HIS MAJESTY'S GUESTS Secrets of the Cells

Hardback. Reminiscences of the author's 25yrs in the prison service. Chapter headings include : The "Shepherd of the Moors", Escapes, Stinie is Awkward, Queer Convicts, Religion in Prison, Human Derelicts, Punishments, Punishments Positive and Negative, Some Thrilling Escapes, Trafficking, The Tragedy of the "W.M.'s", The Effects of Prison, Prison Reform, Prison Mutinies, Education in Prisons + much more. 256pp. 8vo. h/back. Browned and lightly foxed edges and eps, o/w Vg+