1884.] 
Analyses of Books. 
495 
is nr^ i0 ? r the the0r - v of fati g“ e i» more valid. .. It 
Victorian Year-Book for 1882-3 73,, w tr„ 
c' A/f r' n ^ r. 3- vy -U. Heylyn Hayter 
Ferres?' Lo^c™”' MT ^ Melb °— : 
Much of the most interesting matter in this nnWi^n , 
the meteorology, the topographical features, &c., has already aT 
peared in the issues for former years. The only novelty is to be 
found in the records of social and economic phenomena 
Under the head Statistics of Suicide we find a * 1 
quoting Dr. Enrico Morselli, Professor of Psychological Medf 
cine, in the University of Turin, after a careful and & prolonged 
inquiry, concludes that suicide is increasing in almost evfrv 
countiy , that religion and morals have never reached the rnnf /f 
the calam.ty ; and that the sole preventive, not only a ea°nst 
suicide but against madness, would consist in “ diminishino- n 1P 
struggle for life amongst men.” cnmimshing the 
The following consideration may serve to moderate the dislike 
1882 H immi f- n ant % ent ertained in the colonies. Whilst in 
1882 the proportion of persons of English birth arrested fm- 
ci.ime was 43' 6 4 P er 1000, that of Scotchmen 46-69, and that of 
per 1 00a 83 ' 2 °’ thS ChlnCSe WCre ° nly in the P ro P or Pon of 18-07 
I he cultivation of the vine seems to be extending, though the 
Phylloxera made its appearance as far back as 1875, and man 
vineyards have been in consequence rooted out. The °rowth nf 
the mulberry and the olive is not increasing, as it m^hTand 
should It is unpleasant to see among the imports of such t 
region “olive and salad oil,” “ currants and raisins,’’ “its 
jellies, and preserves,” and not a few kindred items. J ’ 
As a veiy exceptional climatic phenomenon it is recorded that 
on July 26th, 1882, there occurred a fall of snow at Melbourne 
the lowest temperature in the shade being 370 F . and the highest 
44° F. ho other snowfall had occurred since August 29th and 
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