On The Penitentiary System In The United States And Its Application In France

Author : Beaumont de la Bonnière
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330306833
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book On the Penitentiary System in the United States, and Its Application in France written by Beaumont de la Bonnière and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On the Penitentiary System in the United States, and Its Application in France: With an Appendix on Penal Colonies, and Also Statistical Notes MM. de Beaumont and de Toqueville had the kindness to send me, a few months ago, their work on the Penitentiary System in the United States, before it had issued from the press in Paris, requesting me, at the same time, to translate it, if possible, for the American public. My time was, at that period, and is still so much occupied by previous engagements, that I doubted at first whether I should be able to comply with the wishes of my friends, though my personal regard for them would not have allowed me to hesitate for a moment. The great importance of the subject, however, soon induced me to undertake the task, trusting that the public would excuse, in a work of this kind, the value of which essentially depends upon statements of facts, and upon statistical numbers, a want of that accuracy and precision of language, without which, in the ordinary course, no work ought to appear before its reader. The authors themselves seem to have considered the facts and observations which they had to communicate, of an importance greatly superior to the manner of conveying them to the public; but may I not hope for the reader's indulgence for yet another reason? A man may adopt a foreign country as his own, and be devoted to its institutions with his whole soul, because they are what he always wished and strove for; he may physically and morally acclimatize himself, yet his language will prove the most difficult in accommodating itself to the change. In my case I feel it sensibly: The heart is much more willing than the tongue. If the reader, however, will excuse some peculiarities, and a want of case and pliability of style, my translation will he found, I hope, at least clear and intelligible; I know it to be faithful. A few of the statements of the authors I have thought to be erroneous, and I have not omitted to add in a note what I hold to be correct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.