THROUGH THE EYES OF A CAT: IRISH STORIES Sean Virgo. Victoria, Sono Nis Press, c1983. 65pp, paper, $5.95. ISBN 0-919203-07-8. Grades 11 and up. Reviewed by Barbara Jaques. Volume 12 Number 6 1984 November Sean Virgo claims in the preface of Through the Eyes of a Cat to have exorcised the charm that led him to try to interpret Ireland so that he will write no more Irish stories. Yet the superstition, magic, and lilt of the language in these seven stories are so entirely Irish, it is difficult to imagine the author composing in any other style. This is a delightful book, though some of the stories are so filled with picturesque and symbolic expressions that they take careful reading. Sean Virgo has a way with words: If dreams and visions are the heavenly twins how often they are paraded as yoked and fallen angels. For theory and dogma are illumination gelded, though ritual may retain a spark of potency. It is a question of translation and finally, as the dying crow told Ardan: "It cannot be taught...". Barbara Jaques, Dalhousie R. H. S., Dalhousie, NB.