Ang 39.59 arvard College Library, 17 Nov. 1892. F. SHOBERL, JUN., 4, LEICESTER STREET, LEICESTER SQUARE. INTRODUCTION. I SHOULD never have thought of committing my little Tour to the press, if it had not been for the extreme difficulty which I found, when in Dublin, of obtaining any correct information respecting those parts of Ireland which I intended to visit. I was not fortunate enough to meet with any Irishman who had made at all an extensive tour through the wilder provinces of his native country; and my inquiries at the principal booksellers' shops for written information were scarcely more successful. The Rev. C. Otway has indeed published some excellent "Sketches," of two very con |