The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-10-20
Publications Received.

Under the caption ga New Profess
sion for Women," the November Cen
fury will have paper on the important
work Of the Bellevue Hospital Training
School for Nurses. This enterprise.
which has not only been successful in
itself, but has been the parent of many
similar schools in the larger American
cities, originated in the mind of Miss
Louisa Lee Schuyler, of New York, in
1871, being more remotely the out
growth of the Sanitary Association. and
of Miss Nightingale's labors in English
hospitals. The demand for the services
of the nurses graduated at the Bellevue
school is said to be largely in excess of
the supply,-a fact that would indicate
that the profession is fairly on its feet.
The New York State Charities Associa-
ton, under the auspices of which the
crhnol 1900 --t.-uf- LSu, AUUyulIy
succeeded in introducing trained nurses
into the Troy almshouse, and are urging
upon county authorities of the state the
great need of general adoption of this
idea. The interesting account of the
founding and progress of the school, in
The Century, is illustrated, and large
portrait of Florence Nightingale is also
printed as the frontispiece of the num-
Der.
The North American Review for
November presents an unusually diver
sifed table of contents. "English
Views of Free Trade" by the Hon. John
Welsh of Philadelphia, is clear and
forciblc exposition of the difference be-
tween the economic situation of Eng.
land and that of the United States, and
of the considerations which makes Free
Trade imperative for the former coun.
try, if she would retain her present pc.
| sition as the worlds workshop. JOSEPH
| Nelson, Chief Judge of the Brooklyn
City Court, writes of"Disorder in Court
Rooms, a subject of profound interest
to good citizens at all times, and more
especially now in view of certain recent
occurrences-..vTf" touching the Guiteal
trial and the Lawson-Gray incident al
Dublin, are characterized by the bes;
judicial temper. DR.. VIM. A. Ham
mond, cx-Surgeon-General of the U. s.
Army, offers ga Problem for Sociolog.
lists" the problem being to determine
the degree of responsibility before the
criminal law, of persons affected by
certain forms of insanity. "The In
dustrial Value of Women" by Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, is very able reply
TO an article recently published on
"Women's Work and Women's Wa
ges." advantages of the Jury Sys-
tenn by Dwight Foster, formerly a
Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme
Court, will command the attention of
every thoughtful citizen, being q grave
and learned defense of an Institution
which it is becoming the fashion to be-
little and decry. The remaining arti.
Giles are" Safety in Theatres" by Steele
Mackaye, the distinguished actor and
theatrical manager; "The Pretensinns
OF Journalism" by Rev. Geo. Il. Rider
of Vice." by Anthony Comstock, o. q.
rockingham and Rev. DR.. j. M. Buck
ley.
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