Present Irish Questions - William O'Connor Morris

I have written much on Ireland from early youth, especially in the Edinburgh Review and the Times; and two works of mine, 'Ireland, 1494-1868' published in 'The Cambridge Historical Series, ' and 'Ireland, 1798-1898, ' have been received with more than ordinary favour. I have ventured to think that the opinions of a veteran inquirer into Irish affairs, with respect to 'Present Irish Questions' just now of much importance, and certain to be ere long fully discussed in Parliament and elsewhere, may be of some use to a younger generation, that will have to examine and must be affected by them. I am not unaware of the cynical remarks of Swift on the disregard shown to authors who may be said to have had their day; and I do not pretend that, in the instance of myself, 'old experience' has given something of a 'prophetic strain' to what is contained in this volum