The "Unionist" Case For Home Rule
I am often asked, What are the best books to read on the Irish question? and I never fail to mention Mr. Lecky‘s Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland and the History of England in the Eighteenth Century； Mr. Goldwin Smith‘s Irish History and Irish Character, Three English Statesmen, The Irish Question, and Professor Dicey‘s admirable work, England‘s Case against Home Rule.
Indeed, the case for Home Rule, as stated in these books, is unanswerable； and it redounds to the credit of Mr. Lecky, Mr. Goldwin Smith, and Mr. Dicey that their narrative of facts should in no wise be prejudiced by their political opinions.
That their facts are upon one side and their opinions on the other is a minor matter. Their facts, I venture to assert, have made more Home Rulers than their opinions can unmake.
To put this assertion to the test I propose to quote some extracts from the works above mentioned. These extracts shall be full a

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