A. Arthur Reade — Study and Stimulants

Manchester; London, Abel Heywood and Son; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co, 1883. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of A. Arthur Reade's very important study on how narcotics and intoxicants can affect the brain. The first edition.A very scarce work.An important study on "the use of intoxicants and narcotics in relation to intellectual life", exploring what the real influence of stimulants and narcotics are on the brain. The author questions "do they give increases strength, greater lucidity of mind and more continuous power?", or "do they weaken and cloud the intellect?".Including letters and testimonies from Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, Thomas Hardy, John Ruskin, Charles Kingsley, and more. Some appearing for the first time in book form. By A. Arthur Reade.Twenty pages of adverts to the rear, dated February 1883. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light marks and rubbing to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of small tears to the joins. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .