Introduction by Edward A. Hagan
- Chronology of Standish James O'Grady
To the leaders of Our Working People
- The Irish Worker columns, 12 October 1912-30 November 1912
Further contributions to The Irish Worker, December 1912-May 1913.
"Ed Hagan, professor of English at Western Connecticut State University, and a stalwart of the Irish studies community in the US, has done us a service by resurrecting a series of articles written by Standish O'Grady."
Irish Democrat
Dec 2002/Jan 2003
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Paidraig O Snodaigh, Books Ireland
Summer 2003
"add[s] significantly to our understanding of O'Grady ... [he] was one of the most stimulating critics of Victorian Ireland; scholars have yet to fully comprehend the extent of his influence and his knack for rubbing ideological sore spots."
Irish Economic and Social History
2004
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Books Ireland
Nov 2007
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Fall 2008
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