CHASTISEMENT ACROSS THE AGES
A Scientific Survey

GERVAS D'OLBERT

LONDON: THE FORTUNE PRESS
1956

First edition.
The gruesome story of corporal punishment.

“This survey begins with a wide-reaching panorama of Chastisement, indicating the breadth of the material. Then follow chapters dealing with Chastisement as it appears in Proverbs and Language and in the all-important Spheres of Education and the Home. A special study of the Chastisement of Famous Men is included. The fields of religion, Social Life, politics and War are then covered. A fairly full account of Chastisement in Literature, Drama, Opera, Ballet and Cinema is then given. A concluding chapter attempts to sift the main problems and sum up the issues presented.

The author spent many years in the investigation from a multitude of angles. The Cumulative result of his search should make impressive reading.”

22 x 15 cm. 288 pp.

Very good condition. Dust jacket age toned (now in protective cover). Some pages roughly opened and with foxing to the edges.