Eóin McKiernan. Associate Editor: Henry F Beechhold. Assistant Editors: Seán McMahon, Lawrence O’Shaughnessy, and Thomas Dillon Redshaw.

‘Ireland and the Franco-Prussian War’, by Dónal Ó Luanaigh [3]. ‘“Wild Irishmen” and the Alien and Sedition Acts’, by Rex Syndergaard [14]. ‘Landlords and Land Tenure in Ireland, 1790-1830’, by Gale E. Christianson [25]. ‘Catholicism and Democratic Political Development in Ireland’, by David E. Schmitt [59]. ‘An Unexplored Question: Celtic Church Influence on Old French Hagiography’, by Paul R. Lonigan. [73]. ‘Aubrey deVere’s The Sons of Usnach (1884): A Heroic Narrative Poem in Six Cantos’, by Herbert V. Fackler [80]. ‘“To Hunger Fiercely after Truth”: Daimonic Man and Yeats’s Insatiable Appetite’, by Brian John [90]. ‘Zoo Stories: The Novels of Janet McNeill’, by John Wilson Foster [104].

Appréciation: ‘The Ruined Temples of Sean O’Faolain’, by L. V. Harrod [115]. Current Themes ‘Theatre: Possibilities and Problems’, by Desmond Rushe [120]. ‘Sovereignty: Flats and Sharps’, by Charles Acton [122]. ‘Language Policy - First Quarter, 1974’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [133]. Books and Authors ‘The New Irish Writers’, by Seán McMahon [136]. Book Reviews [144]. Notes and Queries ‘New Stamp’ [160]