In a story from this collection, Mr. Alleyne’s head seems “so pink and hairless” to the narrator that “it seemed like a large egg reposing on the papers.” In a different story from this collection, a man wonders if Robert Browning “would be above the heads of his hearers” while listening to skirts against the drawing-room door. (10[1])In another story from this collection, a canvasser for the minor politician Richard Tierney recites a poem dedicated (10[1])to Charles Parnell. (10[1])The final story from this (10[1])collection, which includes “Ivy Day (10[1])in the Committee Room,” ends with snow “falling faintly through the universe” (10[1])after a performance of “The Lass of Aughrim” at a party attended by Gretta and Gabriel Conroy. For 10 points, what collection about inhabitants of the title Irish city (10[1])includes “The Dead” and was written by James Joyce? ■END■ (10[1])