1885, Obiter Dicta, Augustine Birrell, Alden Publisher For Sale

1885Obiter DictaAugustine Birrell [not listed]Good condition (see photos)Name on free end paper (see photo)Robert Wayne Schroyer punch out on several pages (see photos)Binding is generally tightpp: 115Dimensions: 7 1/4\" x 4\" x 1/2\"“Obiter Dicta” by Augustine Birrell, published in 1885, is a collection of essays on various literary and philosophical topics.
Augustine Birrell (1850 – 1933) was a British Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending university education for Catholics, but was criticized for failing to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, leading to his subsequent resignation. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays.