THE CABINET

OF

IRISH LITERATURE:

SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF THE

CHIEF POETS, ORATORS, AND PROSE WRITERS

OF IRELAND.

WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND LITERARY NOTICES,

BY

CHARLES A. READ, F.R. H.S.,

Author of "Tales and Stories of Irish Life," "Stories from the Ancient Classics," &c.

VOL. III.

GOOD

DEC '879

BODLEIAD

LONDON: BLACKIE AND SON, OLD BAILEY;

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH,

AND 89 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN.

1880.

278. h. 71.

GLASGOW:

W. G. BLACKIE AND CO., PRINTERS

VILLAFIELD.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.

Portrait THOMAS MOORE-From the portrait by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A.,...frontispiece.

...to face

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REV. THEOBALD MATHEW ("Tather Mathew")-From the picture by J. Haverty,
JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES-From the portrait by T. Wageman,..
THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS-From an authentic portrait,

WILLIAM CARLETON-From the drawing by Charles Grey, R.H.A.,
SAMUEL LOVER-From a photograph by Maull and Co., London,

FRANCIS S. MAHONY ("Father Prout")-From a photograph by Lesage, Dublin,