Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

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The volume for 1886 is a report of the proceedings of the "Conference on temperance legislation, London, 1886."

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SELECT PAPERS NOTICES OF PAPERS
147
Administration of Justice
153
A Proposal to Abolish Small Debt Actions by Retailers against Con
167
The Torrens System of Conveyancing by Registration of Title
180
The Recent Statistics of Bankruptcy in Scotland GEORGE AULDJO
188
Practical Suggestions for the Amendment of the Bankruptcy Law
203
Laws relating to Persons
215
Report of the Fourth Meeting of German Jurists EDWARD Zimmer
221
Curiosities of Legislation Sheriff BARCLAY LL D
229
Discussion on the Law of Evidence
236
Discussion on the Law of Bankruptcy
247
On the Marriage Law J CAMPBELL SMITH Advocate
257
Draft of a Bill to facilitate the Acquirement of House Property by
266
On MiddleClass Education Rev J P NORRIS
280
A Grammar School Bill for Scotlandthe necessary Complement
287
On the Present State of Elementary Education in Scotland with
303
The Education of the Poor in France especially in the Protestant
333
Miscellaneous
340
On the United Industrial School Edinburgh J R FINDLAY
349
The Monitorial System of Elementary Instruction as carried on in
353
Discussion on University Reform
355
On the Organisation of the High School Edinburgh and Cognate
361
Industrial Education with Reference to Mechanics Institutes
375
Agricultural Instruction on the Lower Platform W WALLACE FYFE
381
Criminal Statistics and Criminal Legislation Sheriff WATSON
395
Organised Associations on the part of the Public necessary for
404
On the Treatment of Female Convicts MARY CARPENTER
415
On the Best Means of Improving the Condition of Prisoners on their
422
The Reformatory Movement
428
Notes on the Expenditure Tables in the Reports of H M Inspectors
434
The Magistrates and the Managers of Reformatories Rev ISHMAEL
443
Report of the Standing Committee of the Department
453
Discussions on Convict Discipline and Transportation 459
459
A Plea for Female Convicts FLORENCE HILL
468
PUBLIC HEALTH
475
How People may Live and not Die in India FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
501
On the Contamination of Water by the Imperfect Drainage of Towns
510
The Influence of Emigration on the Social Condition of the High
603
Female MiddleClass Emigration JANE E LEWIN
612
Inadequacy of Emigration as a Means of Raising Wages in Old Coun
618
Condition of the Working Classes
624
The Edinburgh Cooperative Building Company H G REID
627
A Plea for Short Apprenticeships with Special Reference to
641
On the Position of the Cotton Districts EDMUND POTTER M P
649
On Provident Institutions T Y STRACHAN
663
PostOffice Savings Banks FRANK IVES SCUDAMORE
669
Notes on various Continental Establishments for the Economical
675
On Clubhouses for the Labouring Classes T H BASTARD
686
The Influence of Public Opinion on the Habits of the Working
692
Employment of Women
698
Charity and Relief of the Poor
707
The Effects of Poorhouses in Checking Pauperism and Diminishing
725
The Injustice and Impolicy of Exempting the Income of Property
738
Report of the Standing Committee of the Department
744
Cooperation its Origin Advocates Progress Difficulties and Objects
747
Cooperation as a Means of securing Houses for Working Men
750
Discussion on Cooperation
753
On Hinds Houses and Bothies JAMES ROBB
760
On Unfit Employments in which Women are Engaged EMILY
767
On the Causes of the Periodical Occurrence of Destitution in the High
773
Changes in the Corn and Provision Trade produced by the Repeal
783
Notes on the Scotch Tweed Trade ADAM COCHRANE Jun
792
A Short Account of the Progress of the Linen and Jute Trades
800
Publishing and its allied Trades in Edinburgh W CHAMBERS F R S E
811
The Patent Question R A MACFIE
818
On the Economical Effects of the Patent Laws WILLIAM HAWES
830
On some leading Points in the Practical Finance of Life Assurance
844
International
851
Observations upon the Banking and Currency Laws of the United
868
Decimal Notation JOHN PLUMMER
875
Discussion on Intemperance
899
The System of Inspection in relation to Diseased Animals and their
906
University Certificate Examinations or Local Examinations
909

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Strana 317 - ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments, among the people.
Strana 316 - Ohio," confirmed the ordinance of 1785, and declared " that religion, morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall be forever encouraged.
Strana 318 - ... with such salaries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct...
Strana 319 - We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion of general knowledge and good and virtuous sentiments, the political fabric may be secure, as well against open violence and overthrow, as against the slow, but sure, undermining of licentiousness.
Strana 311 - That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families, or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the masters thereof being able to instruct youths, so far as they may be fitted, for the university...
Strana 310 - ... teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those...
Strana 310 - ... have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others their children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue and knowledge of the capital laws...
Strana 317 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all .future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns...
Strana 310 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Strana 309 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth; and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in...

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