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.

VOL. I.

STOIFFUSE

LONDON: BLACKIE AND SON, OLD BAILEY;

GLASGOW, EDINBURGH,

AND 89 TALBOT STREET, DUBLIN.

1879.

GLASGOW:

W. G. BLACKIE AND CO., PRINTERS,

VILLAFIELD.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

PR
8833
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