whom she appeared to be attached, and having previously platted some threads of her bed-quilt into a cord, she fixed it round the neck of the young woman and proceeded to strangle her. Fortunately some person entered the room, and unloosed the cord in time to save her. When this unhappy maniac was questioned concerning the motive which induced her to attempt the destruction of a person for whom she had manifested kindness; she very calmly replied, that as the murder of her own child was disbelieved, she wished to exhibit a convincing proof of the ferocity of her nature, that she might instantly be conveyed to Newgate, and hanged, which she desired as the greatest blessing. With considerable satisfaction I may add, that in a few months, notwithstanding her derangement had been of three years duration, this woman perfectly recovered, and for a considerable time has performed the duties of an important and respectable office. Influenced by curiosity, and a wish for the advancement of professional knowledge, I have always been induced to scrutinize as deeply as possible into the feelings of lunatics who have perfectly recovered; I therefore wished to be informed from this patient in her sane state, what were her feelings and opinions concerning her former condition. She recollected most of the circumstances which had transpired during her illness, but she was unable adequately to comprehend, or to give any account of her disorder—it seemed to her like a wearisome and protracted dream, but more distinct and connected—she almost doubted with her present feelings if she could be the same person, to have entertained opinions and resentments so different from her natural character. When questioned concerning her attempt to strangle the young woman, she rejoiced that no fatal consequences had ensued, yet she seemed to attach but little responsibility to any thing she might have committed in that frame of mind. Death, from which, as other human beings, she now shrunk with horror, was then the most desirable of all events.—Respecting the child, she observed her mind was as suddenly seized with the conviction that she had destroyed it, as a person is attacked with the shivering fit of an ague, and feels the sensation of cold in the hottest day of summer. On enquiring if these former impressions often recurred to her mind; she replied in the negative;—that although she could accurately recollect them when questioned, yet they now seemed removed to a vast distance from the natural range of her thoughts:—and that she found herself pleasantly occupied in contriving plans for the welfare and happiness of her future life.