22 MAY 1909, Page 24

The Problem of the Feeble - Minded. (P. S. King and Son.

is. net.)—In this pamphlet we have an abstract of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Care and Control of the Feeble- Minded, a most necessary work if the subject is to be brought within the ken of the ordinary reader, with a preface by Sir E. Fry, and special essays contributed by Dr. Francis Galton,, Professor Inge, Professor Pigou, and Miss Mary Deudy, the last writing on the very important subject of the Sandlebridge Homes. That the feeble-minded will have to be put under restraint seems to be generally agreed. Of course it is asked: How can this be done ? Can it be done without cruelty ?