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    Books Received :— Trom The Bazaar Office...

    From Messrs . Thomas I > e la Rue & Co . —' The Factors of the Unsound Mind , with Special

    Reference to the Plea of Insanity in Criminal Cases and the Amendment of the Law / by William A . GuyM . B . F . R . C . P . F . R . S . The author of this

    work offers , it , as a contribution , to the consideration of the plea of insanity in criminal cases , examined __ — _ . — — — ~ __ under — the - lii ght --j thrown upon j it by ^^ a

    careful study of the factors of the unsound mind . These factors , to which he invites attention in orderare

    illusiondelusiondreamssomnambulism , delirium , , incoheren , t speech , and convulsive , movements ; the emotions , passions , and movements of the will ; mixed causes of common occurrence ;

    and religious mania . In the second part of his work he treats of . the inferences to be drawn from the reasonings already advanced in regard to these

    various elements u of insanity j ; and then - £ 3 he deals exhaustively with the punishment of the madman and the present state of the law and its possible

    amendment secure such . an The amendment aim of Mr of . the Guy law ' s book relating is to to criminal cases as would' dispense with all attempts

    to ascertain the state of the mind of the accused at on the his ti knowled me of the act of , ri with ht all and questions and bearing his " ge gwrong ,

    appreciation of the nature and quality of the act , trate whatever the attention that may of mean the court '; and on the he would one lain ' concen- - pques

    about tion , Is the the time accused when of the unsound act was mind committed , and was — he that so is to sayabout the time when he may be assumed

    , to have been contemplating it ? ' He would also up no longer in the object difficult to the cases plea of of mora insan l insanity ity being and set

    instinctive mania , the existence of which it is not possible to ignore . * The author also advocates skilled p t the ion leasure substitution and witnesses of defence the , parties for of and properl witnesses who a small y organise selected put number forward the expe prosecu of rts at such , the or

    witnesses College of mi Ph ght ysicians , , he su , ggests or b , be selec scientific ted by asso the - ciation duly represent eg persons y any engaged in the

    ance care of find the treatment subject is of so the great insan that e . the The work import will - doubtless circle of lawyers attract attention and medical outsid men e . the professional

    From Gall & Inglis . — ' First Geographical Reader M for . A Standard . This — volume II . ' Edited whic va b h y f a Thomas orms aaj one Morrison of the ,

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    minently brought forward of late in connection with pup elementar ought il systemati to be y made education c instruction the — means that in the of general convey reading ing subj lesson to ects the

    He lessons re , for in geograph instance , we freel have illustrated a set i of with descri , AWX ptive .

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    definiti mean means s ons of or , locomotion locomotion but as to , , the vari variati ati growth ons ons of of of climate olimntA population the t . Tio ,

    occupations of men , domestic animalsand other , matters to to the tne ttitle itle which of ot the tne , by work work giving ma mav a tolerabl all all be b « fa fn y iirl rl , v ide i inMnrWl ncl sca uded pe , , y

    within the noteworth prominence it . y for The its given language clearness btho ¦ used " and use k / b y of simp JL the special k / y licity author , type and is

    to the JL terms which Cj his y •/ context ** -- ¦» - « exp ^ ^^ , lains klVVJL ii renders l , % J J I- ' * - ' the book still more easy of comprehension . From Mr . A . Gardner , Paisley . —* Health Haunts

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    and Monte Carlo , Men tone , Bordighera and San _ Kemo — - —— -. Across _ . — — the _ . _ _ . South _ — _ _ of France __ — __ — j Pau ^^ 9 LourdM

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    From Messrs . Griffith . & Parraii . — The Church , man ' s Altar Manual and Guide to Holy Communionwith the Collects

    A Gospels _^— special — - — , , ' and together feature a Selection of this of book appropriate is , the E p is insertion t H les ¦ ¦ ymns , and .

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    munion a comp without companion the addition of Hol a y Com-Book . , The - accompanying Prayers and Medita » - Prayer \\

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    beauti must be ful printing given to of the the taste little ful yolume binding . and the From Messrs . Abel Heywood & Sons . —' The

    House of Commons ; ' A sixpenny pamphlet , giving a list of the constituencies in alphabetical orderwith the -names of the present members

    and their , politics , the names of all candidates at the last general election , the votes polled in 18 74 , the number of registered voters in 1874

    and 1880 , the population at the last census , the areas of the boroughs and counties in square miles , the amount paid for property and

    incometax and for inhabited honee duty , the published expenses electionand of each an al candidate habetical at list the of last members general . The res , ult of every p bye-election to the end of

    ^ February is included . From Marshall J " app < fc Co . — ' Vivisection Priza

    ScientLfically and Ethically considered in Essays . ' By James Macaulay , A . M ., M . D . ; Rev .

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    would discover have ies , and much retarded i , rdlwhether the dates vivisection of s " i ralljustifiable ; hether y , it does not tend

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    government inferred from of the the universe facts 4 t 4 U » J of , s nature * o fa uw r as . th ^ k ° F .

    among offered A 1 JAUJLX \ s \ Jm was the . iJlVAU 200 seven * guineas . JIJ ^ J adjudicators V ^ for tho best there v- essay tne were : tw ^ fnfl . ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1881, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041881/page/8/