parson's horn-book.
Contributors: Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868.
Publisher: Printed and sold at the office of the Comet
Published: 1831
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Church of Ireland -- Controversial literature; Church of Ireland -- Caricatures and cartoons
Notes: smcnc1758.

First of two parts.

Satirical pieces, in prose and verse, on the Established church in Ireland. Most of the pieces are by Thomas Browne, who also edited the work, some contributions are probably by John Sheehan. -- Cf. O'Donoghue, D.J., The poets of Ireland, 1912, p. 44, 422 ; Temple Bar, v. 24, 1868, p. 70-72 ; Dublin. Corporation. Catalogue of the ... library of the late Sir John T. Gilbert, 1918, p. 631 ; Halkett & Laing.

Illustrated by Samule Lover ; authorship of the work has also been attributed to Lover. -- Cf. McKenna, B., Irish literature, 1978, p. 236 ; Temple Bar ; DNB, v. 34, p. 177; v. 52, p. 7, BM. (This work is referred to as the "Irish horn-book" in the Temple Bar article and DNB v. 34; apparently "The parson's horn-book" is meant, cf. McKenna, DNB v. 52.)

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