Grimhaven—the name is well chosen—a gloomy picture of life in the great San Quentin Prison, written by one of the prisoners; a gripping narrative of daily happenings which holds one's attention from cover to cover.

As one reads this interesting human document he becomes the host of many emotions and many thoughts; among them he must feel the futility and hopelessness of any longer attempting to solve the problems of crime by such institutions as are described in these pages. Here men are broken in body and spirit; here there is no encouragement, no opportunity, no hope. Frustration and hate are the ruling motives.