Project Gutenberg 2013-09-26 Public domain in the USA. 244 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 Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - British Category: Journals 608158 2025-07-17T14:36:50.141994 text/html 595164 2024-10-23T18:45:05 text/html 280398 2025-07-17T14:36:57.659458 application/epub+zip 288352 2025-07-17T14:36:51.372036 application/epub+zip 288351 2025-07-17T14:36:50.764047 application/epub+zip 456039 2025-07-17T14:37:02.344437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448295 2025-07-17T14:36:56.998531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448219 2022-09-20T04:16:24.794791 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552062 2023-09-19T07:05:08.008501 text/plain 532087 2024-10-23T18:45:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16434 2025-07-17T14:37:02.475447 application/rdf+xml 9751 2025-07-17T14:36:50.853993 image/jpeg 1564 2025-07-17T14:36:50.810018 image/jpeg 265401 2025-07-17T14:36:50.189033 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog