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as human the ch knowled aracter , ge and the the authoress ability and disp refinement lays of she evinces in depicting it , and thoroughly good
and womanly throughout , without being in the a sli ll ghtest readers degree who mawkish have not or cultivated ' goody good a depraved y / To
tra appetite iture of for 'fast sensational * life , we literature may wit and h erery the por con - - fidence recommend it .
From Messrs . Macmillan & Co . —A work of the nature of * The Punishment and Prevention of
hardl Crime y , ' have by Colonel appeared Sir Edmund at a more F . Du fitting Cane , could time . Lately , the subject in all its portentous and
unsightly aspects has stirred the public mind , to an extent hitherto unknown . For this reason alone the latest addition to the * English Citizen '
o ser f ies its oug claims ht to to receive notice a for welcome the li , independentl ht it throws y g upf > n the duties - ^^ - ^ of the citizens in connection
with SBB H ^^ ~ V ^^ BSI the - ^^ S *^^ ^ prevention ^ B ^ B WJS SI ^^^ »^ B ^ ^^^ ^^^ of ^^ " ^^^^** crime ^^ ^^^ ™ ^ ™^ , ^^^^ as ^^ ^^ " ^ we lL ^— ~ as " ~ ~ - " ~ ^^^^— ~— for - ^^ ^— —^ the — " ^" r ^^ " ~—» luci o Vss f > our V »» d sh account criminal "*» TJs > JL •* - * & JU K it -V . laws g * m ives » * W *_^ . of It > - w the is M . *~ r growth not ** ¦* - *¦ **• exaggeration - «^«^ k > " and ^^) f ^ - *^ --fc working «^ vr »^ & - ^^ ^^ to « , ^^
« for equ ay all that blic ed , in Sir instruction its Edmund especial and Du department idance Cane ' s . , wor as The k a manua various is un- l pugu
chapters are as follows : — ' Criminals and Punishments 1 Cap ^ ¦ ^ mrf ^ h ^^ ital ^ fe ^^ ^^ 1 / h Executions * ^^ - ^^¦ Punishments f «^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^| ^ ^ ^^^ ^ m *^ " ^» / 4 ¦ Gaols ' ^^^ ™ in ^ ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ the in ^™ ¦ Middle Former ^^^ " *~ ^^ — — ¦ As Times ^ — » es —¦ ¦ - — ™ w /
Modern Prisons , ' * Transportation / ' Penal Servi-Societies tude , ' ' Supervision / * The Preventive —Discharged " System Prisoners —Juveniles and
—Reformatories — Industrial Schools / In the author ' s account of the gaols of former times the following occurs : —
their The purpose wretched , and state the of over the -crowding building " , which their unfi occurred tness for in I them «* A . l *_ slAJ , m lay MCL \ at Vm U the \* JLlXs root M . XJKJ V of * -TX . much All UV &* VL of the vuv x evil ^^ xa the . condition v-. ^* »» first ^ - » 9 , < + tm .- % essential ^ a . * . of »*¦• . the w « . x ^
to prisoner any improve , and reform ment . in In this 1755 matter the was Common Council of London overcrowded said that with the victims prison of in public / Newgate 1 justice was habitually under t 441 the % mti
compli neither VTViUl UWUVU oated water distresses , air , nor VlVlrlUlO ligh of poverty t being V / J . | UU - , na furnished AV stiness J M * JW * , and in sufficient disease V « VA ** : quantities vjutvii vii / JLVo . . The a . nv ; priso ^ iiduiis ns are c «> t vs described uwo i had iuw i as « . o not muu water »» u >« . v i - - » tight . » f-, u ,,
paper the windows . Nevertheless not repaired , in 1785 —they the population no glass of , only Newgate piled I ' rison amounted to nearly 600 ; in 1801 there were 275
debt debt there ors ova were and n . r » rt 340 JJ H 77 ft 5 felons felons on the ; _ debtors while while in iiv ' side 1802 1802 , there there built were were for 720 720 100 ; : ; in in iti 11 K K the 18 18 female felons' ward 120 in the space which wasiuto . ided for , but \ 1 robably inadequate for JLV / GO and later on it is anid as
three many * s *^\ J t - fou . as \ J UC rths \ 1 200 V JLLllX of prisoners ^ an AtJ ^ J * acre - *** bv . were I The , « vv lodged ; overcrowding 1 * 1 ivt iu within i « v > *¦ xs «« the * was v mkm space *>** partly * - * of ^ »* tlue »¦¦ to the dclny in removing prisoners WJ ¦ ¦ sentenced to be +
transported **^ J \ S \ f \ J I I \ J . \ A \ J In A I J B All ristol A \ J 111 Kr Prison Till ^ 5 A in ^ - * 1818 % ^ A *•? K was * * rf W ^ p * a ^^ vault v >^« **^^ m in -r- * vjo " which ry damp uamp prisoners . . 0 i ho no were smell smoii c was was onfined something sometnmg level with moro moro the than vuuii river can uuu , ami to i-w ventilation
expressed by the work « disgusting . ' T » e only of kind this of dark chimney , cheerless which , dam the p , unwhol priso AUVi nors some stuffed 7 cavern %% ' and
der - ^ »* hich « av minator « \ fl the . VflilIllllV turnkey Gaol coiiHiafced , had VVII 1 VM never VtlV of one known pi damp | V to )»» bo cold KV opened »*«» - room w « up . , , Jvid int »*»*^ o - which ' level W kh \ jXM . ai t »( A r could UUU 1 U gain ^( Vlll admission IIIIIIUODIUII This only 'tlHJ through VlllVU also jU used a grating ( j uvvillfj the ,,
" friends with of prisoners tbe street to . carry drink grating to was them through by quills or reeds .
From the same . —We have received the volume of IT 1 .
tbe have Eng to lish hold Illustrated over our detailed Magazine notice for 1884 until —85 , next but
issue . Fro - — — m — ^ Messrs —^^» ^^ ¦ ^ ^^ *^ ^^ / v ^ Marshall 1 ^^^^ ¦ ^ v ^^ ^ v ^ ibv w ^« . v . ^ Brothers H ^^ r ^^ ^ ^» ^ v ^ h ^^ ^ v " . ^^ — ^ A v ^^ fine — ~ ~ ~ i ^ mt paper ^^^ taar B ^ ^^ ^»
Percy edition Lindley of ' Walks , has in been Epp issued ing Forest , and / in edited appear b - y o ance f the seems literary to be and in k artistic eeping with contents the . hig Many h quality are familiar with the book in its cheaper formand
therefore know the value of its historical , and illustrations descri — — — — pt — — ive — . — passages — - Those ¦ » ¦ as who -well - - w wish v as iat , a > the to i beauty fc i » v of e - the the ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ m ^^ ^ ^^ m * ^^ preserv b ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^
book the fine could - not edition do better . than procure a copy of paper From Mr . Th . om . as Murby . —The thirteenth issue
of the ' Insurance Blue-Book and Guide to Fire of Offices great ^^ ' proves importance - _* - its claims to the to public favour fc . It t as Bta is a pointed manual
— _ — — — - _ — - ~ - —— — — — - — ¦ — — - ^ » v- vv - *^ * a ^ - ^ ^^^ ^ m ^ m ^ ^^ m ^ ^ -mr ^ r ^*^ out in the new volume that , ' besides the Revenue Accounts to the an latest d Balance datean — Sheets - ~ d the of usual Life k Com amount panies 1 of ¦ up ¦ ¦— ¦
information — — — - — — — — relating - ~ — — — — — — — , to — ~ Insurance — — — - ^^ v ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ m Inst ^ w ^^ ^ ^ itutions ~ r vm ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ n generally , the present issue contains several importan •^ ^ B ^ V ^^ B B ^^ ^^^ F ^^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^ ^^^^^ t ^^> additions ^ n ^^^ ^ v ^ v ^»—^ v ^ h ^^ p ^^^ —^^ ^^^^^^ —^ m- , ^ m among ^ m ^^ r ^^^ v ^^ h ^^^ ^^^ h b ^ i ^ h which ^ v ^ B ^^ ^ b ^^^^ ^ ^ B ^ are br ^ B * ^^> ^^^^ the ^ br ^ B ^^ Bi ^^^ r Life ^ BVP ^ V AV ^ Bb ^^^ r
Act Insurance , 14 George Compan III ies . , chapter , 1872 , and 48 . ' the Those Gambling who have an interest in insurance subjects i will find
¦ the — » > » - ^^ * Guide ¦ — ^ ¦ — ' full — of valuable — ° - ¦ - — information ¦ ' —— » ~ ^^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ m ^ . ^ w ^ V ^ V ^ BV ^ B ^ V «»^^ ^ B »^ B » From Messrs . Parker & Co . —An admirable
edition of * Certain Smaller Treatises of St . Komest Augustine in ' M has . A . been Vicar edited of Stony by the Stratford Kev . . H . The De
book has , evidentl , y been very carefully prepared . From Messrs . Passmore & Alabaster . — A
seventh edition has been reached by the Rev . The C . H little . Spurgeon volume ' s * G is leanings very neat among being the about Sheaves the /
same dimensions as a birthday , book , and full of religious thoughts gathered from the works of the authur .
From the Heligious Tract Society . —An acceptable acMition has been made to the * By-paths
of B ble Knowledge' series by the publication of C ' Egypt . M . G-. * and & c S a yria volume / by containing Sir J . William the results Dawson of ,
obserA' , ations , made in the winter of 1883-84 . o The ^^ bservations ^^^ V ^^ ^^ ^ au ^ ^^^^ thor ^ f ^ ^ r *^ . ^^ reminds appeared ^ ^ B ^^ B *^ b ^ - ^ ^^ - ^» - us 'w- "" ¦ ¦—¦ in ^^ that ^^ the ^ ' ^ roug ^ Leis ^—^^ i » - ^ - — h u — — re — notes - ¦— ^ Hour — — — of ¦ ¦ . w these ^ Now ~^ h ™ , w
a howev very e entertaining r , they have and been instructive sensibly am book plified , which into ^ is B B ^^ p sure B ^_^ ^ B' ^ B . ^ bj ^^^ to ^^ ^^^ p be w ^ v ^*^ widel ^ ^ ^^ ^^ y M read ^^ ¦ ^ — ^ . Like — ^^^ " ^^ ^^» the ^^ ^ " ^^ ^ oth ^^— ^^ r m * ^ m er ^^^ ^^™
volumes of the series , it is neatly produced , with several illustrations and a capital index . From tbe same . —* Under the Shadow of II ¦ ib
^ a ^ ^ Bj a W ^ * ^^^ B Bl se ^ ings h _ lection wv Wm ^ ; * or ^^ , ^^ of « BB Comforting m j- ^ c f ^ I ^^ passa « 7 ^ fc ¦ ~ g ^^*^ B > es ^^ V ^ " ^ B ¦ o Words » ^^ ^ f B" S ^^ cri ^ « ^ pture for JK r- ^ m ^ ^ ^ ^ the ¦ ^^ K ^ h >*^ an ^ b ^^ V Wea B V ^ d f * to BBB ^ h ymns ry > B ^ ' ^ ^^ is ^ , 1 ¦¦ ¦ showing ^^ J ^ Bl ^^ T W ^ B » B" ^ ¦ good B *^\ ^*^^ ^^^ ¦ VI adaptability B ' ^ v- ^ ^ B ^ V ¦ B Bl T ^ l ^ T ^ B » ^ " ^ " ^ ^^ for « 1 B ^ fc » ^^ ¦ their " ^ ^ ^ i ^ ^ ^ B purpose * r ™ — BT" ^ ,
parent which was who ori was ginall laid y aside to ' m from inister active to an life aged 11 nd confined to a « BJ sick room BJ for many B « B PBBB mouths B > Br- * ' — awaiting
¦ ^ f ^^ ^ M » bV m Tb # VV * ., ^^ VN ^ Bt ^ BT BBBBJ V ^ B ~ " ^^ ^ " <^ ^^ B « r ««>^> W *« n*— — - — , " ^ " _ - ^ - — f ^ J the final call . ' The book is very clearly printed . From i'li ; iU Messrs JUOOOXO . a Oeorge UOW _ * 5 « Houtledge J . HUl * U * W « 6 U b & w »» Sons r- » w ** . . — Wo . . -w __ ___ ^_ — ¦ w *
have read Mr . R . Mounteney ^^ -Jepliaon ' a Black ^ - mail that ' few with who very throug genuine h the pleasure story , will and bo think
inclined to deny go its claims to be a well-executed bit siderable of writing ingenui . The ty , p while lot is developed the tolling with of con the
view story , both from be spoken military of and as being d ^ mostic true points to life of ; it is , also may sympathetic . ¦¦ , , 1 111 1 —¦» Q
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1885, page 885, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091885/page/13/
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