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.

GLASGOW:

W G. BLACKIE AND CO., PRINTERS

VILLAFIELD.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

PAGE

Portrait EDMUND BURKE-After the picture by G. Romney,

..frontispiece.

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN-After the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds,.
SIR PHILIP FRANCIS, K.C.B. (Junius)—After the picture by G. Romney,.
JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN-After the picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence,
HENRY GRATTAN-After the picture by J. Ramsay,

DANIEL O'CONNELL-After the picture by R. M. Hodgetts,

.to face 102

MARGUERITE, COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON—After a drawing by A. E. Chalon,...

The Mosaic Account of Creation,

RICHARD KIRWAN, LL.D., F.R.S. (1742-1812),...... 95 JAMES ORR (1770–1816),.

The Irishman,

On the Deluge,

94

The Green Spot that Blooms,

To Sleep,

165

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