By the author of“The Whale and the Grasshopper and Other Fables”DUTY, and Other Irish ComediesBy SEUMAS O’BRIENFrontispiece portrait. 12mo. $1.25 net.The rich Irish humor and the delightful philosophy of Seumas O’Brien are to be found in the five one-act comedies that make up this volume just as they are ever present in his fiction. “Duty,” which is probably the best known of his dramatic work, was performed with great success by the Irish players during their American tour in 1914. The others are entitled “Magnanimity,” “Jurisprudence,” “Retribution,” and “Matchmakers.” All of them are notable for hilarious situations, clever character drawing, and bright dialogue, some of it so delicious as to bear comparison with the talk of Thomas Hardy’s country folk.“In Seumas O’Brien I believe that America has found a new humorist of popular sympathies, a rare observer and philosopher whose very absurdities have a persuasive philosophy of their own.”—Edward J. O’Brien in the Boston Transcript.LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers34 Beacon Street, BostonColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of theProject Gutenberg Licenseincluded with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.Scans for this book are available from the Internet Archive (copy1).EncodingRevision History2011-08-13 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrection7?.34[Not in source]‘52,123”’74,101,117,230,242,258,294[Not in source]“80respactrespect80seesses129[Not in source]’132[Not in source]who204,284[Not in source],226swimingswimming
By the author of“The Whale and the Grasshopper and Other Fables”DUTY, and Other Irish ComediesBy SEUMAS O’BRIENFrontispiece portrait. 12mo. $1.25 net.The rich Irish humor and the delightful philosophy of Seumas O’Brien are to be found in the five one-act comedies that make up this volume just as they are ever present in his fiction. “Duty,” which is probably the best known of his dramatic work, was performed with great success by the Irish players during their American tour in 1914. The others are entitled “Magnanimity,” “Jurisprudence,” “Retribution,” and “Matchmakers.” All of them are notable for hilarious situations, clever character drawing, and bright dialogue, some of it so delicious as to bear comparison with the talk of Thomas Hardy’s country folk.“In Seumas O’Brien I believe that America has found a new humorist of popular sympathies, a rare observer and philosopher whose very absurdities have a persuasive philosophy of their own.”—Edward J. O’Brien in the Boston Transcript.LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers34 Beacon Street, Boston
By the author of“The Whale and the Grasshopper and Other Fables”DUTY, and Other Irish ComediesBy SEUMAS O’BRIENFrontispiece portrait. 12mo. $1.25 net.The rich Irish humor and the delightful philosophy of Seumas O’Brien are to be found in the five one-act comedies that make up this volume just as they are ever present in his fiction. “Duty,” which is probably the best known of his dramatic work, was performed with great success by the Irish players during their American tour in 1914. The others are entitled “Magnanimity,” “Jurisprudence,” “Retribution,” and “Matchmakers.” All of them are notable for hilarious situations, clever character drawing, and bright dialogue, some of it so delicious as to bear comparison with the talk of Thomas Hardy’s country folk.“In Seumas O’Brien I believe that America has found a new humorist of popular sympathies, a rare observer and philosopher whose very absurdities have a persuasive philosophy of their own.”—Edward J. O’Brien in the Boston Transcript.LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers34 Beacon Street, Boston
By the author of“The Whale and the Grasshopper and Other Fables”
DUTY, and Other Irish Comedies
By SEUMAS O’BRIEN
Frontispiece portrait. 12mo. $1.25 net.
The rich Irish humor and the delightful philosophy of Seumas O’Brien are to be found in the five one-act comedies that make up this volume just as they are ever present in his fiction. “Duty,” which is probably the best known of his dramatic work, was performed with great success by the Irish players during their American tour in 1914. The others are entitled “Magnanimity,” “Jurisprudence,” “Retribution,” and “Matchmakers.” All of them are notable for hilarious situations, clever character drawing, and bright dialogue, some of it so delicious as to bear comparison with the talk of Thomas Hardy’s country folk.
“In Seumas O’Brien I believe that America has found a new humorist of popular sympathies, a rare observer and philosopher whose very absurdities have a persuasive philosophy of their own.”—Edward J. O’Brien in the Boston Transcript.
“In Seumas O’Brien I believe that America has found a new humorist of popular sympathies, a rare observer and philosopher whose very absurdities have a persuasive philosophy of their own.”—Edward J. O’Brien in the Boston Transcript.
LITTLE, BROWN & CO., Publishers
34 Beacon Street, Boston
ColophonAvailabilityThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of theProject Gutenberg Licenseincluded with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.org.This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.Scans for this book are available from the Internet Archive (copy1).EncodingRevision History2011-08-13 Started.External ReferencesThis Project Gutenberg eBook contains external references. These links may not work for you.CorrectionsThe following corrections have been applied to the text:PageSourceCorrection7?.34[Not in source]‘52,123”’74,101,117,230,242,258,294[Not in source]“80respactrespect80seesses129[Not in source]’132[Not in source]who204,284[Not in source],226swimingswimming
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This eBook is produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team atwww.pgdp.net.
Scans for this book are available from the Internet Archive (copy1).
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The following corrections have been applied to the text: