rue, Conover or Cunse—By, Mice Morland. Cassell, Penden 8), This book maker no claim to complete textbook of modern scien-fie" criminology; it. tg an efelent Introduction 10. the subject and perhaps its. greatest value is in its bibliographical references. Mthe author has dealt with almost every spect of modern criminal investiga: tion, riety, but sufficiently "in Jdetit to enable. those Interested. to obtain some insight into. the methods Used in. sclentife detection, and all who wish to pursue the study, esther of the' subject as @ whole of ff "any" particular branch st tanistics," forensic medicine or chemistry ete." this "book should Drove of greei_ value not' only "as preliminary course but also as 'a Frost" complete index to. more detailed and advanced textbooks. ithe chapter on fingerprints revised lid amplified version of the futher's monograph, "Fingerprints" which was published early lost year, te" remaining chapters ars entirely. new. The chapter "devoted fo. forensic medicine. should Interest bots "amateur and. professional me vestisator alike, particularly that Section dearing with the methods of establishing the identity of mutilated to render identifeation remote as possible—in this connestion itis interesting to note that the dentiacation of the. corpses in. the Br. Buck Ruston murder case in England of the end of last year, in which' the medical" experts, "Dr. [Glaistr and his sotteogucs played such a major pari, hax now' been dealt "with in "The Medico-Legal Jalmost complete disappearance of the [Kathiawar tion, for example, Is due the energies of Major Maydon and his fraternity, and although now no. Jone can shoot that animal without. special permission from the ruling Chief in Junagadh, the fact is that, the lion 18 rapidly becoming extinct, Tigers, of course, come within a different category ae they are still real menaces to the farmers in many parts. fof India and the destruction" of a manseater brings with it a Government reward. Yet the man-eating. tiger is, of course, not really worth the shot of the keen shikari, as he is always an animal who has lost his physical powers, otherwise he would not take to. man-eating. When it Jcomes to appreciating the author's skill in bagging those beautiful animals, the Urlal, Sambar, Bharal, and Tibetan Antelope, the reader fools that it Will be a pleasant day when the shikari can confine himself to the tiger, cheetah end refrain from the decorate his club "or hall with the heads of some of the most beautiful specimens of Indian fauna. When Major Maydon blandly talks about setting himself to make a complete collection of that fauna and obligingly provides a list of 43 varieties of big game, with their record measurements, for the encouragement of the sportsman, it is Possible to echo his own implicit demand for a deflation of sport. Many people nowadays would be far botter pleased to have photographs of those animals rather {than to know that their carcases were judorning some sportsman's house. But this, of course, is quite an improper. observation to. make in reviewing a book on big game which, fof its Kind, is authoritative and beyond reproach—ex,
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