Lawrence Barrett
Dion Boucicault
John Brougham
John Drew
John Duff
John H. Dwyer
Joseph M. Field
William J. Florence
John Henry
Matilda Heron
Eliza Logan
Olive Logan
William C. Macready
John E. McCullough
Tyrone Power
Ada Rehan
John T. Raymond
Barney Williams
Mr. Lodge is right, _i. e._, he follows his authority honestly in giving
practically the correct number of names belonging to the departments of
Art, Science and Architecture, and these alone.
It is worth noting that, if the Irish are conspicuous by their absence
from the last named, they are gloriously prominent in the first. The
race which has given to America, Crawford, Milmore, Kelly, St. Gaudens,
Thompson, Hennessey, O’Donovan and as many more, has contributed at
least its share to the glory of the country in that department.
The corrected figures, not according to Mr. Lodge, but according to the
authority from which Mr. Lodge professed to have taken his own are,
therefore, as follows. We give first the summary of the Lodge tables and
then that of _Appleton’s_ cyclopedia. They speak for themselves:
According to Mr. Lodge. According to his authority.
Statesmen 22 67
Soldiers 37 107
Clergy 113 140
Lawyers 18 59
Physicians 4 16
Literature 39 70
Art 19 19
Science 9 9
Educators 7 14
Navy 8 19
Business 11 35
Philanthropy 8 12
Pioneers and Explorers 3 5
Inventors 0 3
Engineers 3 4
Architects 0 0
Musicians 1 2
Actors 7 18
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309 599
The true figures are almost twice as large as those of Mr. Lodge, and
are far from representing the great total of Irish ability contributed
to the United States, but not acknowledged in the cyclopedia.
Mr. Lodge must plead guilty to one of two charges. Either he has
deliberately misrepresented the facts, or he is so careless or
incompetent that he can neither count nor quote within 50 per cent of
the truth.