Rev. J. W. HORSLEY, M.A.
Hon. Canon of Southwark, late and last Chaplain of Clerkenwell Prison.
Illustrated. Cloth, 7s. 6d. net.
Ever since his Chaplaincy of Clerkenwell prison, Canon Horsley has been a keen student of crime and its causes and an active worker in prison and social reform.
His new book deals largely with commercial morality as a cause of crime, but also with the general moral and social improvement in London (and some exceptions); progress in prison reform; increase in betting as a cause of crime; intemperance (especially amongst women) as a cause; infantile mortality; the medical care of the school-child; the transformation of the lads on the wrong path; the reformation of the hooligan; and recent literature on crime.
T. FISHER UNWIN, 1 Adelphi Terrace, London
The Psychology of Revolution: Illustrated by the French Revolution
BY
GUSTAVE LE BON
Author of "The Crowd."
Translated by BERNARD MIALL
Demy 8vo. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
M. Le Bon lays special stress upon the fact that there are not only a rational logic, but also affective, mystic, and collective logics, and that beliefs such as lie at the root of revolutionary movements cannot be created or destroyed by reason, because they do not lie in its domain: whence their extraordinary power. He also deals with the phenomena of mental contagion, and with the part played by the lower elements of the populace—the semi-criminal crowd—in times of revolution. A large part of the book deals with the great French revolution, analysing it and applying to its problems the methods of the new psychology. The third portion treats of modern developments of the revolutionary principles and faith, including the Syndicalist movement.
T. FISHER UNWIN, 1 Adelphi Terrace, London
THE PUTUMAYO
THE DEVIL'S PARADISE
Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an account of the Atrocities committed upon the Indians therein.
By W. E. HARDENBURG, C.E.
Edited and with an Introduction by
C. REGINALD ENOCK, F.R.G.S.
With a Map and many Illustrations.
Second Impression. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net.
The Globe says:
"This tale of Mr. Hardenburg's is no fancy sketch. It is true; it bears the impress of truth on every line, and it is confirmed by independent testimony at almost every point. So awful an indictment has never before been framed against men claiming to have even the rudiments of civilization, and even the atrocities laid to the charge of the most cold-blooded tyrants of the Congo pale before the horrors to which Mr. Hardenburg and Consul Casement speak."
The Daily Chronicle says:
"The author gives us one of the most terrible pages in the history of trade.... Included in the book is a summary of Sir Roger Casement's report on the atrocities which Mr. Hardenburg brought to light. The whole forms a volume of such horror that to read it is pain."
The Daily News says:
"Those who read this book will not merely be moved to compassion for the wretched Indians, but thrilled with the story it tells of heroism on the part of two splendid young Americans—the author and his colleague, Mr. Perkins."
T. FISHER UNWIN, 1 Adelphi Terrace, London