Jottings in Solitary

Synopsis of data for an autobiography
English civilization
Ireland's share of the British Constitution as seen in its government and parliamentary franchise
the education of the Irish citizen
Christmas Day 1881
1st January 1882
synopsis of our parliamentary representation
random thoughts on the Irish Land War - difficulties in the way of a solution of the Irish social problem
letter in reply to that of Aunt Ellen's
how Ireland was robbed of her parliament
my 36th birthday.

"accompanied by a splendid introduction by Carla King ... offer[s] remarkable insights into 19th century British rule in Ireland ... [Davitt has] provided us with the peep holes, important points of entry into the nature of British rule, and they have done so not just by what they said but by how they said it. If the other volumes in the series are as well chosen and as well edited as these two ... Classics of Irish History will be one of the most important publishing ventures of the last twenty years."

Irish Literary Supplement
Spring 2005

"It is a pleasant surprise to find previously unpublished early reflections in Jottings in Solitary ... edited, introduced and well annotated by Carla King ... presents Davitt's thoughts on politics, land and education..."

Irish Studies Review 14
(2) 2006

"University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty ‘Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity."

Books Ireland
Nov 2007

"Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should reacquaint themselves with these classics, part of a long running and immensely useful series from University College Dublin Press."

Irish Literary Supplement
Fall 2008