BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE MORALS OF SUICIDE VOL. I. Crown 8vo, 6s. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY THE MORALS OF SUICIDE CONTAINING PART I. REVIEWS AND FURTHER STATISTICS PART II. AN ESSAY ON PERSONALITY BY REV. J GURNHILL, B.A. SCHOLAR AND MORAL SCIENCE PRIZEMAN OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE A COMPANION TO THE PSALTER, MONOGRAPH ON THE "Dark is the world to thee: thyself art the reason why. For is He not all but thou, that hast power to feel, I am I?" VOLUME II. LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK AND BOMBAY 1902 All rights reserved PREFACE TO VOL. II. WHATEVER else I may have to complain of, I cannot complain that the first volume of my book on The Morals of Suicide has failed to attract attention. Not only in England and Scotland has it been extensively reviewed, but also in the United States, in India and Australia. Apart altogether from the very diverse character of these reviews, of which I shall speak later on, this proves that the importance of the subject is fully recognized. So far so good. And I hardly need say, that had I not been deeply and even painfully impressed with its importance, I should never have essayed to write on a subject so naturally uninviting. Perhaps there is none which brings us into closer touch with the weaknesses, the wants, the sin, the misery, and, I may add, the misfortunes of mankind than this. We seem in considering and investigating it to lay our finger |