 continued uetlahu
which seems decidedly 10 argue against
any evanescent quality either III ilSe'i OF
its public.
As the preface truly saws, mere seems