Connemara and the Neighbouring Spots of Beauty and Interest. Being Notes on Achill Island – Cashel – Cleggan – Clifden – Cong – Corcomroe Abbey – Delphi – Doon – Galway – Inniscrone – Kilfenora – Killaries – Kille – Kylemore – Lenane – Letterfrack – Lisdoonvarna – Maam – Newport – New Quay (Co. Clare) – Recess – Renbyle – Salbuck – Sligo – Westport – Etc. With Remarks on Sea and Fresh Water fishing, Irish Character, Archaeology, Botany, Etc. London: Health Resort Publ., 1906. First Edition. Pp, 422. Green cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. LIght shelf-wear to boards, contents pages in nice bright condition.

Illustrated with five maps & numerous photographs (taken by the author) throughout text.

The book is divided into Four Parts: Connemara; County Clare; County Sligo; Achill Island.

John Harris Stone, was an author and barrister . A contemporary review in The Spectator (July 1906) provides a useful lens for understanding the book’s tone. Suggesting the work is not merely a celebration of scenery but also a platform for the author’s views on governance and social conditions in the West of Ireland.