The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-24

hood that they are entering with alac-
rity, and Is doing more TO break down
the old world social prejudice against
manual labor than centuries OF political
agitation have done.
When was forced to earn my own
LIVING" said a Dublin woman whose In
terest In tho wood carving classes has
been of great benefit to tho workers be-
cause Of her husbands off,clai activities.
II was absolutely helpless. except for a
natural aptitude for modelling. There
waA certain demand for wood carving.
but I had no apprentices certificate.
Finally I was admitted to a shop. II
meant social ostracism then, but II
doesn't now. That's how the Art Re-
vival has helped the girls to self re-
lance and self-support. for the associa-
ton OF art and crafts has opened the
way I'd several new trades for women"
The preservation and utilization OF
Irish art forms In ireland 10 now be-
Ing accompanied by a movement for the
publication OF the wonderful Irish manu-
script literature that the Revival has
discovered and given to the world. I'm
der the auspices OF the Gaelic League.
Father O'Flanagan. the American En-
voy, Ia organizing an American society.
the Gaelic Literature Association, for
tho publication Of the Celtic manuscript
treasures.
IRELAND A LITERARY CENTRE
LONG BEFORE THE INVASION.
The discovery OF the great mass of
literary material In manuscript form In
Ireland has not only given to the world
| fresh we'll OF literature. which has
| been responsible for the only original
| note In English poetry for more than a
hundred years. but has called attention
to the fact that literature was not only
well established but general throughout
ireland long before the English invasion
The great number OF manuscripts and
the general value IN their contents run,
q long mountain range OF culture. show
Ing . much higher standard among the
mas Of the people In the era covered
than any other nation OF Europe.
The exact extent OF the Irish litera
ture stu remaining In manuscript hai
never been adequately determined" say,
DR. Douglas Hyde, president OF tn,
Gaelic League and one OF the grea
forces for the preservation OF Gaeli
manuscripts. IN. d'Arbois de Jubain
vile (of the University OF Paris) ha
noted 1888 still existing manuscripts. a,
copied before the year 1900. and tn
whole number which he has found ex
listing chiefly In public libraries on tn
Continent and In the British Isle
amounts to 1,009. But many others hav
since been discovered, and great nun
bers must be scattered throughout IN
country in private libraries, while nun
bers moro are perishing or have pei
ished of neglect. Jubainville quotes
German as estimating that the literatui
= produced by the Irish before the sewer
, teenth century, and stll existing. wou
= FIJI a thousand octave volumes. La,
% medicine and science We're included
= the calculation. O'Curry. O'Lonean ar
Z o'Beirne Grove catalogued more this
2 half the manuscripts IN the Royal Iris
Academy. and the catalogue Of the
!. contents fllcd thirteen volumes contai
lng over 1900 pages, OF about 100
pieces"
Z In many Of the libraries Of German
h the Irish manuscripts have been bett
C preserved than In their own countr
= In fact. II has been the interest
a German scholars In the Gaelic langua
z that has been one of the notable fore
e IN Its revival DIR. Kuno Meyer. W
lc with Canon O'Leary, the author OF I
D nrst novel In Irish, was given the frs
"a dom Of the Corporation OF Dublin Il
,e year. has been one OF the great fore
"a In the study OF Gaelic. In the Continei
NJ al Reviews he has been for years .
We gagged In the service OF calling attic
pc ton TO tho beauties OF Irish literat,
m and enforcing the argument that in u
n land there existed wealth of mag
Is alive work without parallel In lliers