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EMILY FAITHFULL, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, VICTORIA PRESS, 83A, FARRINGDON STREET, E.C.
CONTENTS.
Introduction.
Opening Address. Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM AND VAUX
Address on Land as a Subject of Commerce. Hon. Lord CURRIEHILL
Address on Education. NASSAU W. SENIOR.
Address on Punishment and Reformation. Hon. Lord NEAVES
Address on Public Health. Professor CHRISTISON
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xxix
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26
46
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90
Address on Social Economy. Right Hon. Sir JOHN M'NEILL, G.C.B. 116
Address on Trade and International Law. Hon. Judge LONGFIeld, LL.D.
129
SELECT PAPERS, NOTICES OF PAPERS, ETC.
I. JURISPRUDENCE.
Method of Legislation.
On the Consolidation of the Statute Law of Scotland, anterior to the
Union. PATRICK FRASER, Advocate, Sheriff of Renfrewshire
Administration of Justice.
On Legal Procedure. ROBERT STUART, Barrister-at-Law
A Proposal to Abolish Small Debt Actions by Retailers against Con-
sumers for the Price of Necessaries. FREDERICK HALLARD,
Advocate
167
The Law of Evidence in Criminal Causes. JOHN MARSHALL, Jun.,
172
The Torrens System of Conveyancing by Registration of Title,
as in Operation in Australia, and Applicable to Ireland. R. R.
TORRENS
180
The Recent Statistics of Bankruptcy in Scotland. GEORGE AULDJO
ESSON
188
Practical Suggestions for the Amendment of the Bankruptcy Law of
Scotland. JAMES M'CLELLAND .
203
Suggestions as to the Establishment of Public Registers of Debentures
issued by Railway and other Joint-Stock Companies.
JAMES
HOPE
208
Laws relating to Persons.
On the Condition of the Insane in Scotland, as influenced by Legislation.
Sir JAMES COXE
215
Report of the Fourth Meeting of German Jurists. EDWARD Zimmer-
MANN, LL.D.
221
The Law of Evidence as Affecting the Administration of Justice in
Sheriff Courts. Sheriff WATSON
236
English and Scotch Pleading and Jury Practice. JOHN M'LAren,
On the Landed Estates Court of Ireland, Supplemented by a System
of Registration of Title. HENRY DIX HUTTON
249
Discussion on Transfer of Land
252
On the Marriage Law. J. CAMPBELL SMITH, Advocate
257
Discussion on the Marriage Law
260
Draft of a Bill to facilitate the Acquirement of House Property by the
The Scottish University System, with Suggestions for its further
Improvement. Rev. GEORGE LEES, LL.D.
267
University Certificate Examinations, or "Local Examinations" for
Scotland. WALTER SCOTT DALGLEISH, M.A.
274
A Grammar School Bill for Scotland-the necessary Complement of
the Universities' Act. A. HAMILTON BRYCE, LL.D.
National Education.
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280
287
. . 292
The Parish Schools of Scotland, and their bearing upon the Question
of National Education in Scotland. Professor MILLIGAN
On the Present State of Elementary Education in Scotland, with
Suggestions as to a Commission of Inquiry. Rev. W. FRASER
Foreign Education.
An Historical and Statistical Outline of the Past and Present Position
of Education in the United States of America.
WALFORD, Barrister-at-Law.
303
CORNELIUS
. 308
The Education of the Poor in France, especially in the Protestant
Communities. Rev. R. BURGESS
333
Miscellaneous.
The Hospital System of Scotland. F. W. BEDFOrd, LL.D.
On the United Industrial School, Edinburgh. J. R. FINDLAY.
Report of the Standing Committee of the Department
Summary of Proceedings.
On Morning and Evening Classes in the Universities of Scotland.
Rev. G. R. BADENOCH . . .
On the Admission of Women to Academical Degrees. W. A. BROWN 354
Discussion on University Reform .
355
On the Organisation of the High School, Edinburgh, and Cognate
Institutions. J. DONALDSON
361
Discussion on Middle-Class Education
362
Open Competition in Theory and in Practice. W. S. DALGLEISH,
M.A.
364
Remarks on some Points of the Revised Code of the Committee of
Council on Education, of May, 1862. Rev. Dr. BELL, M.D..
Discussion on National Education
Industrial Education, with Reference to Mechanics' Institutes. Rev.
GEORGE LEES, LL.D.
375
On the Scottish Sabbath-School System. Rev. R. BLYTH
376
The Monitorial System of Elementary Instruction as carried on in the
Schools of the Aberdeen Industrial School Association, and in
Chalmers's Infant School at Turriff. Sheriff WATSON
On the Means of Elementary Education in the City of Aberdeen;
with Suggestions for a Government Inquiry into the same Subject
in the Towns of Scotland. JAMES VALENTINE
On Ancient Music or Song Schools of Scotland, with a Plea for the
Teaching of Music in Schools. JAMES VALENTINE
Agricultural Instruction on the Lower Platform.
Colportage in Scotland. Rev. WILLIAM BOYD
On Necessary Additions to the English Alphabet. ALEX. MELVILLE
BELL
.
378
379
W. WALLACE FYFE 381
381
382
On Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, as Aids in the Training of the
Mind. PHOEBE BLYTH .
On the Training of the Primary Schoolmistress. Mrs. GORDON
International Education. F. BARBIER..
III.-PUNISHMENT AND REFORMATION.
Criminal Statistics.
Scottish Criminal Statistics. J. F. M'LENNAN, Advocate.
Criminal Statistics and Criminal Legislation. Sheriff WATSON
Convict and Prison Discipline.
On the late Reports on Transportation and Penal Servitude: and on
Prison Discipline. RIGHT HON. C. B. ADDERLEY, M.P.
Organised Associations on the part of the Public necessary for the
satisfactory Development of our Secondary Punishments. Sir
WALTER CROFTON, C.B.
398
404
On our Institutions which Foster the Criminal Profession, and the
Question, Where is the Remedy? F. J. COCHRAN
409
On the Treatment of Female Convicts. MARY CARPENTER
415
On the Best Means of Improving the Condition of Prisoners on their
Discharge from Gaol. Sir JOHN S. FORBES, Bart.
422
The Reformatory Movement.
Punishment and Reformation in America. A. O. CHARLES
Notes on the Expenditure Tables in the Reports of H.M. Inspectors
of Reformatories. Rev. ISHMAEL FISH
428
434
On the Detention and Discharge of Boys from Reformatory Schools.
Rev, A. K. M'CALLUM, M.A.