'THEY SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED WHEN THEY SPEAK WITH THEIR ENEMIES IN THE GATE!

London

CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY

1887

[The right of translation is reserved]

HOME RULE

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

IRELAND SINCE THE UNION: Sketches of Irish History from 1798 to 1886. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 6s.

AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF IRELAND, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Crown 8vo. IS.; cloth, Is. 6d.

TO THE

RIGHT HON. JOHN MORLEY, M.P.

I DEDICATE

THIS BRIEF IN THE CASE FOR HOME RULE

AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE AND REGARD