INTRODUCTION 1
FROM THE BOSTON PILOT 67
MR．WILLIAM WILLS 69
LADY WILDE 76
THE THREE O＇BYRNES 83
CHEVALIER BURKE AND SHULE AROON 90
BROWNING 97
IRELAND＇S HEROIC AGE 104
A SICILIAN IDYLL 112
ROSE KAVANAGH 118
THE POEMS OF ELLEN O＇LEARY 124
THE POISON FLOWER 132
A BALLAD SINGER 137
THE RHYMERS＇CLUB 142
MAUDE GONNE 149
THE IRISH NATIONAL LITERARY SOCIETY 153
FROM THE PROVIDENCE SUNDAY JOURNAL 161
THE POET OF BALLYSHANNON 163
THE CHILDREN OF LIR 174
IRISH WONDERS 192
A SCHOLAR POET 204
A POETIC DRAMA 213