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The Cross and the Shamrock

The Cross and the Shamrock

by Hugh Quigley

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Author
Quigley, Hugh, 1819-1883
Title
The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States.
Credits
Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by the Wright American Fiction Project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Catholics -- United States -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
16958
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16958
Release Date
October 28, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE — CROSS AND THE SHAMROCK, — OR,
  2. 2.CHILDREN OF ST. PATRICK — IN THE — GREAT REPUBLIC OF WASHINGTON. — A BOOK — FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS OF — THE CATHOLIC MALE AND FEMALE SERVANTS OF THE UNITED STATES. — WRITTEN BY — A MISSIONARY PRIEST. — BOSTON: — PATRICK DONAHOE,
  3. 3.DEDICATION.
  4. 4.PREFACE.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.A DEATH-BED SCENE.
  7. 7.GETTING THE MOTHER'S BLESSING.
  8. 8.AN OFFICIAL.
  9. 9.THE POORHOUSE.
  10. 10.THE O'CLERYS.
  11. 11.THE COUNCIL.
  12. 12.A RUDE LOVER OF NATURE.
  13. 13.THE ORPHANS IN THEIR NEW HOME.
  14. 14.THE PRYING FAMILY.
  15. 15.A RAY OF HOPE.
  16. 16.VAN STINGEY AGAIN.—HOW HE GETS RICH AND ENDS.
  17. 17.MASS IN A SHANTY.
  18. 18.THE TEMPTER AT THE WOMAN.
  19. 19.THE FRUITS OF THE CROSS.
  20. 20.THE CONVERSION.
  21. 21.THE ENLIGHTENED CITIZENS.
  22. 22."HE AND HIS WHOLE HOUSE BELIEVED."
  23. 23."TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION."
  24. 24.WHAT HAPPENED TO LITTLE EUGENE O'CLERY.
  25. 25.THE SAME, CONTINUED.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI.
  27. 27.THE DESERTED HOME OF THE ORPHANS.
  28. 28.IN WHICH THE SCENE OF OUR TALE IS CHANGED.
  29. 29.SHOWS HOW THE CROSS AND SHAMROCK WERE PERMANENTLY UNITED AFTER A LONG SEPARATION.
  30. 30.CONCLUSION.

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