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[Letter from Martin A. O'Brennan (57 Bolton Street) to Eugene O'Curry, enclosing and commenting on a pseudonymous malicious letter, signed 'William John O'Brennan'.]
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I return from Paris - say in August, when I hope to see you a professor in the New Catholic university
Excuse the bad writing, and my great hurry and believe me to [??] be, although a stranger
Your Clansman and perhaps cousin,
William John O'Brennan son of William son of Martin Son of John of [illegible] Co. Kilkenny now of New York
[Letter from Bartholomew Woodlock (Blarney, Cork) to Professor Eugene O'Curry (2 Portland Street, North Circular Road, Dublin), concerning the printing, binding and price of O'Curry's work. Refers to W. Fowler, Duffy and John Pigot.
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and if you will have the goodness to tell Mr. Fowler or to let me know the further number you would wish to have, and whether bound or unbound, I shall give him an order for them - you have only to intimate to him or me your wishes - for who has a better right to the book than you?
When I came to the University, I learned from Dr. [Yarther?] that there was a regular hitch about its publication. However, last week before leaving town I made arrangements with Mr. Duffy for its immediate publication. The only delay now is the binding. I have requested Mr. John Pigot to settle this point, for I understand from you, that you wished this matter to be left in his hands. I have just had a note from him, which I answer by this post.
I have fixed 12/6 as the price; since, after consulting with the publisher & others I think that price is more likely to be remunerative than the higher one.
I think I mentioned to you, that about a fortnight since Lord Drumraven wrote to me asking me what was the delay in the publication of the Work. In my note to him the other day I asked him for a letter which might serve to show the public the estimate in which he holds it. I have written to Dr. Moriarity in the same sense; & I am also thinking of applying to the Archbishop of Tuam for a few lines. A few letters of this kind published in the form of a
[Letter from Whitley Stokes (15 Grenville Place, S. W.) to an unidentified recipient, acknowledging a gift of 'your Three Poems' and advancing comments. Hopes Father Hogan has recovered from the accident.]
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19 Octr 95
Dear Sir
I am much obliged by your gift of your Three Poems, which I have read carefully.
Assuming that you, like myself, like honest criticism, I venture to submit the following margination:
A.3. [read?] [fergaibh fer] 'with men's angers'? [confoefet] 'they will sleep together'
A.13. is not [?o?ig] nom [sg]?
A.16. [read?] [frisin] (the s belonging to the article, not to the prep.n)
A.27. ĕn 'water' is the word here - not én 'bird' .\. tears "water with strong cries over the eyes of noble hosts". The [g lo? ator] seems quite right
B.3. fodbrond for odbrond dat. of odbrann 'ankle' not 'heel' (sál)
B.14. is not Abhan a place-name?
B.16. [athnarcfid] [will] [rebind?]?
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imprat, sg. 3 B. 23, read Bad orbba 24. is not laiches 'heroine'? C. 30 for criss, not foi criss C. 41. triar ocrig c a triad of warrior-kings' or young kings (cf 'orthigern) C. 46 The ins. har [symbol], i.e., hat. gream (Dr. inda'), not [symbol] fn. ar p. 558 cicher is not a deponent if, as you say, it comes from cerdain In A 29 I suggest arco fuin dom rig - ferr main ua' cech main "I entreat my end from my King (i.e. God) - [symbol] a treasure better than any treasure? As to arco fuin see Cormac. I hope Father Hogan has
[page break] recovered from his serious accident, & if so he will send in his promised notes on A'gorman's martyrology
[stamped] UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LIBRARY DUBLIN
Faithfully yrs Whitley Stokes