Tenth Biennial Report of the Board of Control of State Institutions for the Period ending June 30, 1916. (Published by the State of Iowa.)

of Control (Published volume ofof State Institutions for by the State of Iowa.) pages. There are lessis a well-printed,than fifty pages of text, the balance being given over to tables galore. These appear to give a wealth of unnecessary and uninteresting detail, but with careful study one may find certain interesting statistics bylaboriously making use of the index. Publications of the United StatesCensus statisticalBureau tables.the only rivals this The general statementbe much more interesting tables incorporated in it.book has in the number which opens the book of the facts which are hiddenof its wouldSixteen institutions are under the supervision of the Board of Control of which four are for the insane, having a population of 2358. These are undoubtedly given good care, and the Board by its recommendations shows that it is fully alive to the wisdom and importance of giving its wards the best possible treatment. From the few changes of superintendents that have been made it would also appear that the Board is free from pernicious political influences. It is unfortunate that so much that is good and interesting is not presented in more readable form.W. R. D.The InstitutionalHENRY PacnIM, HURD,of the Insanein theCanada.M. Huan, Wuu& F. Daxwixy, Ricn4’uw G. ALDER BLUMER, and T. J. W. BURGESS. M. D., LL. D. Volume IV. Illustrated.Press, concluding1917.)DEWEY, Edited(Baltimore:W.M.The Insane,Johns Hopkins This volume, theof Theof theis divided into three parts. Part IV is devoted to the provincial, corporate and private institutions of Canada. Part V to biographies of deceased workers in...