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VI. THE BREHON LAW COMMISSION:

Report of the Commissioners appointed by the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to inquire con-
cerning the Ancient Laws and Institutes of
Ireland; also, copy of the Letter from the
Chief or Under Secretary for Ireland, forward-
ing the same to the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury. Ordered by the House of Com-
mons to be printed, 17th May, 1852.

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ERRATUM.

Page 540, line 15, for "father-in-law," read "uncle."

THE

IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

No. V.-MARCH, 1852.

ART. I.—THE STREETS OF DUBLIN.

A Short Guide through Dublin, containing Practical Directions for the easy Perambulation of the City, and for the Inspection of its Public Buildings, Institutions, and Establishments; abridged from the Original Work. By Richard Starratt, Esq., A.M., T.C.D. Dublin: Browne and Nolan, 1851.

VARIOUS important works, published in the present century, have familiarized the world with the annals of Paris, London, and Edinburgh. Although the literary antiquaries of those cities have been actively employed in placing their local history, in an attractive form, before the public, no attempt has hitherto been made amongst us to emulate the labors of the authors of "Les Rues de Paris," or the "Handbook of London," by producing a work of similar character on the Irish metropolis. To render such a production of value and importance, a considerable amount of investigation should be combined with an accurate knowledge of the general history of the country, and an acquaintance with subjects relative to which information is most difficult to be acquired at the present day. Such are details of the various important events of which the metropolis of a nation necessarily becomes the scene, illustrations of the state of society at divers epochs, accounts of localities once the favored resort of the people of past generations, but now converted to far different uses; notices of places in the city distinguished by their connexion with eminent natives; together with many other matters of

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