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CONTENTS. 



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Preface ... . . . i 



FART I.— THE IRELAND OF TO-DAY. 



CHAI'TEU 



£2 I. England's Failure IN Ireland, (a) Political 7 



«« II. England's Failure IN Ireland, (<^) Economic i.^ 



^ III. Social Conditions of the People . 19 



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 £5 IV. Occupations of the People . . .20 



,P V. Tendencies of Irish Agriculture . ,^2 



VI. The Irish Tenant and His Holding . 44 



3 VII. The Irish Landlord and His Estate . 59 



CO PART II.— IRISH AGRARIAN TENURE. 



ta I. Legislation for the Reform of Land- 

 ^ LORDiSM : The Land Acts . .66 



II. Legislation for the Abolition of Land- 



^ LORDISM : The Land Purchase Acts . 92 



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§ PART III.— THE AGRARIAN REFORM OF 1903. 



I. Insufficiency of the Land Acts . .105 



II. Insufficiency of the Land Purchase Ac is 117 



III. A New Departure . . .122 



IV. The Wyndham Land Act : Its Provisions 1.^6 

 V. The Wyndham Land Act in Operation 147 



Vl. A Peasant Proprietary, and After . 157 



