Irish Literature. [Justin McCarthy, Editor in Chief. Charles Welsh, Managing Editor Volume 6

by Justin McCarthy (Creator)

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

434 pages, Paperback

First published September 14, 2004

About the author

McCarthy began his career as a journalist at age 18 in Cork, Ireland. From 1853 to 1859 he was in Liverpool, on the staff of the Northern Daily Times, during which period he married (in March 1855) Charlotte Ailman. In 1860 he moved to London, as parliamentary reporter to The Morning Star, of which he became editor in 1864.

He gave up his post in 1868, and, after a lecturing tour in the United States, joined the staff of the Daily News as leader-writer in 1870. In this capacity he became one of the most useful and respected upholders of the liberal politics of the time. He lectured again in America in 1870-1871, and again in 1886-1887.

McCarthy's most important work is his History of Our Own Times (vols. I-IV, 1879–1880; vol. V, 1897), which treats of the period between Queen Victoria's accession and her Diamond Jubilee. He also began a History of the Four Georges (1884 1901), of which the latter half was written by his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy. McCarthy also published several novels, including three with Rosa Campbell Praed.

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