THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND MICE

London, England: Mathuen and Co, 1894. Hardcover. Good Only. Francis D. Bedford. Wide Octavo, 8.8 in. x 6.9 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated with ink drawings. Tan cloth boards with burgundyt title and dark green mouse and frog design to front and spine. Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges. Many top-edges are uncut. Rubbing to extremities; corners bumped. Five-inch closed tear to cloth on rear joint, resulting in a loose flap of the cloth covering spine.. Sunning to spine. Tanning to free endpapers. Jane Barlow (1856 - 1917) was an Irish writer, noted for her novels and poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry, chiefly about Lisconnel and Ballyhoy, in relation to both landlords and the Great Famine. "Miss Barlow" had great success with the collection of stories Irish Idylls (1892), which printed nine editions. When Trinity College Dublin first began to grant degrees to women, Barlow was one of the first "to receive the highest honorary distinction that ancient seat of learning could bestow", a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.). She was a contributor to the National Literary Society in Dublin... After the death of her father in 1913 she and her siblings moved to Bray, County Wicklow. By this time, she was suffering from poor health and low spirits, but she continued with her writing. Barlow was a member of the Society for Psychical Research for more than 25 years. Shortly before her death, she was elected to its Committee of Reference and Publication.