foreign mission, amidst conditions so entirely unlike those existing at Paris-should undertake no work but such as was undertaken by their fellow-religious in France. Whether a re-union should have taken place when conditions became more settled in the Eastern Vicariate, and when Notre Mère's community could have confined themselves to the works of their own institute-we do not care to hazard too definite an opinion on that point-though our sympathies are not strong on the side of continued separation in any such a case. We are sure of this, that in the story of achievement by the Assumptionists the doings of the Grahamstown Community will hold an honourable place. We cannot close this review-too brief for the many interesting topics we should liked to have discussed-without thanking Father O'Riley for the pleasure his book has afforded. We enjoyed the wealth of information he has brought together; we enjoyed his "excursions" into side-paths; we enjoyed his many and apt quotations from the classics and from modern literature; we enjoyed his sly sarcasm and his humour. We heartily recommend "Notre Mère" to our readers. P. J. McC. an salratoir gaedealac. Tomás Ó Naoda. Do scríob. M. H. Gill, & a mac, baile áta cliat. We welcome such a production as An Salrátóir Gaedealac." It is a very successful effort at giving to the teachers of Irish a manual of instruction on the well-known "Curwen Modulator." We have long ago passed the stage of those sceptics who used to reiterate the impossibility of finding suitable Irish words to render accurately any piece of modern English into Irish. 66 Tonic Solfa is a subject difficult of such rendering-yet this clever manual has not only overcome all the difficulties of finding suitable Irish words for technical musical terms and expressions, but has graduated the lessons, and included many useful hints for conveying a swift and true impression to the youthful mind of music both theoretical and practical. Sloinnte Gaedeal as gall. (Woulfe). II. 1922. 66 66 m. n. Gill, It was a happy thought which prompted Father Woulfe to issue this Irish-English version of his Irish names and surnames. He states in his Preface the purpose of the edition-viz., the transfer of the Post Office and other Public Services to Irish hands "-and the necessities which such a transfer entails. There is no doubt but that this valuable book should have a large circulation. It might be no harm to suggest that a book like this, otherwise so tastefully produced by Messrs. Gill, should have a cover more durable and more capable of resisting the wear and tear of constant use. a diabail agus daoine. (6 Nuallain). Comluct Di Oideacais na eÉireann, Teoranta, Baile áta Cliat, 1922. Here we have seven short and intensely interesting stories from the pen of one whose name is well known to all Gaels. Two of these are translations from the Russian. We rejoice at this, even though it is universally admitted that a translation cannot compensate for the loss of the beauties of the original language, for the translator has shown there is a power in our native language which, in capable hands, can be made to express with effect the most commonplace and the most sublime ideas after a manner second to no other living language. This power of language is sustained throughout the seven stories, having plenty of scope in the three which deal very vividly with the Terror in Ireland. 66 Another feature of the book is the addition of copious notes and references (to the author's Studies in Modern Irish ") which are invaluable to the student-reducing the difficulties of idiom to a minimum. We hope that this is merely a pledge of great things to be achieved by Father O'Nolan in the too long neglected field of Modern Irish Prose. The Educational Company of Ireland are to be congratulated on the neatness and accuracy of the production. V. J. D. OLD WINE AND NEW. By Conall Cearnach. H. M. Gill and Son. 2/6. But of the same wine-press. As a writer of Irish we get Conall Cearnach-if we may use the expression-in his professional rôle. But as a writer of English essays we find him in the reminiscent mood, pouring forth in good measure of his store of varied knowledge affably, with humour and to the point. We listen to a pleasant geography lesson in the " Origin of Place-Names," are given proof of learning in "The Invention of Writing," and glean the fruits of homely experience in The Holiday Aftermath.' It is not that the author possesses distinction of style; but there is about it some of that sweetness which Matthew Arnold talked of. His essays, then, will always instruct and please. This old wine and new will suit every palate, for it tasteth of knowledge and delight. 66 66 T. M. New Publications of M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd. A NEW HISTORY OF IRELAND. IRELAND. Elements of her Early Story, from the coming of Cesair to the Anglo-Norman Invasion. By J. J. O'KELLY (Sean Ua Ceallaig). Cr. 8vo. 447 pages. Illustrated. 10/6 net. (Postage 9d.) *** The work is based on our native records, and the testimony of historians from other lands is employed to supplement or confirm the evidence of our own historians. 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