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Excerpt from Past Times and Pastimes, Vol. 2 of 2 <p>Scribbling in this year of disgrace 1921, it is a little difficult to give a fair, unbiassed description of my feelings towards my native land. Ireland is of all the countries that I know of the most delightful to live in. To me it has always had an indescribable fascination, and this fascination is not in its effects peculiar to me. Exceptions there are among men who have settled in Ireland; but I cannot recall an instance of a woman who, by marriage or some other fate, came to live in Ireland who has not become devoted to its people. <p>I love Ireland for the pathetic tragedy of its his tory; and its people for their tenacious fortitude, innate Chivalry and kindness of heart, sadness and keen sense Of humour - characteristics which, though they are in abeyance at present, are racial and will survive. And so, after the conclusion of the Boer War, I devoted the very precious years since middle age in endeavouring to do what I could for my country. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.