12 APRIL 1902, Page 25

Recent Object-Lessons in Penal Science. By A. R. Whiteway, M.A.

(Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 3s. Gd. net.)—This is the "third series" of Mr. Whiteway's " Object-Lessons," We cannot enter upon his theories, but we may quote some of his statistics. On March 31st, 1899, England and Wales, with a population of 31,061,000, bad 16,593 prisoners ; France, with 39,001,000, for 1898 bad 33,09G, or 1 in 1,877 as against 1 in 1,181. Deaths of prisoners were 3 in France to 1 in England ; cases of insanity were 7 to 1, and suicides 5 to 2. And what is the cause? Briefly stated, it is the' prison eel/It/airs of France. All other conditions are milder in France than here.