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[Illustration: S.M. Hussey]

THE REMINISCENCES
OF AN
IRISH LAND AGENT
BEING THOSE OF
S.M. HUSSEY

_Compiled by_ HOME GORDON
WITH TWO PORTRAITS

LONDON
_DUCKWORTH AND COMPANY_ 3 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1904
Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty


PREFACE

Probably the first criticism on this book will be that it is colloquial.
The reason for this lies in the fact that though Mr. Hussey has for two
generations been one of the most noted raconteurs in Ireland, he has
never been addicted to writing, and for that reason has always declined
to arrange his memoirs, though several times approached by publishers
and strongly urged to do so by his friends, notably Mr. Froude and Mr.
John Bright. If his reminiscences are to be at all characteristic they
must be conversational, and it is as a talker that he himself at length
consents to appear in print.
In this volume he endeavours to supply some view of his own country as
it has impressed itself on 'the most abused man in Ireland,' as Lord
James of Hereford characterised Mr.
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