Author: Herman J. Heuser

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Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9781331117469

Excerpt from Canon Sheehan of Doneraile: The Story of an Irish Parish Priest; As Told Chiefly by Himself in Books, Personal Memoirs, and Letters The story of Patrick Augustine Sheehan is that of a modest country pastor in the south of Ireland who made a great name as a writer of fiction, poetry, and thoughtful essay. Between 1895 and 1910 he had published fifteen volumes. They are: Geoffrey Austin, The Triumph of Failure, My New Curate, Luke Delmege, The Blindness of Dr. Gray, Glenanaar, Lisheen, Miriam Lucas, The Queen's Fillet, Under the Cedars and the Stars, Parerga, The Intellectuals, Cithara Mea (a volume of poems), and Mariae Corona (sermons in honor of Our Lady). Besides these, he wrote a number of Essays and Criticisms. Another novel, dealing with the Irish uprising in 1867, and bearing the title The Graves at Kilmorna, was published after his death. Some of his books gained at once an international reputation, and were translated into German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Slavonic, and Russian (Ruthenian). These writings not only reveal his special gifts as a thinker and writer, but they allow us to form a fair estimate of his character as a man; of his aims and ideals as a priest and pastor of souls; and they record many actual experiences which gave direction and emphasis to these aims. Canon Sheehan wrote his novels as a travelled man tells his adventures to young folk. His poetic gift made him clothe the incidents in the vesture of romance, with a moral vista behind the action of his story, to draw the attention of the reader to higher things. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.