Opinions of the Press on the ‘International Scientific Series.” 
IX. 
Responsibility in Mental Disease. 
By HENRY MAUDSLEY, M. D., 
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Professor of Medical Jurisprudence 
in University College, London. 
i vol., 12m0. Cloth... =. Price, pi 50: 
“Having lectured in a medical college on Mental Disease, this book has been a 
feast tous. It handles a great subject in a masterly manner, and, in our judgment, the 
positions taken by the author are correct and well sustained.”’—Pastor and People. 
‘‘The author is at home in his subject, and presents his views in an almost singu- 
larly clear and satisfactory manner. . . . The volume is a valuable contribution to one 
of the most difficult, and at the same time one of the most important subjects of inves- 
tigation at the present day.”—WV. Y. Observer. 
“Tt is a work profound and searching, and abounds in wisdom.” —Pittsburg Com- 
mercial, 
_ ‘Handles the important topic with masterly power, and its suggestions are prac- 
tical and of great value.” —Pvovidence Press. 
The Bene of Law. 
By SHELDON AMOS, M.A., 
Professor of Jurisprudence in University College, London; author of ‘A Systematic 
View of the Science of Jurisprudence,” ‘“ An English Code, its Difficulties 
and the Modes of overcoming them,” etc., etc. 
1 vol., 12mo. Cloth, . . . . Price, $1.75. 
‘The valuable series of ‘International Scientific’ works, prepared by eminent spe- 
eialists, with the intention of popularizing information in their several branches of 
knowledge, has received a good accession in this compact and thoughtful volume. It 
is a difficult task to give the outlines of a complete theory of law in a portable volume, 
which he who runs may read, and probably Professor Amos himself would be the last 
to claim that he has perfectly succeeded in doing this. But he has certainly done much 
to clear the science of law from the technical obscurities which darken it to minds which 
have had no legal training, and to make clear to his ‘lay’ readers in how trueand higha 
sense it can assert its right to be considered a science, and not a mere practice.” —7hé 
Christian Register. 
““The works of Bentham and Austin are abstruse and philosophical, and Maine’s 
require hard study and a certain amount of special training. The writers also pursue 
different lines of investigation, and can only be regarded as comprehensive in the de- 
partments they confined themselves to. It was left to Amos to gather up the result 
and present the science in its fullness. The unquestionable merits of this, his last book, 
are, that it contains a complete treatment of a subject which has hitherto been handled 
by specialists, and it opens up that subject to every inquiring mind. . . . To do justice 
to ‘ The Science of Law’ would require a longer review than we have space for. We 
have read no more interesting and instructive book for some time. Its themes concern 
every one who renders obedience to laws, and who would have those laws the best 
possible. The tide of legal reform which set in fifty years ago has to sweep yet higher 
if the flaws in our jurisprudence are to be removed. The process of change cannot be 
better guided than by a well-informed public mind, and Prof. Amos has done great 
service in materially helping to promote this end.”—Auffalo Courier. 
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