Book Description

Excerpt from The Martins of Cro'martin I remember once having made the ascent of a mountain in Killarney to see the sun rise, and watch the various effects the breaking day should successively throw on the surrounding landscape. With the sad fatality, however, so common to these regions, vast masses of cloud and mist obscured every object. The lakes, the islands, the woods, even the mountains themselves, were shrouded in this gloomy mantle, and it was only at rare intervals that a ray of light, piercing the darkness, afforded a fitful glance of a scene so full of picturesque beauty. My guide, however, with the instincts of his order, pointed through the dim obscure to where Mangerton stood, the Turk Mountain, the watersall, and Mucruss Abbey, and with a glowing eloquence described the features of the invisible landscape. Shall I confess that now, as I have completed this Tale, I find myself in a position somewhat resembling that of the guide? The various objects which I had hoped and promised myself to present to my readers have been displayed faintly, feebly, or not at all. The picture of a new social condition that I desired to develop, I have barely sketched - the great political change worked on a whole people, merely glanced at. Perhaps my plan included intentions not perfectly compatible with fiction - perhaps the inability lay more with myself - mayhap both causes have had their share in the failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.