IRISH BOOKS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

New Zealand Tablet, 27 May 1915, Page 19

IRISH BOOKS FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES

To the Editor. Sir, —I was very glad, indeed, to see in your issue of April 22 ' a suggested list ' of, representative Irish works from which a suitable library selection might be made. "May I venture to suggest two more ? . My apology for doing so is indicated in their- titles. The books I refer to are: A Header's Guide to' Irish Fiction (1910) and 'A Guide tp Books on Ireland, Part I. (1912). Both are edited by Rev. Stephen J. Brown, S.J. The editor tells us in the preface to Part I. of the latter work that in addition to Part I. (which deals with prose literature', poetry, music, and plays), material has been gathered for two further volumes. ' Volume 11. will contain the following sections: Biography (including autobiography, memoirs, and family history), Tours and State of Ireland," and ecclesiastical works, i.e., books relating to religion in Ireland. There will be descriptive notes on the majority of the works included, and it is hoped that the volume will be a useful supplement to the usual bibliographies of history. Volume 111. will contain the remaining sections, classified by subjects, and indexed by the name of the author, and probably by titles.' Father Brown's books should prove specially invaluable in the case of busy Catholic men who may be called on to decide whether a given book on Ireland or the Irish is praiseworthy or otherwise.— am, etc., Sag art. May 14. -*