Science in the 19th Century Periodical

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Volume 20 (July to December 1899)

Issue [1] (July 1899)

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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 63.

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The Ice-crushing Boat: Commerce Breaking Her Fetters of Frost

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	George E Walsh Walsh, George Ethelbert (b. 1865) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Steamships, Engineering, Commerce
Institutions mentioned:	Ermack Ermack, ship Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 71.

"The Recipe for Making Diamonds"

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Mining, Crystallography, Inorganic Chemistry, Heat, Light, Electromagnetism
Asserts that the pure carbon of which diamonds consist is '"perfectly transparent to the Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB Close View the register entry >> rays"—which supply "an easy and infallible test for genuine diamonds"'. Goes on to describe the method of manufacturing diamonds through the liquefaction of carbon developed by Ferdinand-Frédéric-Henri Moissan Moissan, Ferdinand-Frédéric-Henri (1852–1907) DSB Close View the register entry >>, which is 'one of the triumphs of high-temperature chemistry' and was made possible only by the 'invention of the electric furnace' which can reach temperatures of 'near 3,600 deg. C.' and requires the use of 'boiling lead' as a 'cooling bath'. The largest diamond manufactured so far, however, was 'only one-fiftieth of an inch across, and within three months broke up'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 76.

Evolution and the Mystery of Evil

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John Fiske Fiske, John (formerly Edmund Fiske Green) (1842–1901) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Atlantic Monthly Magazine Atlantic Monthly Magazine (1857–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Evolution, Ethics, Psychology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 76.

Is Laplace's Nebular Theory Upset?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Thomas J J See See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866–1962) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Atlantic Monthly Magazine Atlantic Monthly Magazine (1857–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Discovery, Astronomy, Heat, Cosmology
People mentioned:	Pierre S, marquis de Laplace Laplace, Pierre-Simon, marquis de (1749–1827) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 79.

The Automatic Coupler in America

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Henry G Prout Prout, Henry Goslee (b. 1845) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Railways, Technology, Accidents

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 80.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Woods Hutchinson Hutchinson, Woods (1862–1930) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Cell Biology, Surgery

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 85.

[The Geographical Journal]

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Vaughan Cornish Cornish, Vaughan (1862–1948) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Nomenclature, Disciplinarity, Hydrography, Physical Geography

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 86.

The Leisure Hour

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Truby King King, Sir (Frederick) Truby (1858–1938) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Ornithology, Natural History, Acclimatization
See also:	Anon, 'The Sheep-killing Parrot, or the Goblin Kea', Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 524

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 87.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Léon Berthenson Berthenson, Dr Léon (fl. 1899) RR1/20/1b/9 Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Treatment, Health, Hygiene, Light, Bacteriology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 95–98.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Hanbury and Marshall 1899 Hanbury, Frederick Janson and Marshall, Edward Shearburn 1899. Flora of Kent: Being an Account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns, etc., with Notes on the Topography, Geology, and Meteorology, and a History of the Botanical Investigation of the County, London: Frederick J. Hanbury Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 111.

Ten Years' Topics in the Magazines

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charles H Eaton Eaton, Charles Henry (1852–1902) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Statistics, Religion
In a statistical survey of the all the articles published in the Forum and the Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> between 1888 and 1897, finds 'nothing to show that Science is receding before Religion. The number and interest of the articles remain about the same for the decade'.

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Issue [2] (August 1899)

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Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 115–25.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Engineering, Imperialism, Analogy, Disease, Patronage, Public Health, Universities, Cultural Geography
Describes the apparent inclination of many Tory politicians to go to war in South Africa over the civil rights of Uitlanders, as using an 'Imperial Nasmyth Nasmyth, James (1808–90) DSB Close View the register entry >> hammer to crack the Transvaal nut' (119). Also records the 'death of the Grand Duke George Romanov, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich (1871–99) http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0018/I2033.html Close View the register entry >>, the consumptive brother of the Tsar Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia (1868–1918) CBD Close View the register entry >>', who 'met his death when riding his motor cycle alone', and discusses a rumour that the 'dead Prince has made provision in his will for advertising throughout Russia a proclamation advising all threatened with consumption as to what they should do, and especially what they should not do—a mode of spending millions which may be commended to the attention of Mr. Carnegie Carnegie, Andrew (1835–1918) CBD Close View the register entry >>' (123). Reports that the South Kensington site of the Imperial Institute Imperial Institute Close View the register entry >> is 'henceforth to be the seat of London University University of London Close View the register entry >>. The University will occupy the eastern and centre portions of the main block, part of the upper floor of the inner block, and the temporary structure in the South-east Court. The original object of the Institute [see Anon, 'The Progress of the World', Review of Reviews, 7 (1893), 589–98] will continue to be pursued in the rest of the building—for a time' (124–25).

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 139–43.

The Late Tsarevitch. An Appreciation by a Friend

Erica Glenton Glenton, Erica (friend of Grand Duke George Alexandrovich Romanov) (fl. 1899) RR1/20/2/2
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Genre:	Letter, Obituary, Biography
Subjects:	Disease, Medical Treatment, Hospitals
Describes the treatment for consumption of the late Grand Duke George A Romanov Romanov, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich (1871–99) http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.battysmith/Database/D0018/I2033.html Close View the register entry >> at a sanatorium run by a 'Dr. K—' at Abas-Tuman in the Caucasian mountains, where the 'evening air has a stinging bracing effect, making one's blood bound and sending one home with the appetite of a dozen people' (141).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 165.

The Tropics as a Home for White Men. Heat No Hindrance

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Truxton Beale Beale, Truxton (1856–1936) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Acclimatization, Imperialism, Biogeography, Human Species, Race, Disease, Bacteriology
People mentioned:	Robert Knox, Knox, Robert (1793–1862) DSB Close View the register entry >> Joseph Fayrer, Fayrer, Sir Joseph, 1st Baronet (1824–1907) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Clements R Markham Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1830–1916) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 167.

Human Monsters in China

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	J Drexelius Drexelius, M J (fl. 1899) RR1/20/2a/4 Close View the register entry >> , Mercure de France Mercure de France (1724–1820) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Monstrosities, Display
Details a 'hideous form of human traffic carried on in China, by which human beings are transformed into the semblance of animals for purposes of exhibition. The skin is taken from the whole surface of the body, and replaced with the skins of animals, generally bears and dogs, an operation lasting a long time and causing intolerable agony. The victim is then made dumb to complete the illusion and to take away all possibility of complaint'. Records the case of one Chinese man whose 'whole body was covered with the skin of a dog', but who could 'stand and sit, make inarticulate sounds, and generally act as a rational being', and also notes that a 'still more horrible means of obtaining human monsters is by grafting infants on to grown men, the blood vessels being joined'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 174.

Kissing: Its Origin and Extension. By Professor Lombroso

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Pall Mall Magazine Pall Mall Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Pathology, Anthropology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 175.

The Temperature of the Ocean

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John Murray Murray, Sir John (1841–1914) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Oceanography

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 176.

Queer Facts and Fancies About Fishes

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Matthias Dunn Dunn, Matthias (fl. 1899–1900) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural History, Oceanography

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 176.

Is Grouse Shooting Humane?

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:	Hunting, Ethics, Vivisection

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 179.

The Dum-Dum Bullet

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, Ethics, Humanism
Gives a timely account of 'the genesis of the bullet which discussions at the Hague [during the recent International Peace Conference International Peace Conference, the Hague Close View the register entry >>] have made famous', noting that the deadly bullet is 'named after the place near Calcutta where it was made'.

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 186.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Henry Elsdale Elsdale, Henry (b. 1843) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Neurology, Degeneration, Genius

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 189.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Vivisection, Ethics

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Issue [3] (September 1899)

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Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 225–36.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Population, Imperialism, Prognostication, Spiritualism, Disease, Sanitation
Reports that 'Since Napoleon Napoleon III, Emperor of France (originally Louis Napoléon (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte)) (1808–73) CBD Close View the register entry >> surrendered at Sedan in 1870 the population of India has increased by seventy millions, and at the end of the next century George Hamilton Hamilton, Lord George Francis (1845–1927) ODNB Close View the register entry >> calculates that its population will be doubled. We cannot again invoke the Malthusian trinity of war, pestilence, and famine to keep the population within the means of subsistence; but the problem of feeding double the number of people within the present limits of Hindostan is not exactly a task to be coveted' (228). Suggests that 'the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941) CBD Close View the register entry >>, like our Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India (1819–1901) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, has a firm grip on the doctrine of spirit return' (231). Also observes that the Indian 'plague, which is still devastating Poona, has arrived at Lisbon and Oporto. Having come to Europe, it will probably be a most effective sanitationist. Note that the hot weather sent the death-rate in Dublin up from 23 to 38 per 1000 in the last weeks in August' (235).

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 255.

The War of the Future

Anon

Genre:	Abstract, Literary Notice
Publications abstracted:	Bloch 1899 Bloch, Jan 1899. Is War Now Impossible? Being an Abridgement of "The War of the Future in Its Technical, Economic and Political Relations". With a Prefatory Conversation with the Author by W. T. Stead, Russian Library 2, London: Grant Richards Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	War, Military Technology
People mentioned:	Jan Bloch Bloch, Jan (or Iwan) (1836–1902) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 269.

Feilden's Magazine

Anon

Genre:	Abstract, Literary Notice
Publications abstracted:	Feilden's Magazine; the World's Record of Industrial Progress Feilden's Magazine; the World's Record of Industrial Progress (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Industry, Engineering, Progress

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 273.

The Cape to Cairo Railway

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William T Stead Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Railways, Telegraphy, Imperialism
Puts on record 'Mr. Rhodes' Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902) ODNB Close View the register entry >> kind invitation to me [i.e. Stead] to be present at the laying of the last rail [of the currently half-built Cape to Cairo railway line] on January 20th, 1909'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 285.

The Industrial Regeneration of Italy. How It is to be Effected

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Enrico Bignami Bignami, Enrico (b. 1846) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Industry, Agriculture, Hydrography, Dynamics, Electricity

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 287.

Is the Elephant Following the Dodo?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edouard Foa Foa, Edouard (1862–1901) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue de Paris Revue de Paris (1894–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Extinction, Natural History

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 296.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Woods Hutchinson Hutchinson, Woods (1862–1930) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Behaviour, Darwinism

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 301.

Pearson's

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Herbert C Fyfe Fyfe, Herbert C (fl. 1902–07) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Invention, Steamships, Error
People mentioned:	Frederick Knapp, Knapp, Frederick (lawyer and inventor of a roller-boat, of Toronto) (fl. 1899) RR1/20/3b/8 Close View the register entry >> Peter Beckman Beckman, Peter (inventor of a roller-boat) (fl. 1899) RR1/20/3b/8 Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 302.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Joseph J Kinyoun Kinyoun, Joseph James (1860–1919) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Bacteriology, Vaccination, Medical Treatment
People mentioned:	Waldemar M W Haffkine Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe (1860–1930) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 304.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Narcotics, Temperance, Physiology, Pathology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 306.

An Electric Railway Number

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electricity, Railways, Transport

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Issue [4] (October 1899)

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Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 329–39.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Exhibitions, Politics, Societies, Internationalism
Observes that several newspaper reports have suggested that the forthcoming Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris en 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris Close View the register entry >> might be boycotted after the recent guilty verdict in the court-martial of Alfred Dreyfus Dreyfus, Alfred (c. 1859–1935) CBD Close View the register entry >>, although, in fact, 'of the two thousand intending British exhibitors, only twenty-three had indicated in a more or less tentative fashion their intention to withdraw' (336–37). Also reports that 'In welcome contrast to the unbridled denunciation of France and the French which followed the verdict at Rennes, there has been a welcome interchange of international hospitalities between the British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >>, which met at Dover, and the similar French Association Association Française pour l'Advancement des Sciences Close View the register entry >> which was meeting at Boulogne. It is much to be desired in the interests of international fraternity that these visits of courtesy should increase and multiply' (337–38).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 379.

A Trade "Intelligence Department"

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William P Wilson Wilson, William Powell (1844–1927) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Museums, Commerce, Industry, Invention, Declinism
Institutions mentioned:	Philadelphia Commercial Museum Philadelphia Commercial Museum Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 381.

Is Our Stock Deteriorating?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Arnold H White White, Arnold Henry (1848–1925) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	War, National Efficiency, Degeneration, Disease, Eugenics

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 382–83.

New Marvels of Applied Science

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Dwight L Elmendorf Elmendorf, Dwight Lathrop (1859–1929) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , John M Bacon Bacon, John Mackenzie (1846–1904) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Cleveland L Moffett Moffett, Cleveland Langston (1863–1926) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Wonder, Telegraphy, Photography, Technology, Invention, Aeronautics
People mentioned:	Jan Szczepanik, Szczepanik, Jan (1872–1925) WBI Close View the register entry >> Ludwig Kleinberg Kleinberg, Ludwig (fl. 1897) http://histv2.free.fr/szczepanik/szczepanik1.htm Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris en 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris Close View the register entry >>
Describes, among other things, a new instrument which is a 'combination in effect of the principle of telescope and camera', as well as a successful 'experiment of wireless telegraphy between a station on the earth and a free balloon'. Claims that, if it had been conducted only a few years earlier, it could have meant that 'Andree Andrée, Salomon August (1854–97) RLIN Close View the register entry >> and his companions [see Anon, 'The Progress of the World', Review of Reviews, 16 (1897), 107–18] might have sent word of their adventures and been rescued in time' (382).

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 391.

The Ocean Steamship of 1933

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Joseph R Oldham Oldham, Joseph R (fl. 1891) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Steamships, Engineering, Progress, Prognostication, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 394.

The Late Robert Ingersoll

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Robert G Ingersoll Ingersoll, Robert Green (1833–99) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Henry M Field Field, Henry Martyn (1822–1907) WBI Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Agnosticism, Unbelief, Christianity, Controversy

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 397.

Big Skulls and Weighty Brains

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Arthur Thomson Thomson, Arthur (1858–1935) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Knowledge Knowledge (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Anatomy, Neurology, Anthropology, Measurement, Race, Taxonomy

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 398.

The Rival Auto-motors

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat Chasseloup-Laubat, marquis de (b. 1863) WBI Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Machinery, Technology, Transport, Invention, Industry

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 398.

Ladies and Automobiles

Anon

Genre:	Announcement
Subjects:	Gender, Machinery, Technology, Transport
Institutions mentioned:	Ladies Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland Ladies Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 399.

Voting by Machinery

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	W H Howe Howe, W H (fl. 1898) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Frank Keiper Keiper, Frank (fl. 1923) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Machinery, Technology, Invention, Politics

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 400.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	John B Carruthers Carruthers, John Bennett (1869–1910) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany, Horticulture, Disease

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 404.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Benjamin W Snow Snow, Benjamin Warner (b. 1860) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Agriculture, Natural Economy, Fear
People mentioned:	William Crookes Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 405.

The Engineering Magazine

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Albert Sauvert Sauvert, Albert (b. 1860) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Metallurgy, Analytical Chemistry, Microscopy, Nomenclature

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 406.

Feilden's Magazine

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Feilden's Magazine; the World's Record of Industrial Progress Feilden's Magazine; the World's Record of Industrial Progress (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Industry, Engineering, Progress, Declinism

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 408.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Stanislas E Meunier Meunier, Stanislas Emile (b. 1843) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, Observation, Exhibitions
Institutions mentioned:	Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris en 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris Close View the register entry >>

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Issue [5] (November 1899)

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Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 435–47.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	National Efficiency, Education, Schools, Universities, Technology, Declinism, Industry, Scientific Practitioners, Popularization, Sex, Morality
As part of a general protest against the outbreak of war with the Boers in South Africa, warns that 'we are squandering our wealth broadcast in unnecessary war', and 'unless energetic measures are taken to provide technical education for our people, we shall be unable to face foreign competition' (445). Remarks that 'Germany, which has just been celebrating the centennial of the foundation of technical education, has no intention of standing still. The Emperor Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941) CBD Close View the register entry >> has placed the technical high schools of Prussia on an equality with the universities, and authorised the technical university to confer the degree of Doctor-Engineer. It is these schools which [...] have succeeded in raising German industry in almost all branches to the level of England, and in some cases, especially in regard to chemistry and electricity, in overtaking it' (445–46). Also reports the death of Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, 'one of the most genial, industrious, and many-sided of our latter-day English men of letters'. Remembers Allen fondly as 'an old friend of mine', but observes that 'on questions relating to the sexes his views were, to say the least, peculiar', and while his novel The Woman Who Did Allen, Grant 1895b. The Woman Who Did, Keynotes Series 8, London: John Lane Close View the register entry >> 'scandalised a good many people', it was mere 'milk and water compared with his esoteric doctrine'. (447)

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 451–62.

Character Sketch. Cecil Rhodes of Africa

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Biography
Subjects:	Darwinism, Evolution, Providence, Race, Imperialism, Progress
Contends that the ideal of imperialistic rule in Africa which Cecil J Rhodes Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902) ODNB Close View the register entry >> works tirelessly to achieve is shaped by the fact that he is 'a Darwinian', and 'believes in the gospel of evolution, of the survival of the fittest, of progress by natural selection' (460). For him, the 'perfecting of the fittest species among the animals, or of races among men, and then the conferring upon the perfected species or race the title deeds of the future' is 'the way in which God is governing His world' (460–61), and the most pressing question of the present age is 'which race [...] seems most likely to be the Divine instrument in carrying out the Divine idea over the whole of this planet'? The answer, of course, is that in 'the struggle for existence the White race [has] unquestionably come out on top', but, more specifically, the 'English race—the English-speaking man, whether British, American, Australian, or South African' has reached 'the highwater mark of the race up till now', and future 'Progress will consist in bringing up mankind to their level'. (461)

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 483.

The Making of a Heavy Gun

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William J Gordon Gordon, William John (fl. 1880–1910) WBI RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, Industry, Manufactories
Institutions mentioned:	Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Royal Arsenal, Woolwich Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 489.

[A Lady Mountaineer]

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Fanny B Workman Workman, Fanny Bullock (1859–1925) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Exploration, Gender

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 492.

Is British Steel Doomed? An Appalling Outlook

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Jeremiah Head Head, Jeremiah (1835–99) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Archibald P Head Head, Archibald P (fl. 1898) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Industry, Mining, Metallurgy, Declinism, National Efficiency

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 492.

The Iron Trade Everywhere Advancing

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Archer Brown Brown, Archer (1857–1904) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Industry, Mining, Metallurgy, Declinism, National Efficiency

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 494.

The Expected Shower of Meteors

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, Prognostication
Announces that 'Probably on the very day on which this issue appears will arrive one of those tremendous meteoric displays which seemingly recur at intervals of about thirty-three years'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 494.

Standardisation

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin C Browne Browne, Sir Benjamin Chapman (1839–1917) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Engineering, Metrology, Specialization, Declinism, National Efficiency
Explains that the 'standardisation practised in the United States explains [...] the Americans getting the orders for the Atbara Bridge, for many British locomotives, and for an ever increasing number of machine-tools. American makers have bridges, locomotives and what not ready made or readily makeable according to specific patterns and standards. Fresh plans and specifications are not required for each new order'. On the other hand, 'English engineers are believed to be "too fond of their own designs, and too unwilling to adopt those of other people"'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 495.

The Romance of the Air

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William E G Fisher Fisher, William Edward Garrett (fl. 1894–1900) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Aeronautics, Romanticism, History of Science, Charlatanry
People mentioned:	Samuel P Langley, Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834–1906) DSB Close View the register entry >> Otto Lilienthal, Lilienthal, Otto (1849–96) CBD Close View the register entry >> Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 496.

Women and Emotions

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Paolo Mantegazza Mantegazza, Paolo (1831–1910) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Gender, Instinct

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 501.

The Plague

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Sanitation, Vaccination

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 506.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Charles E H Vincent Vincent, Sir Charles Edward Howard (generally known as Sir Howard Vincent) (1849–1908) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 507.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Charles Johnston Johnston, Charles (1867–1931) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Human Development, Comparative Philology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 508.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	D Young Young, D (fl. 1899) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Agriculture, Chemistry, Bacteriology, Horticulture, Natural Economy
People mentioned:	John Hunter, Hunter, John (fl. 1899) Young 1899 Close View the register entry >> Archibald N M'Alpine, M'Alpine, Archibald N (1855–1924) RLIN Close View the register entry >> Archibald P Primrose Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery and 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847–1929) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	Dalmeny House, Edinburgh Dalmeny House, Edinburgh Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 509.

The Quarterly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Zoology, Breeding, Heredity

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 510.

The Nonconformist Quarterly

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	London Quarterly Review London Quarterly Review (1853–57) London Review (1858–62) London Quarterly Review (1862–1900+) Altholz, 1989 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany, Darwinism, Sex

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 514.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 527–30.

Gift-books for Young and Old. A Guide to Christmas Literature

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Lang 1899 Lang, Andrew 1899. The Red Book of Animal Stories, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Behaviour, Palaeontology, Monstrosities, Anti-Scientism, Monographs, Reading, Truth
Recommends numerous books as Christmas presents for children, including Andrew Lang's Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> volume of 'truly wonderful stories'. Comments that 'Anticipating the question, "Are your stories all true?" Mr. Lang confesses in a brilliant preface that they are not all true, for the Phœnix, at any rate, is never met with in any known part of the world; but he points out the difference between the scientific animals (whose bones are now stones) and the unscientific ones, like the Sea Serpent and the Fire Drake. It is comforting to find Mr. Lang admitting after all that there may be plenty of strange animals which scientific men have not yet dissected and called by long names—those, for instance, which have been remembered and called "Dragons". "For, if there were never any Dragons, why did all sorts of nations tell stories about them?"'. Adds that 'Mr. Lang says this is not altogether a scientific book, but there is much more that is true in it than in some other books he has published'. (527)

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Issue [6] (December 1899)

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Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 569–73.

The Topic of the Month. The War in South Africa

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	War, Military Technology
Observes that it is 'interesting to note how the experience of this campaign [against the Boers in South Africa] has confirmed many of the conclusions which have been set forth in a popular form by M. Bloch Bloch, Jan (or Iwan) (1836–1902) WBI Close View the register entry >> in his book on the future of war, published in this country under the title of "Is War Now Impossible?" Bloch, Jan 1899. Is War Now Impossible? Being an Abridgement of "The War of the Future in Its Technical, Economic and Political Relations". With a Prefatory Conversation with the Author by W. T. Stead, Russian Library 2, London: Grant Richards Close View the register entry >>. According to M. Bloch, the war of the future will be a war of sieges. Modern arms have so enormously strengthened the defensive that a frontal attack will be practically impossible, and the fate of campaigns in the future will be decided, not so much by the fighting of the soldiers, as by their capacity to hold each other in check until ammunition or food gives out on one side' (569–70).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 579.

Gunnery Terms Explained. A Guide for the Amateur Strategist

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John F Maurice Maurice, Sir John Frederick (1841–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, Nomenclature, Amateurism

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 583.

Curious Marriage Customs

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Ramon R Lala Lala, Ramon Reyes (b. 1857?) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Anthropology

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 589.

Five Years of American Progress

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Michael G Mulhall Mulhall, Michael George (1836–1900) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Statistics, Progress, Industry, Mining

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 589.

A Colossal Eagle

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charles J Cornish Cornish, Charles John (1858–1906) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Ornithology, Natural History

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 591.

The Swarm that Failed

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, Prognostication, Error
Suggests that Kropotkin's 'fascinating' article 'does a great deal to compensate us for the failure of our celestial fireworks expected last month' (see Anon, 'The Expected Shower of Meteors', Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 494).

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 592.

The Earth Onion

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John Murray Murray, Sir John (1841–1914) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> , Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Oceanography, Geology, Physical Geography
Institutions mentioned:	British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 593.

Grant Allen. An Appreciation. By Richard Le Gallienne

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Richard T Le Gallienne Le Gallienne, Richard Thomas (1866–1947) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Popularization
Laments the fact that 'Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB Close View the register entry >> died at a moment when we had most need of him, and at the saddest time for himself. He lived to see not the fulfilment of the civilised ideals for which he had battled so long, but the overwhelming triumph of all the reactionary ideals which he hated and feared'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 595.

Wanted—More Babies

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	F Martin Martin, M F (fl. 1899) RR1/20/6a/9 Close View the register entry >> , Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Population, Breeding

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 599.

Chivalry Among Animals

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Woods Hutchinson Hutchinson, Woods (1862–1930) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Behaviour, Ethics, Anthropomorphism

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 600.

Vienna Hospital Scandals

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charlotte O'Conor-Eccles Eccles, Charlotte O'Conor- (1864/5–1911) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Hospitals, Medical Practitioners, Disease, Obstetrics, Gender, Morality, Controversy
Exposes the appalling conditions at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna Close View the register entry >>, Vienna, where 'For the sanctities of feminine reserve there is simply not the smallest regard shown. The patients in the obstetric ward [are] exposed in the most callous and brutal manner', and the 'dying are disturbed in their extremity to be made the subject of tutorial demonstration or of students' inspection'.

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 604.

A Bibliography of Geography

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Louis Reaveneau Raveneau, Louis (b. 1865) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Bibliographie géographique annuelle Bibliographie géographique annuelle (1893–1900) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physical Geography, Periodicals, Publishing, Science Communication

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 619.

The Revue de Paris

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Jules T Charles-Roux Charles-Roux, Jules Théodore (1841–1918) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue de Paris Revue de Paris (1894–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Engineering, Engineers
People mentioned:	Ferdinand, vicomte de Lesseps Lesseps, Ferdinand, vicomte de (1805–94) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 20 (1899), 623–27.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Hutchinson 1899 Hutchinson, Henry Neville 1899. Primeval Scenes: Being Some Comic Aspects of Life in Prehistoric Times, London: Lamley & Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Prehistory, Amusement

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