REVIEW.
O'HART'S "IRISH PEDIGREES."*
To Irishmen, and those of Irish descent, and indeed to all students of Celtic history, this book must prove of deep interest. It is a monument of persevering industry and of learned research, and is perhaps the most complete work of the kind ever published. Our author gives the genealogy of 331 families. Looking over this list most of us will be able to fix on a name in which wo have some olaim by the ties of blood or marriage, for be it remarked Mr O'Hart does not deal with "O's" and " Mac's " exclusively, as wo find notice of the Lindsay, Lloyd, Richardson, Taylor and Vance families and others of Saxon-like origin. One curious page attracts our attention. It is the pedigree of her Majesty the Queen, showing her descent through "the " Royal Stem of Ireland " up to Adam, making 136 generations. Beginning at the preface and ending with the appendix, which latter is not the least noticeable portion of the work, we have a volume of much value. Mr O'Hart has produced a book out of the beaten track, one whioh we hope will be appreciated in such a way as to render him substantial reward. * " Irish Pedigrees," by John O'Hart. Dublin :M. H. Gill and Son. Melbourne : Robertson. Third Edition.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2484, 23 March 1882, Page 3
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217REVIEW. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2484, 23 March 1882, Page 3
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