Title amended, in O'Donnell's hand, from "The Parnellite split: or, the disruption of the Irish parliamentary party. From 'The Times', with an introduction" to "The Parnellite split: or, the disruption of the same for veracity of the lying. 'The…
Inscription on recto of frontispiece (in Irish - punctum expanded to h) reads "Nioclás O Dómhnaill ó na charaid An Craoibhín. Oct. 1916."An Craoibhín, short for An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, "The beautiful little branch", was Douglas Hyde's pen name.