They are all extremely short for the force of their effect, and every touch tells; they are gracefully phrased without an appearance of artifice, subtly expressed without a suspicion of affectation.'-- _Saturday Review._ 'I venture to assert that in any one of its fifteen tales there is a finer rendering of the very essence of Irish life and character than in any half-dozen of the books which are responsible for the conception of the conventional Pat or Biddy which has had such a long and prosperous vogue on this side of the Channel.

The book owes its momentum to its fascinating and powerful rendering of the pathos and the tragedy of the simple lives with which the writer deals.

But this fascination and power are far too obvious to stand in need of celebration.'-- _New Age._ 'Any faults the book may have are redeemed by a page torn from the authoress's own heart.

"Changing the Nurseries" is a chapter no woman, mother, or maid could read without a lump in her throat.

The strong maternal element, which is the chief virtue of the Irish, is rife in it, and the thousand and one little trivialities that our life is made up of are admirably commented upon.'-- _St.James's Budget._ * * * * * OH, WHAT A PLAGUE IS LOVE! BY KATHARINE TYNAN (MRS.