20 THE FAMILY LIBRARY. 



THE EVENTFUL HISTORY OF 



THE MUTINY AND PIEATICAL SEIZUEE 

 OP THE BOUNTY. 



By JOHN BARROW, Esq., Secretary to the Admiralty. With 

 five Plates from Original Sketches. 



" The Author of this little volume has brought into one 

 connected view what has hitherto appeared only in detached 

 fragments and some of these not generally accessible the 

 historical narrative of an event which deeply interested the 

 public at the time of its occurrence, and from which the 

 naval service in particular, in all its ranks, may still draw 

 instructive and useful lessons. ( 



"The story in itself is replete with interest. We are 

 taught by the Book of Sacred History, that the disobedience 

 of our first parents entailed on our globe of earth a sinful 

 and a suffering race ; in our time there has sprung up from 

 the most abandoned of this sinful family from pirates, 

 mutineers, and murderers a little society, which, under the 

 precepts of that sacred volume, is characterized by religion, 

 morality, and innocence. The discovery of this happy 

 people, as unexpected as it was accidental, and all that 

 regards their condition and history, partake so much of the 

 romantic, as to render the story not ill-adapted for an epic 

 poem." Author's Preface. 



PAIEY LEGENDS 



AND TRADITIONS OF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND. 

 By T. CROFTON CROKER. With numerous Cuts. 



Fairy Tales epitomize the customs, and manners, and 

 superstitions of a people in by-gone times, and are therefore 

 valuable as auxiliary to the interpretation of history. Mr. 

 Croker's Irish Legends are rich in that racy humour that 

 characterizes his countrymen, and appear to have exhausted 

 the traditionary treasures of the Emerald Isle. The Illus- 

 trations are also redolent of Hibernian wit and genius, 

 they are spirited designs, and in the happiest manner of 

 Messrs. Brooke and Maclise, with whose merits the public 

 are familiar. 



