Three Lectures - Delivered in Chicago, St. Patrick's Day, 1880; By Request of the Irish-American Council of Chicago, in Aid of the Irish Relief Fund #260712

It is deeply to be regretted that more of such mate rial, as is herewith presented, has not been preserved in permanent form. The cause is not very difficult to discover: Eloquence is the purest native gem Ireland possesses — it is what Chief Baron Woulfe said public Opinion in Ireland should be, Racy Of the Soil. It loses much by transplanting from 'its native tongue, vet will compare favorably with the best in any language. Its striking peculiarities are that it is Spontaneous and extemporaneous, so that to preserve and transmit the true utterances Of an Irish orator, he must be followed by a faithful short-hand reporter.