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McCarthy's real bent was towards literature.

His earliest publications were novels, some of which, such as A Fair Saxon ( 1873 ), Dear Lady Disdain ( 1875 ), Miss Misanthrope ( 1878 ), Donna Quixote ( 1879 ), attained considerable popularity.

His most important work is his History of Our Own Times ( vols.

i. iv., 1879 – 1880 ; vol.

v., 1897 ), which treats of the period between Queen Victoria's accession and her Diamond Jubilee.

Easily and delightfully written, and on the whole eminently sane and moderate, these volumes form a brilliant piece of narrative from a Liberal standpoint.

He also began a History of the Four Georges ( 1884 1901 ), of which the latter half was written by his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy.