Children of Earth. Dublin: Maunsel, 1918. Pp, 303. Dark cloth boards, title lettered in gilt to spine. Small perforation tear to page 82 with a word of text affected, other a very good copy.

The author’s third novel develops the idea through it’s two main characters of a communion with the earth. Higly regarded for its accurate descriptions of folk customs on a small Irish island. Darrell Figgis published plays, novels and critical studies, but in later life his work became highly politicised.