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Book Reviews : Peter Bartlett. The Poor Law of Lunacy: The Administration of Pauper Lunatics in Mid-Nineteenth Century England. London: Leicester University Press,1999. Pp. 310. £55. ISBN 0-7185-0104-7. Peter Bartlett and David Wright (eds). Outside the Walls of the Asylum: the History of Care in the Community 1750-2000. London: Athlone,1999. Pp. 337. Hardback £45,Paperback £16.99. ISBN 0-485-12147-6. Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe (eds). Insanity,Institutions and Society,1800-1914: A Social History of Madness in Comparative Perspective. London: Routledge,1999. Pp. 328. £55. ISBN-0-415-18441-x