Popular Tales of Irish Life and Character. Glasgow: Morison, [1880]. Pp, 363, 15. Publisher’s green cloth boards, title & decoration in gilt to spine. A nice bright copy.

Illustrated by, Maclise, Franklin, Brooke, Herbert Harvey, Nicholl, Weigall and others. Many of the illustration are hand-coloured.

Anna Maria Hall (1800-1881) was an Irish novelist who often published as “Mrs. S. C. Hall.” Along with her husband Simon Carter Hall she published ‘Ireland: Its Scenery, Character’ in three volumes in 1841.