Author: VIRGIN, PETER. Title: Sydney Smith.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xvi, 329; illustrated with 8 pages of b/w. photographs, notes, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. London; HarperCollins Publishers; 1994. Smith was one of the leading social commentators of his age. In his thoughts on education he anticipated the stance taken by the modern feminist movement, and with regard to mental health he promoted methods of treatment that have only become fully accepted during the last thirty years.
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