PREFACE. 5 



not yet begun to gain upon the forces of decay. 

 If the Irish (ju- . Bonn concisely 



put turnip question," then the latest 



, which have come to hand as I wr 

 give little encouragement to those who would 



economic decline of Ireland 

 has touched bottom. The nation's life 

 ebl he mind of the nation, as a whole, 



vet alive to the danger and to its soun 



T. W. ROLLESTON. 



Co. WICJCLOW. 



