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Writers of the Day: No. XXXV. - Mr. Fitzgerald Molloy, 1898. 'Mr. Fitzgerald Molloy, whose "Romance of the Irish Stage" is reviewed in these columns, began his literary career immediately after leaving St. Kyran's College, Kilkenny, by assisting Mr. S. C. Hall in the editorship of the Art Journal. On Mr. Hall's resignation, Mr. Molloy, through the interest of his friend, Mr. Cashel-Hoey, obtained an appointment in the New Zealand Government Offices, but later on became private secretary to Sir Charles Gavan Duffy. During the temporary absence of Sir Charles from London, Mr. Molloy wrote his first novel, which ran through Tinsley's Magazine, and was subsequently published in two volumes. His first success came with "Court Life Below Stairs" and "The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington," books that were followed by various others of a like kind that have recently been reissued in a uniform and popular edition. He has also written many novels and has had a play accepted by Mr. Augustin Daly'. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.