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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. VII. No. 172. 



Don Jose N. Eovirosa, whose essay on the 

 proper names of Tabasco has made his 

 name known to students, submitted the 

 questions involved to a rigorous examina- 

 tion. It is gratifying to say that in all es- 

 sential points he reaches conclusions iden- 

 tical with my own, and shows the errors 

 into which M. Charnay was led. Eovirosa's 

 work is entitled ' Ensayo Historico sobre 

 el Eio Grijalva' (Mexico, 1897). 



THE CRIMINOLOGY OE MINOES. 



The Centralhlatt fur Anthropologie (Heft 

 I., 1898) has an appreciative notice of 

 a large work by Dr. Ferriani on the crim- 

 inology of minors. It is based on the records 

 of 2,000 cases and is written in a scientific 

 spirit. Few topics in criminal anthropology 

 merit so close attention as the sources of 

 crime in juvenile offenders. The value of 

 steady employment is shown by the fact 

 that out of the above total 1,112 were idlers. 

 Illegitimate birth, poverty, neglect and 

 evil social surroundings explain the major- 

 ity of the cases. The prevailing crime was 

 theft, being 1,182 of the whole. Nearly all 

 the males were onanists and the females 

 profligates. The evil influence of criminal 

 association is urgently dwelt upon, and the 

 writer recommends farm colonies under 

 active supervision as the best protection. It 

 is to be hoped that the princixjal chapters of 

 this book will be translated. 



D. G. Beinton. 



TJniveesity of Pennsylvania. 



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A senatorial document ON THE PREVEN- 

 TION OF CHOLERA. 



In times of national excitement unballasted 

 minds take the opportunity of floating their 

 airy nothings into public notice. When pesti- 

 lence invades the country all sorts of silly prop- 

 ositions find place in print, or may be formally 

 transmitted for the consideration of the highest 

 officials. We understand that at the present 

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 way of advice and offers of service in the event 

 of war. Some of these are dictated purely by 

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 of a desire for personal emolument. One com- 

 munication, which we have seen, explains how 

 the army may, for a consideration, have the 

 benefit of the writer's 'Blood Purifier and 

 Lineament ' that our troops may no longer 

 suffer from ' cholera, diarrehe, bloody flux, 

 toothache, scrofialo or cholera infantum. ' Such 



