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Mccarthy (JUSTIN an Irish his torian)

JUSTIN, an Irish his torian; born in Cork, Ireland, Nov. 22, 1830. He was a Home-Rule member of Parliament after 1879, and after the fall of Parnell, chairman of the Irish Parliamentary party. He spent three years (1868-1870) in the United States, traveling, lecturing, and engaged in literary work, being (among other things) connected editorially with the New York "Independent." He revisited the United States in 1886. He was Chief of the Home Rule party in the House of Commons from 1890 to 1896. Among his chief works are: "A History of Our Own Times" (4 vols. 1879-1880); "History of the Four Georges" (4 vols. 1889); the novels "Lady Judith" (1871); "A Fair Saxon" (1873); "Dear Lady Disdain" (1875); "The Right Honorable" (1886, with Mrs. Campbell-Praed); etc. "Modern Lea Leaders," a collection of biographical sketches, appeared in 1872. His latest work included "The Story of Gladstone's Life" (1897); "Modern England" (1898); "Reminiscences" (1898); "The Story of an Irishman" (1904); "Irish Recollections" (1911). He died in 1912.