Project Gutenberg 2013-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 117 Various Verschillende Various, Various Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 409, November 1849 Produced by Brendan OConnor, Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Library of Early Journals.) "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No. 409, November 1849" is a collection of articles and essays written in the mid-19th century. This edition features a variety of topics, showcasing the diverse range of content typical of periodicals of the era, including discussions on the transportation question, historical accounts from the Peninsular War, literary critiques, and socio-political commentary. The magazine serves as a platform for contemporary writers and intellectuals, aiming to engage readers with pressing issues and entertain them with narratives that range from serious to light-hearted. The opening portion of this volume presents a detailed exploration of the transportation of criminals from Britain to colonial territories, expressing a clear argument for the efficacy of this punishment over imprisonment. The text details statistical evidence of rising crime rates and critiques the failure of imprisonment to deter criminal behavior or rehabilitate offenders. It emphasizes the necessity of finding appropriate colonies willing to accept convicts while arguing for a return to transportation as a suitable method for dealing with the overcrowding of prisons. It sets the tone for a rigorous examination of penal policy during that historical period, appealing to readers' interests in social reform and historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43814/43814-h/images/cover.jpg en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Browsing: History - British 607966 607975 2024-09-18T11:11:52.162620 2023-09-19T07:05:09.155491 text/html text/html 615457 2013-09-26T09:08:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 263807 2013-09-26T09:08:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 280136 2024-09-18T11:12:00.590880 application/epub+zip 288342 2024-09-18T11:11:53.475655 application/epub+zip 288342 2024-09-18T11:11:52.808674 application/epub+zip 455785 2024-09-18T11:12:05.978563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448089 2024-09-18T11:11:59.860653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448219 2022-09-20T04:16:24.794791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552316 552062 2024-09-18T11:11:50.861662 2023-09-19T07:05:08.008501 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 552093 2013-09-26T09:08:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 216015 2013-09-26T09:08:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 552093 2013-09-26T09:08:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 215900 2013-09-26T09:08:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20028 2024-09-18T11:12:06.129582 application/rdf+xml 9751 2024-09-18T11:11:52.915622 image/jpeg 1564 2024-09-18T11:11:52.863681 image/jpeg 265341 2024-09-18T11:11:52.216661 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog