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IRISH BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

 TWO PAPERS BY THE LATE SIR JOHjS" T. GILBERT, LL.D. 



AYiTH AN Introduction, J^^'otes, and Appendices 

 By E. R. M'Clintock Dix. 



[Plate III.] 



Ordered for Publication March 25. Published October 17, 1904. 

 Introduction. 



The following papers, which were contributed by the late Sir John 

 Thomas Gilbert, LL.D., on separate occasions to meetings of the Royal 

 Irish Academy, were written by this eminent authority in what proved 

 to be the closing part of his life, and were, it is evident, in the nature 

 of introductory papers on a subject of considerable importance and 

 considerable extent. 



The two papers form parts of the one subject — the second being 

 a continuation of the first to a later period. 



They are now published from the original manuscripts which the 

 author had before him at the time when they were read. In reading 

 them, Sir John T. Gilbert, it is believed, supplemented his manuscript 

 occasionally by verbal communications ; but unfortunately, as far as 

 the first paper is concerned, the report that appeared in the daily 

 papers the next day is extremely meagre, and not entirely accui'ate. 

 Xeither paper has hitherto appeared in the Proceedings, owing to the 

 fact that the author intended to add to them, or to contribute further to 

 the subject ; but before that could be done his life was suddenly ended. 

 The Council of the Academy having obtained possession of these MSS. 

 retained them for a considerable time, as appears from the dates, in the 

 hope that as the papers and books of Sir John T. Gilbert were being 

 examined and gone through after his death by Lady Gilbert or others, 

 fui'ther materials in manuscript might be found which would add to 

 the value of these contributions. L^nfortunately nothing of the kind 

 has appeared up to the present time, or is now ever likely to appear. 



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