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Best general references: McCarthy's Ireland's Cause in England's Parliament; Bryce's How We Became Home Rulers (in Handbook of Home Rule); Public Opinion Oct. 17 and 24, 1891; McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov., 1891; Nation, vol. 41, p. 254, and vol. 53, pp. 289 and 330; Sat. Review, vol. 70, p. 365; North American Review...
...McCarthy in Contemporary Review, Nov. '91. - (d) He substituted constitutional methods fer violence; N. A. Review, vol. 144, p. 624. - (e) He contributed valuable criticisms and suggestions to all of Parliament's Irish legislation: Nation, Oct. 15, '91. - (f) He successfully opposed coercion: Bryce in Handbook of Home Rule, pp. 48 and 53. - (g) His obstructive policy compelled Parliament and the English people to pay attention to Ireland's interests: Handbook of Home Rule...
...wrung favorable legislation from an unwilling Parliament and a people; Nation, vol. 51, p. 497. - (c) He made the Irish question the chief question in English politics; Nation, Oct. 15, '91. - (d) He converted the Liberal party to the Irish cause; Handbook of Home Rule, p. 52; McCarthy's Ireland's Cause, etc., p. 99. - (e) To this policy of obstruction is due the lenient Irish policy of the present Conservative Government...
...Brooke Herford preached in Appleton Chapel last evening on the world which surrounded Christ's early years. The Jews, long oppressed and maddened by the Roman rule were still clinging to their expectation of a Messiah; a king who was to overthrow the oppressor and give Jerusalem the supreme power. But at the time of Christ's birth, cruelty and bloodshed were constantly increasing, with Herod as their chief agent. The fact that the slaughter of the innocents is not noticed in secular history is significant of his career. No notice of the massacre of a few babies could...
...ninth century, Norway consisted of many small States, subject to the will of a bold peasantry. But in the middle of the following century the governing power fell into fewer hands, and the Vikings began their explorations. When Harold came into power be desired sole dominion and wished to rule Norway alone. He gave the Chieftain's choice of exile or vassalage. During his time Iceland was discovered and many emigrations were made there. It received various names from the explorers, but one chieftain finally called it Iceland because of the great prevalence...