PRISON DISCIPLINE; and the Advantages of the Separate System of Imprisonment, with a detailed account of the Discipline now pursued in the new County Gaol at Reading. By the REV. J. FIELD, M. A. 2 vols. 8vo. 20s. "The Rev. Mr Field's judicious volume." - Quarterly Review. "We would refer those who entertain any doubt on this point (the evils of classification in gaols) to Mr. Field's valuable work. Indeed he has collected so many facts and weighty opinions on the various questions connected with imprisonment, and illustrated them so well by his own experience, that we can strongly recommend his work to the notice of our readers."- Edinburgh Review. * Upon this subject the evidence of Mr. Field is of the highest value. No higher authority can be quoted on the subject.” — Law Review. "A writer of great candour, and of great accuracy, who has published the best work on Prison Discipline that has appeared for many years." North British Review. * * "Mr. Field's object in these volumes is to give a sketch of the improvements that have taken place in the Prison Discipline of this country within the last century. Few men can be better fitted for the task."- Christian Observer. * "Much important matter is contained in this valuable work, which deserves a careful perusal by all who are interested in the reformation of offenders." - Church of EngLand Magazine. "Mr. Field has recently given to the world a work, the best of its kind, on the Separate System of Imprisonment." - Chambers' Journal. "Mr. Field is one of our most distinguished and uncompromising advocates of the Separate System. His works are amongst the most interesting documents for the history of Prisons which we possess. Their value is well known, being appreciated as highly on the Continent of Europe, and in the United States, as in England." Daily News. "In these able volumes a great amount of information is collected on the prison discipline best calculated to prevent crime and reform the criminal- Mr. Field is a philanthropist of the best class one of those who will not let weak pity for the criminal overcome the higher object of attempting his reformation, and seeking the improvement of society. His book is conceived and written in the best spirit of moral philosophy; it embraces the substance of the most valuable works which have been written on the same subject; and, from its excellent principles and instructive details, is equally deserving the respect of the legislator, the magistrate, and the philanthropist. So far as we know, it is by far the best and most complete work extant on the separate system." — Britannia. "The Rev. Author is a person of zeal and ability; his published opinions, and his various examinations before parliamentary committees, have done good service to the cause of prison reform: wherefore his ideas are worthy of respectful consideration, even when we feel constrained to differ from them."— Athenæum. . "Mr. Field has collected together as much as diligence and zeal could gather in support of his theory." Literary Gazette. * "As containing a full description of the various points connected with Prison Discipline, and a good deal of matter relating both to the history and management of prisons, these volumes may be recommended to those who take an interest in the question." -Spectator. “Mr. Field's volumes will be found extremely interesting and instructive to all concerned in the management of prisons, whether as Justices or as Keepers, as well as to Statesmen and Philosophers."- Law Times. * "The object of this work is to show the advantages of the Separate System of imprisonment. It is very well written and very well adapted to its purpose, so much so as to make it a necessary hand-book to those who would promote improvement in Prison Discipline."-- Oxford University Herald. "To those who disdain not to feel an interest in the poor outcasts of humanity the lost ones, whom to seek and to save is at once a duty and reward; to the Christian minister; to others, who, studious of human nature, desire to read one of the most interesting chapters in its ever-affecting history-we recommend a perusal of Mr. Field's work. It has all the interest of a tale with the instruction of a moral essay. The work is a storehouse of information on a subject yet unexplored. ” —- Berkshire Chronicle. LONDON: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. By the same Author. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. FRIENDLY ADVICE TO A PRISONER. No. 686. A CHAPLAIN'S WORD AT PARTING WITH ONE WHO HAS BEEN UNDER HIS CARE. No. 640. THE LIFE OF JOHN HOWARD; WITH COMMENTS ON HIS CHARACTER AND PHILANTHROPIC LABOURS. THE REV. J. FIELD, M. A. "Nihil est tam regium, tam liberale, tamque munificum, quam opem "Health, time, powers of mind, worldly possessions, are from God. - Do |