Ireland under English Rule or A Plea for The Plaintiff. New York: G.P. Putnam’s, 1903. First Edition. Two volumes. Pp, (1) xxv, 333; (2) iv, 358. Publisher’s green cloth, gilt emblem depicting ‘Eirinn’ paying harp on upper covers. A fine bright set.

A vitriolic work on the blunders of England in handling the Irish situation.

Thomas Addis Emmet, a world-renowned American gynaecological surgeon, was a prominent and ardent advocate of home rule for Ireland, and was president of the Irish National Federation of America from 1891 to 1901.