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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 137
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_ Transactions 1862. Edited Of Ilie By N...
lig ite ht , of shows outward tlie earl semblance y stage and at which tlie entire tlie rival difference systems at which diverge they , in
sp arrive—when the English , prison liberates a convict with a ticket of leave , to go where he pleases , and to do as he pleases , because ,
for a period , of time , shorter than his sentence , he has abstained from breakinthe prison rules or the heads of the prison authorities ;
while the g Irish prison sends out a man who has been tested and tried bpartial freedom—a freedom every step of which he has
y earned—and who , wherever he goes , up to the end of the term during which he was justly deprived of liberty , must work in well
doing under the supervision of the police . The Temperance movement is discussed with reference to the Permissive Bill . Among a
variety of miscellaneous subjects , most curious and interesting is the statistical paper by Mr . J . N . Radcliffe , " On the Prevalence of
Suicide in England . " The leading subject in the Fourth Department is the Effect of
Occupation on Health , a subject which is attracting more and more . attentionas the preventible character of the diseases attending
various trades , becomes more and more apparent . The speech of Dr . Greenhowin the discussion on this subject , gives at
once the most concise , and comprehensive view of the large field of inquiry which it presents to the sanitary reformer , and suggests the
first step to be taken in the effort to discover the extent of the evils which partial inquiry has revealed , and , as far as possible , remove
them . He moved the following resolution , which , after some debate , was carried : —
e alread xtended " That y adopted in to the other op by inion the kinds Leg of this islature f industr Meeting in ial certain * e the mlo princi mines ment p and le where of fac regulating tories several , should labour ersons be
health endeavouring are emp or loyed safety , in so of the far the same as p factory oss loyed ible , or and to workshop obv that ia p t the e y , c with Council ondit , ions of spe dan the ci g al erous Association purpose p th of e
be requested to consider emp whether ; it can , with propriety and advantage , represent the importance of the subject to the Legislature . "
The Department contains also an interesting group of j ) apers on Hospitals : —their sitessystems of diet , nursing " , & c . ' _-
Among the variety of , the subjects entered upon in the Department of Social Economy , no fewer than eight papers were devoted to
questions connected "with female employment . Only abstracts of these are given in the volume , as the papers were published either
separately as tracts , or in the pages of this Journal . For the privilege of printing them we are indebted to the kindness of Mr .
George W . Hastings , who , in addition to his literary labours as Editor of this large volume , takes a practical interest in all the more
* The statement of the appropriation of the Nightingale Fund under the last head will be found at pp . 108-115 .
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Notices Of Books. 137
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 137
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/65/
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