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Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 20573. ; Half-title: Laws, rules, orders, and regulations of the prisons in the county of Gloucester. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Thomas Fowell Buxton, M. P. (1786–1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a time when most British people believed that enough had been done by the abolition of slave trading in 1807. His other great interest was the punishment of crime: he wanted the death sentence abolished, and his campaign succeeded in reducing the number of capital crimes from over two hundred to eight. This book is a plea for a complete change in the purpose and operation of prisons, and an argument (still valid today) that prisons actually encourage crime and produce recidivists rather than reformed characters. Buxton draws on own his experience as a visitor to produce a harrowing account of Victorian prison conditions

Tables showing the number of prisoners and their employment and the expenses of the State Prison for Oct. 1814-Sept. 1816, [2] folded leaves. ; Error in paging: p. 38 misnumbered 83. ; Shaw & Shoemaker ; Shaw & Shoemaker ; Shaw & Shoemaker ; Mode of access: Internet.

Mode of access: Internet. ; Título tomado del encabezamiento. ; Pie de imprenta tomado de colofón en p. 12. ; Cabecera xilográfica en r. de A1. ; Error de paginación, de p. 4 pasa a 9. ; Sign.: A4.

Usually considered a work of fiction by Benjamin Waterhouse, but, according to H.R. Viets, edited by Waterhouse from a manuscript of Amos G. Babcock. cf. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, v. 12, July 1940, pp. 605-622. ; "A novel founded on fact."--Allibone, Dict. of athors. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Attributed to Benjamin Waterhouse--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. ; "'Nothing extenuate, or set down aught in malice.' Shakespeare." ; Electronic reproduction. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; 44