Mccarthy
Mccarthy names 2 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Mccarthy JUSTIN, an Irish his torian
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
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.
Mccarthy JUSTIN HUNTLEY, Irish an journalist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
JUSTIN HUNTLEY, Irish an journalist, son of Justin; born in 1860. He was educated at University College, and was a member of Parliament after 1884. He wrote: "Outline of Irish History" (1883); "Serapion, and Other Poems" (1883); "England Under Gladstone" (2d ed. 1885); "Camiola, a Girl with a Fortune" (1885); "History of the French Revolution" (1897); the following plays: "The Candidate"; andidate White Carnation"; "His Little Dodge"; The "My Friend the Prince"; "If I Were King"; "Calling the Tune" (1913); "Fool of April" (1914).
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's wrote in 1921 while the younger man was still alive, so it could only take his story to "Fool of April" (1914); Justin Huntley McCarthy went on living until 1936. The one thing that grew after 1921 was his 1901 play "If I Were King," listed here without comment: its tale of the poet François Villon was turned into Rudolf Friml's operetta "The Vagabond King" in 1925 and filmed repeatedly, long outlasting everything else either McCarthy wrote. The father's political record stands as given — chairman of the anti-Parnellite Irish party from 1890 — though his four-volume "A History of Our Own Times," a bestseller in its day, is now read chiefly by historians of Victorian opinion rather than as history. The surname itself has been recaptured in the meantime, by Senator Joseph McCarthy and by the novelist Cormac McCarthy.
Written for this edition, 2026.