'offers fresh access to Hall's Sketches ... will be of particular value to future students of Mrs Hall's work.' Review 19

• Sketches of Irish Character:; Introduction; Lilly O'Brien; Mary Ryan's Daughter; The Bannow Postman; “We'll See About It.”; The Last of the Line; The Wooing and Wedding; Jack the Shrimp; Hospitality; “Take it Easy.”; Peter the Prophet; Kate Connor; Father Mike; Larry Moore; Kelly the Piper; The Rapparee; Annie Leslie; Master Ben; The Wise Thought; Mabel O'Neil's Curse; The Fairy of Forth; Mary Macgoharty's Petition; Old Frank; Luke O'Brian; Independence; Black Dennis; Geraldine; Captain Andy; Good Spirits and Bad