THE DUN EMER PRESS

THOUGH many books are printed in Ireland, book printing as an art has been little practised here since the eighteenth century. The Dun Emer Press has been founded in the hope of reviving this beautiful craft.

A good eighteenth century fount of type which is not eccentric in form, or difficult to read has been cast, and the paper has been made of linen rags and without bleaching chemicals, at the Saggart Mill in the county Dublin. The pages are printed at a Hand Press by Miss E. C. Yeats, and simplicity is aimed at in their composition.

The first book printed has been 'In the Seven Woods' a new volume of poems, chiefly of the Irish Heroic Age, by W. B. Yeats. The edition is limited to 325 copies, and the book will not be republished in this form. It is now ready, price ten shillings and six pence a copy payable in advance. Then ext book will be 'The Nuts of Knowledge' a book of new and old lyrical poems by A. E. The price will be seven shillings and sixpence a copy. Subscribers names will be received by Miss E. C. Yeats at the Dun Emer Press, Dundrum, Co. Dublin.

Other books are in preparation,an Irish prose story by Mr G. Bernard Shaw; Dr Hyde's famous translations of the Love Songs of Connacht; some translations by Lady Gregory of heroic and mediaeval Irish poems; and a book on speaking to the Psaltery, with music, and a description of the art by Mr Arnold Dolmetsch and others. Other books will be announced shortly.