These are thrilling hero-tales. No extract can do the stories justice.
Any one taking up the volume will not be likely to lay it down without
reading it.--_The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette._
Mr. Jeremiah Curtin, whose translation of the novels of the great
Polish novelist, Sienkiewicz, introduced him to English readers, has
shown equally admirable skill in rendering into English many ancient
hero-tales of Ireland. The stories are marvels of exaggeration, and
have a genuine Irish flavor. Champions, giants, fairies, and witches
work their wonders and spells in a fascinating way.--_The Outlook._
The people of this country ought to be grateful to that accomplished
American scholar, Jeremiah Curtin, for the translations from varied
and quite dissimilar foreign languages which he has added to our
literature. His version of the wonderful novels of Sienkiewicz opens
up to us a most interesting department of history, of which
English-speaking people have hitherto been profoundly ignorant; and
his latest publication, "Hero-Tales of Ireland," is perhaps quite as
valuable, with the added charm of a wild, delightful, primeval Celtic
imagination.--_The New York Sun._