Excerpt from The Open Secret of Ireland, Vol. 2 The object of Mr Kettle, in writing this book, is, I take it, to reveal to English readers what he not inaptly terms as The Open Secret of Ireland, in order to bring about a better understanding between the two nations, and to smoothe the way to a just and final settlement of their old-time differences. Any work undertaken on such lines commends itself to a ready welcome and a careful study, and I feel sure that both await Mr Kettles latest contribution to the literature of the Irish question. As the son of one of the founders of the Land League, and as, for some years, one of the most brilliant members of the Irish Party, and, later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Secret of the Sea, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel Gerald advanced slowly into the room, and for a moment or two he altogether failed to recognize the man who rose out of the easy-chair to greet him. It was Byrne and yet it was not Byrne. It must be his father, or an older brother, said Gerald to himself. Even when the man held out his hand and whispered: Is there any body outside the door he was still in doubt. There is no one outside the door, said Gerald. I came up the stairs alone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from In Secret Places, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel One evening - the evening which we have described - voices might have been heard issuing from this hut. Two men had been lying there since early morning, and were still there - waiting, apparently, for some one who did not come. One was middle-aged, but the other was a mere youth; and both were carefully muffled up and disguised. They sat upon blocks of stone, and smoked their pipes, trying to spend the time as cheerfully as possible. They were Henry Emmerson and Edward Hughes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Perilous Secret, Vol. 2 of 2 Not to bury, ' said Monckton. Don't you be alarmed. I have got no time to die; I'm too busy. Why, I have been much worse than this. I am convalescent now.' Ye don't say so, sir I said she. Well, I see your heart is good' (the first time he had ever been told that), and so I've a mind to risk it.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Perilous Secret, Vol. 1 of 2 Two worn travellers, a young man and a fair girl about four years old, sat on the towing path by the side of the Trent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The O'donoghue, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tale of Ireland Fifty Years Ago; To Which Is Added a Rent in a Cloud It was no new thing to me to know the Irish peasant in his character of a hoarder and a saver. There is no one trait so indicative of the Celt as acquisitiveness, nor does Eastern story contain a man more given to the castle-building that grows out of some secret hoard however small - than Paddy. He is to add half an acre to his potato garden, or to buy another pig, or to send the gossoon to a school in the town, or to pay his passage to New York. This tendency to construct a future, so strong in the Irish nature, has its rise in a great reliance on what he feels to be the goodness of God a firm conviction that all his struggles are watched and cared for, and that every little turn of good fortune has been given him by some especial favor, lies deep in his nature, and suggests an amount of hope to him which a less sanguine spirit could never have conceived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.