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be a monster petition to the Creator praying that all such big- 
brained, keen-eyed, ingenious, plucky chaps be prevented alto- 
gether. If they are allowed to appear among us they are almost 
sure to make trouble. Some of them will turn out Vanderbilts 
and Goulds.” 
Now here, surely, we have the vulgar error that a man’s intel- 
lect may be measured by his money, and that he who does not 
grow rich is a fool. Surely Dr. Dio Lewis must know that the 
big-brained, keen-eyed boy will crave to become a discoverer in 
Science, a creator in Literature or Art, and unless he inherits a 
competence is not unlikely to die poor, as many men of genius 
have done. If it were desirable to weed out from our schools 
the future plutocrats, the selectors would have to look out for 
boys of keen but narrow intellect and strong will, acting under 
the constant impulse of greed. 
In an article on the “ Treatment of Prisoners ” the writer 
seems to leave out of view the great principle of heredity, and 
the impossibility of ascertaining whether a criminal is really re- 
claimed or is merely “ biding his time.” 
W Ilford's Microcosm: a Religio-Scientific Monthly, devoted to 
the Discoveries, Theories, and Investigations of Modern 
Science in their bearing upon the Religious Thought of the 
Age, with other Matters of General Interest. Vol. III., 
No. 3. New York: Hall and Co. 
This journal declares itself Anti-Evolutionist and Bestiarian, 
and is consequently, pro tanto , outside the scope of our sympa- 
thies. It recognises “ Realism or Substantialism,” and speaks 
of the nebulous realms of Idealism.” Its chief energies seem 
to be directed against the undulatory theory of sound, and we 
should infer of light also. The list of contributors includes no 
writers of any scientific standing, but in return is rich in “ Rev. 
Professors,” “ Elders,” &c. 
Not being specialists in Acoustics, we find here nothing worthy 
of notice. 
