The Spirit of the nation.
Subtitle: Ballads and songs by the writers of "The Nation," with original and ancient music, arranged for the voice and piano forte.
Contributors: Davis, Thomas Osborne, 1814-1845, editor.; The Nation, Dublin.
Publisher: J. Duffy
Published: 1845
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng; gle
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Political ballads and songs -- Ireland -- Texts.
Genres: Texts.
Notes: Added t.-p., illustrated.
Lettered on cover: National ballads and songs.
Issued in monthly parts, July-December 1844.
Edited, with indexes of Irish phrases, names of persons, and places, by Thomas O. Davis, who contributed many songs. Contains 17 original airs, and 22 old Irish airs.
An edition, containing about one-third of the present collection, was published in two parts, without music, 1843-44. Cf. Pref.