The Press.
London, England, 1854-04-01 00:00:00

APRIL 1, 1854.

various ways of spelling them, because they find it difficult
to say " cheese." That eminent authority, the Rev. Mr.
Renouan [meant for Renouard], has shown that the sound
is the same as ch in cheese, chin, cheque, or in the well.
known fish called Chad. As the form of such words is
sometimes a link in detecting national influences, it may
be as well for English geographers to preserve the spelling
of C h d. '

" Now, even if this statement were true, which it is not,
it may be asked, whether such a silly and foolish remark
as that the Germans find it difficult to say `cheese' be.
comes the dignity and character of a person reporting the
proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society ? "
The point involved in this question we shall not at-
tempt to solve, but we heartily agree with the writer
that, if the report emanates from " a systematic deter-
" mination" to obstruct the cause of African discovery
because it has been successfully prosecuted by Ger-
mans, such a feeling is to be severely reprobated.
Mr. Petermann may rest assured that illiberality of
this nature is rare in England; indeed, we generally
seem to have acted on the conviction expressed by
Mine Host in The Merry Wives of Windsor, that
" Germans be honest men."

Dramatic Register for 1853. London : Lacy.
Tins publication, as its name implies, is a full, true,
and particular account of all theatrical proceedings
during the past year, in London and elsewhere. The
compiler has evidently bestowed a great deal of care
and trouble upon the work, and has appended the
names and origin of all the pieces that have been
produced, as well as those of the ladies and gentle-
men who have made first appearances. To any
person connected professionally with the stage, as
well as to the dramatic amateur, this little book will
be invaluable.

Juvenile Delinquency, the Social Problem of the
Day : its Prevention Easier than its Cure. A
Lecture. By the Rev. T. L. Wolley. London :
Rivingtons.
Tits public no longer requires to be told, except by
way of reminder, of the extent of juvenile crime,
and the importance of dealing with it by preventive
means. And, though Mr. Wolley has cited facts and
figures bearing on this subject, they are for the most
part such as have already appeared in print He
objects to reformatory schools, as usually proposed,
that they receive children only at an age when habits
of vice are already contracted, and are often incor-
rigible. He therefore suggests the establishment of
"juvenile asylums" where they may be taken in at any
age between two and six years. This is well; but when
he farther proposes that every child shall in these
asylums be fed gratuitously, or nearly so, the parent
contributing only a small part of the cost, we are
compelled to question the wisdom of a plan which
destroys all independence in the labourer, and
teaches him to rely on what is, in fact, eleemosynary
aid. Mr. Wolley holds that the end—the inducing
a child to attend school—justifies the means ; but it
is a dangerous principle to affirm that this object
should be effected by means of a bribe, given nomi-
nally to the child, really to the parent. In a word,
the plan here suggested shows more benevolence
than wisdom.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Boo&8.

Gibbon's Rome. Vol. 111. Bohn,
Annotated Edition of the English Poets." Cowper," Vol. I.
Parker and Son
Roudedge

The Midshipman. Rev. F. W. Mant.
PAMPHLETS.
One Language before the Flood. Rev. J. Curtiphes.
Piper, Stenson, and Co.
log and Magog ; or the Doom g/ Russia. Ditto.
A Voice from the Pulpit on the Coming War. Rev. T. G.
Horton. Judd.
A Plain,and Easy Account of the British Ferns. Hardwick°.
The Abuse and Reform of the Monitorial System of the Har-
row Schools. Earl of Galloway. Hatchard.
A Proposition for a People's Society as a Means of Mediation
in the Matter of Strikes and Lockouts. Aylott and Co.
Barmah, Letters and Papers written in 1852-53. Major-
Geueral H. Godwin. Bosworth.
A Few Words on the Monitorial System at Harrow. Ditto.
The New Existence of Man upon the Earth, Part I. R. Owen.
Wilson.
Secret and Confidential Correspondence of the Czar of all the
Russia.. Rag!.
The Bank Charter in the Crisis of 1847.
Richardson, Brothers.