Life
Anonymous author of My Little Farm [q.d.] by ‘Pat’, author
of Economics for Irishmen, and the Sorrows of Ireland; ’an
Irish farmer who is also an established man of letters, but it is not
less valuable as a revelation of peasant life and character, necessarily
more authentic than fiction, but not less intimate and not less readable
… the unique feature of "Pat’s" writing alwas is his
curious capacity to make actual life, and even abstruse though, as interesting
as a story, and more vital than almost any story. That is what makes a
book my him a national event, and probably his most finished piece of
work so far is "My Little Farm". the Modern Russian Library,
seris of translations of the best Russian Writers, 1. With a Diploma,
V I Nemirovitch-Dantchenko; The Bet and Other Stories, Anton Tchekov;
The Blind Musician, Vladimir Korolenko; A Book of Stories, Alexander Kuprin.
Irish Eclogues, by Edward E. Lysaght, quarter parchment; cites reviews
viz., ‘man of education and a farmer; poetic sincerity to make use
of his peculiar position’ (Irish Times); throughout a rural
as well as an Irish flavour … cannot fail to please readers who cherish
Celtic sympathies (The Scotsman).
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)