Edith Oenone Somerville, The Irish RM and his experiences

Julie Anne Stevens (Dublin City University)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.4: Irish Writing and Culture, 400-present.
Vol. editors: Paul Delaney (Trinity College Dublin), Anne Markey (Dublin City University), Ian Campbell Ross (Trinity College Dublin), Sinéad Sturgeon (Queen's University Belfast)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1898 - 1915

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Story Collection

Resources

The collected edition of the Irish R.M. stories by Edith Somerville and Martin Ross (Violet Martin) includes three groups of comic stories about the English resident magistrate with an Irish background, Major Yeates of County Cork. Edith Somerville’s amusing illustrations add to the stories’ zany treatments of Irish country life. “Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.” appeared in the sporting periodical Badminton Magazine in 1898-99. “Further Experiences of an Irish R.M.” was published in the popular illustrated magazines, Strand Magazine and The Graphic, from 1904-08, and “In Mr. Knox’s Country” appeared mainly in the family miscellany, Blackwood’s Magazine, from 1913-15. They were …

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Citation: Stevens, Julie Anne. "The Irish RM and his experiences". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 May 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=21658, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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