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T O Read Irish History Without Knowledge Of Irish...

bewilderment ; to attempt the solution of Irish ques- tions without it, sheer folly. At the best, Irish history is sad reading,—the weary chronicle of a nation's path "all down-......

In Praise Of Idleness.

I N this holiday season, most people are capable of a certain degree of idleness ; but to understand what idleness really means one should winter on the Riviera da Ponente.......