Excerpt from The Belfast Monthly Magazine, Vol. 4: From January Till June, 1810 It would, however, ill become me, who have only, as it were, weighed the eatperience of others in in own mind, to lay down any genemfrules, or to express myself upon this subject, with the least egree of presuinin confidence in my town Opinions. Profess on! To be the reporter of a few facts _rom one country to another. Facts which I have learned from those whomi consider well qualified tobe instructors in the humane and wise treatment of insanity. For, although unacquainted with that enthusiasm of ardour for public fame, which hurries thousands to publish crude and indi gested opinions to the wo d, that only serve to exemplify by their fate the truth of Ciceros wise remark, opinionum commenta delet dies' 1 may at least suppose m self com petent to describe what I ave and heard; and without the charge of vanity, may be allowed to o er myselfas the medium of conveyin truths, to the discovery of which can lay no possible claim. To say the truth, I cannot but feel an earnest and patriotic wish, that my native country should see her lunatic asylums established upon the firmest foundation, and managed by the most benevolent and enlightened regulations of internal (economy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."