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 RECENT PERIODICALS AND NEW BOOKS 619 The Charitable Aslmcts of Medical Relief. Bv Dr. J. CnARL,S Results of the Recent Census, and Estivmtes of Population in the Largest English Towns. By NOEL HUIrltREYS. An analysis of the (unrevised) results of the English Census in the twenty-eight large towns, suggests a decline in the rate of urban aggregation. But account must be taken of 'centrifugal dispersion and peripheral increase.' The estimates of population in intercensal periods, in the absence of a qulnquennlal census, are shom to be very inaccu- rate. Among the Miscellanea may be noticed Influence of Custom Duties on the Price of tVheat, by M. A. t). Fovn, t,E (with an important. Note, by the Editor); and Influence of Civilisation on the Movement q Population, by M. LEROY-BEAULIEU. Contemporary Review, 1891. June. Child Labour . The Minimum Age ]br Labour of Children. By Cardinal Urges that the British Government, through its representatives at the International Congress of Berhn, accepted a minimum age of twelve years, and that it is required in the interest of factory children. n. The Half-Timers. By HENRY DUNCKLEY, LL.D. Describes the nature and amount of the work done by half-timeks, and recom,nends that the minimum age should be fixed at twelve years. August. Labour awl Life in Loulon, By CLEMENTINA BLXCS, A criticism of Volumes I, and II, of Mr. Booth's work bearing this title. The writer concerns herself chiefly with the chapters on Blocks of Dwellings, London Children, Common Lodging Houses, and Homeless Men, and with Mr. B0oth's classification of degrees of poverty in London. Fortnightly Review, 1891. June. Child Life Insurance. By Captain PEMBROKE [ARSHALL. A reply to a pamphlet by the tlev. Benjamin Waugh. Its object is to show that Mr. Waugh's estimate of the number of children murdered for the sake of getting the insurance money is based on inaccurate figures and unsound reasoning, and that his treatment of the subject is altogether unsatisfactory. July. The Credit of Australasia, By Sir G. BxE.-Powrt,L, K,C,M,G,, M,P. A reply to the Hon. J. W. Fortescue's article in the 1Vinetee,th Century for April. Points out that the greater part of the public debts of the Australian colonies has been incurred for the construction of