The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-11-26

actly like those In the signature Of
Charles Stewart Parnell, the late Irish
leader. We have often said that Par
nell, educated among the English, knew
them, and abhorred them, in the main,
as O'Neill did, and. in short, Parnell
was in sagacity at least an unarmored
Hugh ONeill.
We have also in the book the counter
felt presentment of Red Hugh O'Don-
nell's autograph, in the Irish character,
contracted. The letters are very large
and strongly drawn and read "Aodh
(Hugh) O'Donin," (O'DonnelD. The
hand that wrote the original welded the
keenest sword that ever drew blood for
Ireland, and it makes an Irishman's
blood thrill with rage, after nearly 300
years have rolled over the hero's tomb
in Valladolid. to remember that ne died,
not in the tented field, but miserably, in
a Spanish inn, at the hands of England's
paid poisoner, Blake, on Sept 10, 1902.
The autograph of Donal O'Sullivan
Beare, the hero of the matchless march
Of Clan O'Sullivan from Glengariff to
Brefni, under their dauntless chief-the
Irish Xenophon-recalls the lines Of
Davis:
Then my mind went along O'sullivan
marching
Over Muskerry's moor and Ormond's 8
plain
His coraches the waves of the Shannon
DER arching
And pathway mile-marked with the
slain.
This brave O'Sullivan drew first blood
at 1.-The pass Of Aughrim" in Galway,
SO years before st. Ruth lost his head
as he rode down the famous hill Of Kill
comedian, and the doctors brother. the
gifted Robert Dwyer Joyce, commemor-
ated the event in the following lines;
O'Sullivan was the dauntless man
When the foe by Aughrim found us,
Black Malby's head on the sward he laid
And we slew all around US.
The English under Sir Henry Malby
attempted to intercept the chieftan's
march, but O'Sullivan, animating his
followers, broke through the hostile line
and cut off Malby's head with a single
stroke of his sheartng sword. A good
picture of the hero accompanies the
story of his achievement.
The last signature given is that of
Owen Roe O'Neill-a shaky scrawl, writ
ten five days before his suspicious death
at Cloughhoughter castle, in Cavan, Nov
6. 1649.
Among the battle plans printed in the
| book are those Of the Yellow Ford. Aug.
1898; Benburb, June, 1896; the Boyne,
July 1, 1890, and Aughrini, July 12, 1891.
! In addition to the likeness Of O'Sulli-
van Beare, there are pictures. said to be
authentic, of Hugh ONeill, Owen Roe
and Sarsfield on the Irish side. and the
eftigies of the Duke Of Schomberg and
Gen. Baron de Gnkel, the victor Of
Aughrim, on that OF the English.
Schombergs lineaments are those of a
gallant gentleman, while those Of De
Ginkle resemble the features Of fat
bull dog, set off by a flowing wig. st.
Simon, in his memories, says st. Ruth
was, "as everybody knew, extremely ugly
although his person was tall and we'll
formed" but he must have been type
of manly beauty compared with the
swinish De Ginkel. OF all the celebrities
pictured in the book. Owen Roe O'Neill
is by far the handsomest, and Gen.
Sarsfleld ranks next to him in point Of
! comliness. There is no picture Of St.
Ruth and, II we mistake not. there Is
none in existence. If there were the in
defatible DIR. Joyce would certainly have
gotten hold Of 1t.
The Child's History, owing to it's pro-
fuse illustrations, is dearer than ordinary
volumes, but it Is we'll worth the addi-
tional cost. We confess that, although
childhood is long way behind US. we
have rarely read an historical work
with more delight. 1t ought to be In
every intelligent household wherever
English is spoken, for 1t is book that at
once instructs and elevates.