Science in the 19th Century Periodical

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Volume 10 (July to December 1894)

Issue [1] (July 1894)

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Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 3–15.

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The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Mining, Accidents, Bacteriology, Disease, Sanitation, Imagination
Reports a 'frightful colliery explosion in South Wales, which cost the lives of some 250 miners', although acknowledging that 'in coal mines there exist a certain number of explosive elements. Against these we must take such precautions as science and experience suggest, but it seems to be only too certain that what ever we do there are sure to be flaws now and then, and [...] colliery explosions, will occasionally take place'. Indeed, the actual 'miners regard the risk of explosion' with a creditably 'vigilant nonchalance' and 'cool-headedness'. (7) Following the murder of the French president Marie F S Carnot Carnot, Marie François Sadi (1837–94) CBD Close View the register entry >> by an Italian anarchist, suggests that the 'risk that rulers run from the microbe of assassination is increasing, but it is still comparatively infinitesimal compared with the risk they face unconcernedly from the microbe bred in the sewers. If anyone doubt it, let him ask any insurance office the difference between the premium which they would charge for insuring M. Casimir-Périer Casmir-Périer, Jean Pierre Paul (1847–1907) CBD Close View the register entry >> [the new president] against assassination and against zymotic disease. Assassination impresses the imagination more than typhoid fever, but it is not half so deadly' (9).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 35.

Mr. Kidd's Criticism of "The Ascent of Man"

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin Kidd Kidd, Benjamin (1858–1916) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Expositor Expositor (1875–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sociology, Evolution, Progress
Publications cited:	Drummond 1894 Drummond, Henry 1894. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 39.

Is Biology Against Socialism? Mr. Karl Pearson's Reply to Mr. Kidd

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Karl Pearson Pearson, Karl (1857–1936) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Biology, Socialism, Sociology, Evolution, Progress
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 40.

The Terrible Mouse

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Cleveland L Moffett Moffett, Cleveland Langston (1863–1926) WBI Close View the register entry >> , McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Behaviour, Fear

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 43.

What is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him? The Answer: By Mr. Balfour

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Arthur J Balfour Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , International Journal of Ethics International Journal of Ethics (1890–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Naturalism, Ethics, Morality

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 52.

The Locomotive of the Future

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	David L Barnes Barnes, David Leonard (1858–96) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Transport, Electricity, Machinery, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 52.

Soaking the Soil with Lightning. Novel Danger From the Electric Car

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	J H Vail Vail, Mr J H (fl. 1894) RR1/10/1a/7 Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electricity, Pollution, Environmentalism

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 53.

The Subways of a Great City

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	J J Waller Waller, Mr J J (fl. 1894) RR1/10/1a/8 Close View the register entry >> , Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Engineering, Sanitation, Telegraphy

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 54.

How to Become Strong. By Sandow

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Eugene Sandow Sandow, Eugene (1867–1925) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Health, Physiology, Anatomy
Complains that the article is 'illustrated by copyright photographs, which are the nakedest which have ever been published in a magazine, and the apologetic fig-leaf is much worse than nothing'.

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 67–68.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	William A Hammond Hammond, William Alexander (1828–1900) WBI Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners, Patronage

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 64–74.

The Book of the Month. The Novel of the Modern Woman

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Kenealy [1893], Kenealy, Arabella [1893]. Dr. Janet of Harley Street, London: Digby & Long Close View the register entry >> [Brooke] 1894 [Brooke, Emma Frances] 1894. A Superfluous Woman: A Novel, 3 vols, London: William Heinemann Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Gender, Physiology, Vitalism, Heredity, Sex, Disease, Degeneration
Explains that Arabella Kenealy's Kenealy, Arabella Madonna (1858–1938) ODNB Close View the register entry >> new novel argues 'with the maternal instincts of her sex, reinforced by the studies of a physiologist, that it [is] a grave mistake for women who hope some day to be mothers, to spend in study or labour the physical and nervous vitality which should be stored up as a kind of natural banking account to the credit of their children. Every woman [...] who uses up her natural vitality in a profession or business, or in study, will bear feeble, rickety children, and is in fact spending her infant's inheritance on herself. Mrs. Fawcett's Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847–1929) ODNB Close View the register entry >> portrait gallery of infants born by Newnham Newnham College, Cambridge Close View the register entry >> and Girton Girton College, Cambridge Close View the register entry >> graduates may be quoted on the other side, but that does not prove Dr. Kenealy is wrong' (67). Another recent novel, written anonymously by Emma F Brooke Brooke, Emma Frances (pseud E Fairfax Byrrne) (1844–1926) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, features a woman who is 'doomed to experience the horror of becoming a mother of a syphilitic child by a reprobate husband', allowing herself 'with her eyes open, to become particeps criminis in this mutual outrage on posterity' and 'the agent for the perpetuation of a scrofulous and degenerated stock' (68).

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 74–76.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Lang 1894 Lang, Andrew 1894. Cock Lane and Common-Sense, New York and London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Spiritualism, Psychical Research
Commends Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> for having 'sufficient of the sixth sense to see that there is more in Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> than is the fashion among most men of his set' (75).

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Issue [2] (August 1894)

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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 140.

The Next Great Naval Battle. The Fate of Empires Decided in Ten Minutes

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Herbert W Wilson Wilson, Herbert Wrigley (1866–1940) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, Steamships, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 142.

The Doom of Books; or, What the Phonograph Will Do

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Octave Uzanne Uzanne, Octave (1852–1931) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Reading, Sound, Technology
Declares that 'the phonograph is destined to abolish the printing press'.

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 144.

How Wrecked Vessels are Saved: By Patience, Perseverance, Pumps and Pontoons

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Gustav Kobbé Kobbé, Gustav (1857–1918) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Steamships, Accidents, Engineering, Endeavour

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 155.

How I Trained My Pet Butterfly. By Mrs. P. M. Goulee

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	P M Goulee Goulee, Mrs P M (fl. 1894) RR1/10/2a/4 Close View the register entry >> , Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural History, Animal Behaviour, Anthropomorphism

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 155.

Heredity Modified by Environment. By Helen Gardner

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Helen H Gardener Gardener (née Chenoweth), Helen Hamilton (1853–1925) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heredity, Gender

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 161.

The Cycle for Health and for Holidays. By a Doctor and an Archdeacon

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Young Woman Young Woman (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Transport, Health, Gender

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 170.

Religion and Human Evolution. By Francis Galton

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Francis Galton Galton, Sir Francis (1822–1911) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sociology, Evolution, Progress, Religion
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 175–76.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Alfred P Sinnett Sinnett, Alfred Percy (1840–1921) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Theosophy

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 180.

The New Science Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	New Science Review New Science Review (1894–96) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Popularization, Science Communication

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 183.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Alfred J E Fouillée Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile (b. 1838) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Ethnology, Race, Population

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 185–92.

The Book of the Month. "Lourdes" by Emile Zola

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Zola 1894 Zola, Émile 1894. Lourdes, Trois villes [no. 1], Paris: G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Miracle, Christianity
Remarks that the 'Psychical Research Society Society for Psychical Research Close View the register entry >> recently published a report Myers, Frederick William Henry 1893. 'The Subliminal Consciousness', Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 9, 3–128 Close View the register entry >> on the reported cures at Lourdes, arriving at a somewhat negative or Podmorian conclusion. But as they would arrive at exactly the same conclusions concerning the miracles recorded in Holy Writ, the faithful take little stock in the conclusions of Mr. Podmore Podmore, Frank (1856–1910) ODNB Close View the register entry >>' (186).

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 194.

Catalogues and Indexes of Scientific and Technical Literature

Anon

Genre:	Editorial
Subjects:	Specialization, Publishing, Science Communication, Periodicals, Societies
Publications cited:	Blake 1891–94, Blake, John Frederick ed. 1891–94. Annals of British Geology: A Digest of the Books and Papers Published During the Year; With Occasional Notes, 4 vols, London: Dulau and Co. Close View the register entry >> Official Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, Official Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland (1884–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> Index Medicus Index Medicus: A Quarterly Classified Record of the Current Medical Literature of the World (1879–99) Bibliographica Medica (1899–1902) Index Medicus (1902+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Reports that 'Scientific workers are complaining of the ever-increasing difficulty of keeping abreast of current scientific literature, even the literature of one particular science. As Dr. Armstrong Armstrong, Henry Edward (1848–1937) DSB Close View the register entry >> said, in a recent address to the Chemical Society Chemical Society Close View the register entry >>, even the specialist can never be certain that some one whom he had never heard of had years before thought his thoughts, made his experiments, and arrived at his conclusions. Yet no one has invented a Scientific Review of Reviews, and those devoted to science are compelled to make shift as best they may with such Year-Books and "Transactions" of societies as are published from time to time'. Surveys the inadequate attempts that have been made to provide an index of scientific work, noting that the 'Catalogue RSCSP: Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1900). Compiled and published by the Royal Society of London, 19 vols, London: Royal Society of London; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1867–1925 Close View the register entry >> of the Royal Society Royal Society of London Close View the register entry >>, too, must have turned out very incomplete and unsatisfactory, judging by the circular letter of March 22, 1894, on the question of an International Catalogue of Scientific Publications Close View the register entry >>, stating that the Society had appointed a committee to inquire into and report upon its feasibility through international co-operation, and that the proposed new catalogue would not commence till January 1, 1900'.

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Issue [3] (September 1894)

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Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 211–23.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	Christianity, Military Technology, War, Aeronautics, Anti-Scientism, Sociology, Institutions
Reflects that it is 'Christendom that is perfecting its instruments of slaughter, building pneumatic guns which will hurl heavy charges of dynamite a couple of miles, and that is perfecting the Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB Close View the register entry >> flying machine, which is to extend the area of slaughter, already coterminous with earth and sea, to the air above' (212). Records that Oxford has 'welcomed the British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >> to its ancient halls. Lord Salisbury Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, as Chancellor of the University University of Oxford Close View the register entry >> and President for the year, delivered the inaugural, which, as is usual with him, had as its sub note the old refrain of the vanity of all things human [....] what do we know?—next to nothing, and we do not even know that;—is no doubt a good doctrine to preach to those wiseacres who are puffed up with their own conceit as with the east wind' (220). Comments that 'talking of Holiday Parliaments, has the time not fully come for reviving the Social Science Congress Social Science Congress Close View the register entry >> on a new, extended, and more practical scale? It was odd that it should have expired just when public interest in sociology began to be so widespread and intense' (220–21).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 245.

"Electricity Direct From Coal"

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Friedrich W Ostwald Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm (1853–1932) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electrochemistry, Energy, Steam-power

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 251.

The New Flying Machine. By Hiram S. Maxim

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Aeronautics, Machinery, Military Technology, Transport

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 255.

The Big Wheels of the World. Nothing New Under the Sun

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	T H Coggin Coggin, Mr T H (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/4 Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Engineers, Engineering, Skill, Amusement, Discovery, Invention
People mentioned:	George W G Ferris, Ferris, George Washington Gale (1859–96) WBI Close View the register entry >> Erasmus D Leavitt, Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin (1836–1916) WBI Close View the register entry >> Henry Burden, Burden, Henry (1791–1871) WBI Close View the register entry >> William Fairbairn Fairbairn, Sir William (1789–1874) ODNB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 257.

How to Turn on Winter. As We Turn on Water and Gas

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	W Wilberforce Smith Smith, Mr W Wilberforce (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/5 Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Engineering, Domestic Economy

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 261.

The Highest House in Great Britain. And Its Martyr Inmates

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edward Whymper Whymper, Edward (1840–1911) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Observatories, Meteorology, Endeavour

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 262.

The Deaf and Dumb

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Henry W Hubbard Hubbard, Henry William (1856–1906) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disability, Heredity, Breeding
Speculates that it 'would be possible to breed a race of deaf mutes by the constant intermarriage of the deaf-born'.

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 262.

How to Save Our Wild Birds

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Herbert E Maxwell Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith (1845–1937) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Ornithology, Collecting, Natural Imperialism, Environmentalism, Government
People mentioned:	Edward Grey, Grey, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet, and Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Auberon E W M Herbert Herbert, Auberon Edward William Molyneux (1838–1906) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Wild Birds Protection Society Wild Birds Protection Society Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 265.

Why the Birth-rate Decreases

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	J L Brownell Brownell, Mr J L (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/9 Close View the register entry >> , Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1890–1900+) RLIN Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Population, Statistics

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 268–69.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Karl Pearson Pearson, Karl (1857–1936) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Anti-Scientism, Politics, Conservatism, Scientific Naturalism
People mentioned:	Robert A T G Cecil (3rd Marquess of Salisbury) Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 273–74.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Clara S J B Moore Moore, Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield (1824–99) WBI Close View the register entry >> , James R Cocke Cocke, James Richard (b. 1863) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heterodoxy, Machinery, Force, Energy, Discovery \| Mesmerism, Surgery
People mentioned:	John E W Keely Keely, John Ernst Worrell (1827–98) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 284–85.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Lydekker 1893[–96], Lydekker, Richard, ed. 1893–96. The Royal Natural History, with pref. by P. L. Sclater, 6 vols, London and New York: Frederick Warne Close View the register entry >> Sharpe 1894[–97], Sharpe, Richard Bowdler 1894–97. A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Allen's Naturalist's Library, 4 vols, London: Allen Close View the register entry >> Macpherson, Stuart-Wortley and Saintsbury 1894, Macpherson, Hugh Alexander, Stuart-Wortley, Archibald John and Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman 1894. The Grouse: Natural History; Shooting; Cookery, Fur and Feather Series, London: Longmans, Green and Co. Close View the register entry >> Huxley 1894 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1894. Evolution & Ethics and Other Essays, Collected Essays by T. H. Huxley (The Eversley Series) 9, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Monographs, Publishing, Natural History, Ornithology, Hunting, Evolution, Ethics
Comments that 'Mr. A. E. T. Watson's Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1849–1922) WBI Close View the register entry >> Fur and Feather series [...] is by no means purely scientific. The programme of his series embraces not only the natural history, but the shooting and cooking of the animals described [....] This series is an odd idea, but it is well carried out, and the volumes should be useful' (285).

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Issue [4] (October 1894)

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Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 317–26.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Disease, Discovery, Medical Treatment, Vaccination
Reports that at 'the International Health Congress International Health Congress (1894), Budapest Close View the register entry >>, which has been sitting at Buda-Pesth, considerable excitement was occasioned by the announcement of a cure for diphtheria, which is at present one of the most unmanageable of diseases. By this method it is brought under control by inoculating the patient with serum'. Adds that 'the announcement of the discovery created no small excitement, which was not confined to the medical faculty alone'. (326)

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 329–38.

Character Sketch. Frances Power Cobbe

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Biography
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	Gender, Vivisection, Experiment, Controversy, Publishing, Darwinism, Descent, Morality
Publications cited:	Cobbe 1894 Cobbe, Frances Power 1894. Life of Frances Power Cobbe: By Herself, 2 vols, London: R. Bentley Close View the register entry >>
Notes that Frances P Cobbe's Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904) ODNB Close View the register entry >> 'campaign against vivisection has lasted many times the duration of the siege of Troy', and portrays her as 'the paladin and knight-errant of dumb creatures' (329). The campaign began in 1863 when 'her attention was drawn to the diabolical tortures inflicted by the vivisectionists of the Continent upon helpless animals, not for purposes of research, but solely for purposes of demonstration and experiment' (334). Suggests that 'Some idea may be formed of the activity with which Miss Cobbe has prosecuted this campaign from the fact that in the six years ending November, 1892, no fewer than 320 books, pamphlets and leaflets were issued by the Victoria Street Society Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection Close View the register entry >>, of which 271,351 copies were printed. Miss Cobbe wrote 173 of these papers herself' (335). Also observes that 'Darwin's Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB Close View the register entry >> "Descent of Man" Darwin, Charles Robert 1871a. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, London: John Murray Close View the register entry >>, with its theory of the nature and origin of Sense, seems to her of absolutely fateful import, but she did not quarrel with him until he became a chief priest of the vivisectors' (337).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 350–51.

Scientific Religion and Its Basis. The Significance of Telepathy. By Mr. Myers

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Frederic W H Myers Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Soul
William T Stead Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> complains of 'my friends who lament over what they regard as my deplorable devotion to the study of spooks' (350).

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 351.

Medicine and Morals

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	T Garrett Horder Horder, Dr T Garrett (fl. 1894) RR1/10/4a/4 Close View the register entry >> , Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners, Ethics
Institutions mentioned:	British Medical Association British Medical Association Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 354.

The First Ironclads

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Steamships, Military Technology, History of Science

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 356.

100 Miles an Hour Through the Air! What We are Coming to

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charles E Duryea Duryea, Charles Edgar (1862–1938) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Aeronautics, Invention, Machinery, Engineering, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 358.

A Theosophical Tribute to Truth. Mrs. Besant's Last Manifesto

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Annie Besant Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth
People mentioned:	Henry S Olcott, Olcott, Henry Steel (1832–1907) WBI Close View the register entry >> William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 358.

Painters as Inventors

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Leicester Allen Allen, Leicester (fl. 1867–91) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Invention, Imagination
People mentioned:	Robert Fulton, Fulton, Robert (1765–1815) CBD Close View the register entry >> Samuel F B Morse Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791–1872) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 359.

How to Kill Without Pain. By Sir Benjamin Richardson

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Sarah A Tooley Tooley, Sarah A (fl. 1885) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	Veterinary Science
People mentioned:	Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 360.

Niagara in Harness

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Curtis Brown Brown, Curtis (b. 1866) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 362.

Lord Kelvin on Joule

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin) Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Heat
People mentioned:	James P Joule Joule, James Prescott (1818–89) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 366.

Village Sanitation in India. By Miss Nightingale

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sanitation, Public Health

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 373–74.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Thomas Oliver Oliver, Sir Thomas (1853–1942) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Nutrition, Physiological Chemistry, Class

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 374.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heredity, Evolution, Controversy, Sociology, Error
People mentioned:	August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 379.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Albert T Leffingwell Leffingwell, Albert Tracy (1845–1917) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Vivisection, Ethics

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 393–96.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Sidgwick 1894, Professor Sidgwick's Committee 1894. 'Report on the Census of Hallucinations', Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 10, 25–422 Close View the register entry >> Podmore 1894, Podmore, Frank 1894. Apparitions and Thought-Transference: An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy, Contemporary Science Series [26], London: Walter Scott Close View the register entry >> Marryat 1894, Marryat, Florence 1894. The Spirit World, London: F. V. White & Co. Close View the register entry >> Barnett 1894, Barnett, Mrs. S. A. 1894. The Making of the Body: A Children's Book on Anatomy and Physiology; For School and Home Use, London: Longmans, Green & Co. Close View the register entry >> Tanner 1894, Tanner, Arthur Edmund 1894. Physical Culture for Men, Women and Children. Ling-Swedish System, London: Simpkin & Marshall Close View the register entry >> Schwarz [1894] Schwarz, A [1894]. The Horse, its External and Internal Organisation: An Illustrated Representation and Brief Description of the Horse, rev. and ed. by George Fleming, London: G. Philip & Son Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Libraries, Physiology, Anatomy, Education, Schools, Health, Veterinary Science
Recommends some titles for 'a beginning of your psychical library' (394).

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Issue [5] (November 1894)

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Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 423–35.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners, Education, Gender, Endeavour
Observes that in 'Scotland women have won another victory in connection with medical training. Dr. Jex-Blake Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa (1840–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> for many years has fought in the van of the campaign to secure for women equal rights and privileges with men in the acquisition of medical training and degrees. Dr. Jex-Blake began the campaign as far back as 1869, when she and others matriculated as medical students at the University University of Edinburgh Close View the register entry >>, but were subsequently not allowed to complete their curriculum and to take the usual degrees. It has been a long uphill fight, and more than once it seemed as if Dr. Jex-Blake would be vanquished. But she kept on fighting with a grim perseverance, and has proved the truth of the saying, "It's dogged as does it"' (435).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 457.

Is War Growing More Murderous?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, War

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 459.

The New Cure for Cobra Bites. Ordinary Chloride of Lime

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Henry J W Dam Dam, Henry Jackson Wells (fl. 1892) WBI Close View the register entry >> , McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Treatment, Vaccination, Analytical Chemistry
People mentioned:	Albert Calmette Calmette, Albert (1863–1933) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Institut Pasteur, Paris Institut Pasteur, Paris Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 465.

Six Thousand Ministers to Minds Diseased: And How We Illtreat Them

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Mental Illness, Medical Practitioners, Status, Hospitals
Complains that the 'ample honour paid to doctors and nurses of the distressed body contrasts strangely with the public indifference towards those who wait on the deranged mind'.

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 465.

[A Satisfactory Map of the Moon]

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edward S Holden Holden, Edward Singleton (1846–1914) WBI Close View the register entry >> , McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, Photography, Mapping, Observatories
Institutions mentioned:	University of California—Lick Observatory University of California—Lick Observatory Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 466.

Where Ignorance is Not Bliss. A Plea for Knowledge

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Geoffrey Mortimer Mortimer, Geoffrey (fl. 1894) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Free Review Free Review (1893–97) University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sex, Physiology, Education, Freethought
Publications cited:	Elmy [1894] Elmy, Elizabeth C Wolstenholme [Ellis Ethelmer, pseud.] [1894]. The Human Flower: Being a Brief and Plain Statement of the Physiology of Birth and the Relations of the Sexes, Congleton: [n. pub.] Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 468.

The Veracity of Mr. W. Q. Judge

Anon / Ernest T Hargrove Hargrove, Ernest T (fl. 1890–97) RLIN
Close View the register entry >> / Archibald Keightley Keightley, Archibald (b. 1859) WBI
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Genre:	Editorial, Letter
Subjects:	Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth, Controversy
People mentioned:	Annie Besant, Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB Close View the register entry >> William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Theosophical Society Theosophical Society Close View the register entry >>
See also:	Anon, 'A Theosophical Tribute to Truth. Mrs. Besant's Last Manifesto', Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 358

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 469.

Physiology and Music. Professors Helmholtz and Billroth

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Arthur W Rücker Rücker, Sir Arthur William (1848–1915) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Christian A T Billroth Billroth, Christian Albert Theodor (1829–94) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Deutsche Rundschau Deutsche Rundschau (1874–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Music, Physiology, Physics, Sound
People mentioned:	Hermann von Helmholtz Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 474.

Astronomy and Religion: How to Relate Them. By Sir Edwin Arnold

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edwin Arnold Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832–1904) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Robert S Ball Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840–1913) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, Imagination, Religion, Extra-Terrestrial Life

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 475.

Matteism, Its Successes and Its Failures

Anon

Genre:	Editorial, Reportage
Subjects:	Medical Treatment, Heterodoxy, Homeopathy, Quackery, Experiment, Controversy, Boundary Formation
Declares that those 'who may be disposed to jeer' at the remedies of Cesare Mattei Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI Close View the register entry >> 'have never seen a cancer patient die', and insists that, despite the overall failure of the experimental test of the medicines, it is 'indisputable, that in every one of the five test cases the excruciating pain of this fatal disease was alleviated and the general health of the patients improved'. Reports the successful application of the Mattei cures to ailments other than cancer in Samoa by the 'well-known missionary' the 'Rev. S. J. Whitmee, F.R.G.S. Whitmee, Samuel James (1838–1925) DNBS Close View the register entry >>', and announces that 'Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–94) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, who suffered much from some ailment and was treated by Mr. Whitmee, said that he had seldom or never received such sudden relief from any medicine'.

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 481–82.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Georges d'Avenel Avenel, Georges, vicomte d' (1855–1939) WBI RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Adulteration

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 482.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Guglielmo Ferrero Ferrero, Guglielmo (1871–1942) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Pathology, Mental Illness, Human Development
People mentioned:	Benjamin Waugh Waugh, Benjamin (1839–1908) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 485.

The Bibliothèque Universelle and Its Editor

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Bibliothèque Universelle Bibliothèque Britannique (1796–1815) Bibliothèque Universelle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts (1816–35) Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève (1836–57) Bibliothèque Universelle, Revue Suisse et Étrangère. (1858–1878) Bibliothèque Universelle et Revue Suisse (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Publishing, Science Communication, Internationalism
People mentioned:	Marc-Auguste Pictet Pictet, Marc-Auguste (1752–1825) DSB Close View the register entry >>
Publications cited:	Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles (1846–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 492–95.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Phillips 1894, Phillips, Mrs. Arthur 1894. The Birth of a Soul: A Psychological Study, London: W. H. Allen & Co. Close View the register entry >> Flammarion 1894, Flammarion, Camille 1894. Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens, trans. from the French with the author's sanction by J. Ellard Gore, London: Chatto & Windus Close View the register entry >> Frankland 1894, Frankland, Percy Faraday 1894. Our Secret Friends and Foes: Expanded from Lectures Delivered Before Popular Audiences in London, Edinburgh, and Elsewhere, 2nd edn, Romance of Science, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Close View the register entry >> Stables 1894 Stables, Gordon 1894. The Mother's Book of Health and Family Adviser, London: Jarrold & Sons Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychology, Psychical Research, Soul, Astronomy, Popularization, Bacteriology, Microbiology, Health, Human Development
Advises that 'should you lean towards the meritoriously psychological, you have but to read' the new novel by Mrs Arthur Phillips Phillips, Mrs Arthur (1822?–76) RLIN Close View the register entry >> (493).

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 505–07.

The Classification of Literature. Wanted: A New Catalogue

Anon

Genre:	Editorial, Miscellaneous
Subjects:	Disciplinarity, Boundary Formation, Nomenclature, Travel, Sociology
Examines the new system 'known as the Decimal Classification, invented by Mr. Melvil Dewey Dewey, Melvil (1851–1931) CBD Close View the register entry >>', pointing out the many inconsistencies that it cannot resolve. With books on 'geography, topography, voyages, [and] travel', for example, 'it is almost impossible to define what they cover. Much geology, natural history, with other important subjects, might well be hidden away under any one of these kindred terms'. Suggests that most 'tedious of all are the subjects included under the general term "Sociology"', and notes that 'there was a curious classification of science and sociology by Dr. Boleslas [i.e. Boleslaw] Limanowski Limanowski, Boleslaw (1835–1935) WBI Close View the register entry >> in the Revue Internationale de Sociologie Revue Internationale de Sociologie (1893–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>, July–August. It was called the philosophical classification; and it would certainly require some careful study on the part of those who would master its philosophy'. (505)

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Issue [6] (December 1894)

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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 559.

Those Mahatmas—Query?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Westminster Gazette Westminster Gazette (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth, Controversy
People mentioned:	Annie Besant, Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Henry S Olcott, Olcott, Henry Steel (1832–1907) WBI Close View the register entry >> William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 562.

The Spread and Cure of Diphtheria. The Story of Antitoxin

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edward C R Roose Roose, Edward Charles Robson (1848–1905) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Discovery, Medical Treatment, Vaccination

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 563.

Diminishing the Death Rate. What New York Babies Owe to Sterilised Milk

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Nathan Straus Straus, Nathan (1848–1931) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Public Health, Bacteriology

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 563.

How to Prevent Blindness Among Children. Suggestions from Our Municipalities

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charlotte Smith Smith, Miss Charlotte (fl. 1894) RR1/10/6a/4 Close View the register entry >> , Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Public Health, Disability, Vaccination
Institutions mentioned:	Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 557.

Mr. Kidd Overhauled. By Professor Henry Sidgwick

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Henry Sidgwick Sidgwick, Henry (1838–1900) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sociology, Evolution, Progress
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 586.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole (b. 1842) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sociology

Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 598–600.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Doyle 1894 Doyle, Arthur Conan 1894. Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life, London: Methuen Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners, Disease, Sex, Heredity
Pronounces Arthur C Doyle's Doyle, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan (1859–1930) ODNB Close View the register entry >> new collection of medical stories 'a daring book; for more than one of the stories have motives which but a year or two back would have been held taboo in English fiction'. Indeed, Doyle 'greatly daring, essays to treat the theme of a man who almost on the eve of his wedding finds that he has from his grandfather [...] much the same heritage [i.e. syphilis] as fell to the lot of Oswald in "Ghosts" Ibsen, Henrik 1890. Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck, Ibsen's Prose Dramas [2], Authorised English edn, London: W. Scott Close View the register entry >>. (599)

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