FATHER TOM AND THE POPE
by Sir Samuel Ferguson, keeper of the Irish Records. This charming little book is quite a literary gem, a burning satire, easily surpassing "Mr. Dooley." In fact it is almost Rabelaisean in its rollicking hilarious humor.
Why is it, that Ireland produces few if any great writers? The islands positively swarms with screaming politicians, fanatic
editors, and sleek, oily, well trained priests, but of...