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SMeoaseme roniid pyct^. 

 Mc^soseiiie medium eyes. 

 MicrostMiio narrow (\ves. 



( Ortb()i;natliic straii;lit or vertical jaws. 



Jaws < Meso^iuithie medinrn jaws. 



f Pi'ogiiatliic projectiti!^ jaws. 



SCliaiiKeprosopie low or broad face, 

 Mesoprosopic niedimii face. 

 Lctoprosopic uarrow or liigli face. 



SPliitypellic broad pelvis. 

 Mesopellic niedimn pelvis. 

 Lc})t(>pellic narrow pelvis. 



On tlie 13th of March Mr. J. Venn gives in Nature the results of a 

 series of measurements nuide upon the students of Cambridge Univer- 

 sity, in Enghiml. Tlie following queries are put, according to Dr. Gal- 

 ton's system: (I) The distance of tlie clearest vision, (2) traction upon 

 the dynamometer, (3) force of pressure by the hand, (4) volume of the 

 head, (5) capacity of pulmonary inspiration, (G) stature, (7) weight of 

 the body. The most interesting result relates to the head, which is 

 found to be larger in volume in the better students, and in all classes 

 to increase up to the age of 2.5. Into comparison with this study may 

 be brought that of Pauline Tarnowsky upon 150 prostitutes, 100 female 

 thieves, 100 peasants, and 50 women of culture: 



Anteroposterior diameter and transverse niaxinmm 



divided bv 2 



Horizontal circumforence 



Frontal diameter 



Cephalic index 



Stature 



The vexed question at this moment in the science called crinnnology 

 is whether there is an ensemble of characteristics which consign their 

 possessor to a life of crime, or which may be used to distinguish differ- 

 ent sorts of criminals. In some form the Italian school are committed 

 to this doctrine, and are more or less opposed by the French school. 



In 1889 Dr. N. Anontchine, of Moscow, published an elaborate work 

 on stature of men in Russia compared with that of other nations. An 

 excellent summary of this monograph is given in L'Anthropologie 

 (I, G2-74), with chart and map. Ev^ery work of importance on human 

 biology is noted in the Index Medicus, published by Dr. J. S. Billings 

 and Dr. Robert Fletcher, of the Surgeon-General's Oflice, in Washing- 

 ton. The permanent record of this literature is to be found in the 

 Index Catalogue of the Surgeon-General's Oflice. Further imi)ort;int 

 works are the following : Anthropometric Tdentiiioat' m of Crimiiuils, 

 Bertillon; Anthropometry, Galton, Hard; Ascent of Man, Baker; 

 Cerebral Convolutions, Turner; Chest Development in Young Persons, 

 Berry ; Color of Skin in Oriental Races, Beddoe ; Corsets, Robin; Cross- 



