Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 16  (July to December 1897)
Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 3–12.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Sanitation, Imperialism, Mental Illness, Temperance


    Reports that in India the 'attempt to enforce sanitary measures of precaution against the plague has led to much angry discontent among the natives, who regard sanitation as a craze of the white man, and who bitterly resent the interference with their domestic privacies which it involves'. The discontent has now resulted in the assassination of the chairman of the plague commission in Poona and a lieutenant in the British Army Army
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. Advises that if the natives 'would much rather die than be kept alive by European methods of sanitation [...] we had much better let them die and be done with it', but also counsels that there is 'a zeal for sanitation which leads men to sanction a kind of persecution that is every whit as indefensible as the Inquisition'. (9) Also records the 'sensational' news of the suicide at sea of the South African millionaire Barnett I Barnato Barnato, Barnett Issacs (1852–97) ODNB
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, who, 'although suffering from occasional mental depression, [...] had shown no symptoms of a suicidal mania'. Barnato nevertheless 'lived under too great a strain of financial excitement, and it did not mend matters that he began drinking champagne immediately after breakfast. Millionaires, especially those who are making their millions, should never drink anything except water'. (12)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews. The Queen, the Reign, and the Jubilee

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 41.

The Record Reign of the Microbe

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Grace C Frankland Frankland (née Toynbee), Grace Coleridge (1858–1946) ODNB
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Microbiology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 41.

[The Progress of Geographical Knowledge During the Record Reign]

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Clements R Markham Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1830–1916) DSB
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, Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physical Geography, Progress


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 51.

The Discoverer of North America. By Lord Dufferin

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Frederick T H-T Blackwood Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902) ODNB
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, Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Navigation, Exploration, Discovery, History of Science

People mentioned:

John Cabot, Cabot, John (Zuan Caboto) (1451–c. 1498) ODNB
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Amerigo Vespucci Vespucci, Amerigo (1451–1512) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 52.

"Is Length of Life Increasing?"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John H Schooling Schooling, John Holt (1859–1927) WBI
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ageing, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 59.

Genius and Stature. Is Good Stuff Put Up in Little Bundles?

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry H Ellis Ellis, Henry Havelock (1859–1939) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Genius, Heredity


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 61.

How to Live Long. Practical Advice by an American Doctor

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Charles W Purdy Purdy, Charles Wesley (1846–1901) RLIN
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ageing, Health, Nutrition


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 69.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD
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, Eliza L G St J Priestley Priestley (née Chambers), Lady Eliza L G St J (1836–1909) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Bacteriology, Vaccination, Medical Treatment, Laboratories

People mentioned:

Waldemar M W Haffkine, Haffkine, Waldemar Mordecai Wolfe (1860–1930) DSB
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Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis (1822–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 72.

Cornhill

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Thomas E Withington Withington, Thomas Ellames (1858–1929) WBI
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, Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Crime


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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 107–18.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Extinction, Sanitation, Imperialism, Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Aeronautics, Exploration, Navigation

Institutions mentioned:

Army Army
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    Calls on the American government to 'save the seals [of the Alaskan Islands] from destruction by adopting the method of herding and branding recommended by Dr. Jordan Jordan, David Starr (1851–1931) WBI
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' (see Anon, 'The Progress of the World', Review of Reviews, 15 (1897), 413–23), and warns that 'a five years' armistice in the warfare waged by man against the seal, will be necessary to avert the threatened extermination of the herd' (110). Reports that the 'disaffection and almost revolutionary discontent provoked by the efforts to enforce sanitary regulations in Poona continues to harass public attention', and advises that the 'savage resentment occasioned by the use of soldiers and police to enforce the most elementary sanitary regulations ought at least to convince Lord George Hamilton Hamilton, Lord George Francis (1845–1927) ODNB
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that he had better proceed very cautiously in attempting to reimpose the C. D. Acts in India' (111). Also records that in early July 'Dr. Andrée Andrée, Salomon August (1854–97) RLIN
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, accompanied by Dr. Strendberg Strindberg, Nils (1872–97) RLIN
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, a young scientist of twenty-five, and Mr. Frænckell Frænkel, Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand (1870–97) RLIN
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, an engineer, started from Danes' Island on the North-West coast of Spitzbergen' in an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. According to their own calculations, the men should by now have completed their journey, but 'no authentic news by carrier pigeon or otherwise has reached the world of the safe arrival of the intrepid explorers'. Observes that 'balloons, from their great bulk, are bad to steer, and Dr. Andrée has gone perforce where the wind chose to take him', although 'If they perish, it is at least some consolation that there are only three'. (116)



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 123–33.

Character Sketch. Mark Twain

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Machinery, Technology, Invention, Commerce


    Recounts a personal conversation with Mark Twain Twain, Mark (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835–1910) CBD
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onboard the SS New York SS New York
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in 1894, during which the American humorist discussed his long held plans to gain 'the exclusive contract for the type-setting of the world' with the introduction of a 'perfect' self-adjusting type-setting machine [the so-called Paige Compositor invented by James W Paige Paige, James W (d. 1917) http://www.twainquotes.com/paige.html
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] (126). Twain declared that he and his collaborators had 'constructed a machine which could think', and gave an 'elaborate explanation of the immense superiority of his machine over all others, and especially over one, which, he declared, seemed to develop more unscientific lying and bad spacing than any other machine invented [probably the Mergenthaler linotype]' (127). Reflects that 'if his machine would do all he said it would be an earthquake. Labour-saving machines in the long run increase employment no doubt, but in their immediate effects they inflict great hardships on multitudes' (128). Concludes by noting that since their conversation three years before, Twain has 'been involved in difficulties through no fault of his own' after the failure of the type-setting machine venture and is now 'manfully struggling [...] to satisfy his creditors' (132). Expresses the hope that the character sketch of Twain will 'have contributed, however little, to help the sale of the new edition of his works and the forthcoming volume of his latest travels', and suggests that readers 'who owe him many happy hours [...] at least pay a peppercorn acknowledgement of their debt by purchasing "The Surviving Innocent" Twain, Mark 1897. The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being an Account of the Steamship "Quaker City's" Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Land, London: Chatto & Windus
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' (132–33).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 151.

The Coming Revolution in the Navy. By Admiral Colomb

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Philip H Colomb Colomb, Philip Howard (1831–99) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 153.

Blackwood's Magazine

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiognomy


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 159.

How Dynamite is Made

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry J W Dam Dam, Henry Jackson Wells (fl. 1892) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry, Manufactories, Accidents, Fear

People mentioned:

Ascanio Sobrero, Sobrero, Ascanio (1812–88) CBD
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Alfred B Nobel Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (1833–96) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Nobel's Explosives Company, Ardeer Nobel's Explosives Company, Argyllshire, firm
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 167.

British Volcanoes

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry Walker Walker, Henry (fl. 1855–70) WBI
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Geology, Physical Geography


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 168.

A Frenchwoman's Visit to Ladak

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Isabelle Massieu Massieu, Isabelle (fl. 1892–97) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Exploration, Travel, Gender, Anthropology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 170.

In Quest of a Ghost. The Truth About Ballachin

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Ada M G Freer Spoer (née Freer), Ada M Goodrich (1857–1931) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychical Research


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 175.

The Miracle of Instinct. Animal Intelligence and Reason

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Quarterly Review Quarterly Review (1809–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Religion, Evolution

People mentioned:

Conwy L Morgan Morgan, Conwy Lloyd (1852–1936) DSB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 181.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Mathematics, Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

George B Airy, Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–92) DSB ODNB
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John C Adams Adams, John Couch (1819–92) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 184.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Elias B Dunn Dunn, Elias Bound (b. 1855) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology, Energy, Electricity, Dynamics


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 185.

Harper's Magazine

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Fletcher Osgood Osgood, Fletcher (fl. 1897) RR1/16/2b/12
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, Harper's New Monthly Magazine Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850–99) Harper's Monthly Magazine (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Entomology, Natural History


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 187.

The Italian Reviews

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Émile Durkheim Durkheim, Émile (1858–1917) CBD
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, Rivista Italiana di Sociologia Rivista Italiana di Sociologia (1897–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Sociology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 187.

Annals of the American Academy

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Simon N Patten Patten, Simon Nelson (1852–1922) WBI
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, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1890–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Health, Darwinism, Degeneration


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 191–200.

The Book of the Month. The Revolt Against the Rule of the Rich; or, an American Short Cut to the Millennium

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Bellamy 1897 Bellamy, Edward 1897. Equality, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Futurism, Science Fiction, Electricity, Telegraphy, Technology, Machinery, Language, Extinction, Energy


    Bellamy's novelistic account of life in the early twenty-first century depicts the use of many new technologies, including 'the electroscope, by which he maintains it will be possible for anybody to see anything that is going on in any part of the world. Already the telephone has taught us that we can listen to a sermon or a play at a distance of hundreds of miles. He maintains it will be possible to adapt the same useful agent to the service of the eye, so that we shall be able to see as far as we can hear'. Because of this 'combination of the telephone and the electroscope [...] the habit of meeting together in public assembly [...] goes out of fashion', and the new mode of world-wide communication also 'presupposes the blotting out of dialects, and of many of the languages of the smaller peoples', as well as the adoption of 'a kind of Volapuk or universal language'. Also predicts that by the year 2000 'the horse will be as extinct as the dodo, his place having been taken by the electric motor', while the 'force and power that is used to work the machines' will be 'obtained from the natural inequalities of temperature', and 'Power [...] with all its forms of light and heat and energy, is to be practically exhaustless and costless, and scarcely enters as an element in the economical calculation'. (194)



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 201–05.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sprigge 1897 Sprigge, Samuel Squire 1897. The Life and Times of Thomas Wakley: Founder and First Editor of the "Lancet", London; New York: Longmans, Green and Co.
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Periodicals, Radicalism

People mentioned:

Thomas Wakley Wakley, Thomas (1795–1862) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Lancet Lancet (1823–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 219–30.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Relevant illustrations:

photo.; eng.

Subjects:

Imperialism, Sex, Hygiene, Public Health


    Reflects that 'August, as usual, was a great month for Congresses. The British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
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, the greatest of all the autumnal assemblies, met this year in Toronto. There also the British Medical Association British Medical Association
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has held its meeting. It is well to see great scientific associations treating the Empire as a whole and considering Toronto to be as much a British town as Liverpool or Leeds' (227). Also prints a photograph of John Evans Evans, Sir John (1823–1908) ODNB
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, the President of the British Association, and an engraving of the University of Toronto University of Toronto
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(228–29). Reports that a 'petition signed by more than 60,000 women has been presented to the Government, protesting against any return to the regulation system dealing with contagious diseases in India', and also notes 'the insolence, to use no milder word, with which the military authorities in India' have treated George F Hamilton's Hamilton, Lord George Francis (1845–1927) ODNB
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attempts to interdict any 'attempt to return to the evil system of past days'. Advises that the '60,000 women memorialists will probably find their best line of action in supporting Lord George Hamilton's veto against the insubordination of Indian authority'. (228)



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 223–33.

Character Sketch. Sir Isaac Holden

Emily Crawford Crawford (née Johnstone), Emily (1831?–1915) ODNB
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Invention, Machinery, Mechanics, Institutions, Lecturing, Industrial Chemistry, Patents, Physiology, Ageing, Health, Nutrition, Natural Philosophy, Christianity


    Describes the life of the late Isaac Holden Holden, Sir Isaac, 1st Baronet (1807–97) ODNB
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, the Scottish inventor who effected several improvements in the machinery involved in the manufacture of yarn and wool. As a young man Holden helped form the mechanic's institute at Reading, and 'mechanic's institutes were his colleges until he was over forty'. At Reading he 'gave lectures on natural philosophy and chemistry. A demonstration at a chemical lecture was destined to make a mark in the world. It was to show on the end of a stick how sulphur and phosphorous could ignite. An attentive lad went home and related the experiment to his father. They repeated it, with the result that the father patented the lucifer match!'. (235) Holden then went to Yorkshire and made his fortune in the wool-combing business by 'inventing a comb with a square action to imitate the motion of the hands', and later he became 'the partner of the present Lord Masham, then Mr. Samuel Lister Lister, Samuel Cunliffe, 1st Baron Masham (1815–1906) ODNB
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' (236). Also relates how Holden 'found time to attend scientific lectures at the Sorbonne Université de Sorbonne
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', where 'he heard Flourens Flourens, Marie-Jean-Pierre (1794–1867) DSB
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lecture on physiology and the means to ensure health and long life. He had already learned a good deal of what Flourens taught in John Wesley's Wesley, John (1703–91) ODNB
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"Natural Philosophy" Wesley, John 1763. A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation; or, A Compendium of Natural Philosophy, 2 vols, Bristol: printed by William Pine
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[...] a well regulated mind and desires, the sparing use, when old, of food containing phosphates of lime, such as bread, and of meat, unless one had to do heavy muscular work' (238).



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 241–52.

The Topic of the Month. The Rush to the Klondyke Gold-fields

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Geology, Stratigraphy, Mining, Glaciology, Creation


    Observes that amidst the chaotic rush to begin mining the gold reserves recently discovered in Alaska, the 'geologists have been busy explaining how it is that there is gold in the valleys of the Klondyke creeks'. Their calculations, moreover, reveal that the 'gold found in placer deposits is but as the dust on the fringe' compared to that which is 'stored up in the quartz rock', and to 'locate the mother lode will be for years to come the modern nineteenth-century Western world substitute for the search for the Holy Grail'. Explains that the 'deposit of gold dust and of gold nuggets in the bed of the Klondyke creeks is due to the operation of very simple causes' by which 'Nature' works 'calmly and continuously in the course of ages. Her mill never stops'. (245) Declares that 'with patience God stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all', while also noting that 'Creation never stops, the streams are still dropping gold-dust from their heedless fingers into the pockets of their channels, and still the heavy gold nugget, glacier crushed, sinks down into the gravelly bottom, awaiting such time as Nature will seal it up again in her mighty safe of petrified conglomerate' (245–46).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 255.

A Gigantic Open Sewer

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John L Wright Wright, John L (fl. 1897) RR1/16/3a/4
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, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Lippincott's Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science and Education (1868–70) Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science (1871–85) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1886–1900+) WaterlooDirectory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Engineering


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 266.

Mr. H. G. Wells's New Stories

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert G Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Idler Idler (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Science Fiction, Futurism, Extra-Terrestrial Life, War, Prehistory


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 276.

The Life-story of Edison

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sarah A Tooley Tooley, Sarah A (fl. 1885) WBI
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, Temple Magazine Temple Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Invention, Steam-power, Electricity, Reading, Mathematics, Chemistry, Education, Telegraphy, Photography, Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics, Medical Treatment

People mentioned:

Thomas A Edison, Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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Wilhelm C Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 280.

Man as Maker in His Garden

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

George E Walsh Walsh, George Ethelbert (b. 1865) WBI
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, Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Lippincott's Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science and Education (1868–70) Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science (1871–85) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1886–1900+) WaterlooDirectory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Darwinism


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 280.

The Story of the Bicycle

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Robert Machray Machray, Robert (1857–1946) WBI
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, Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Transport, Machinery

People mentioned:

Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Macmillan, Kirkpatrick (1812–78) ODNB
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Gavin Dalzell, Dalzell, Gavin (1812–63) http://web.ukonline.co.uk/will.barclay/WebSite/dalziell.htm
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John K Starley, Starley, John Kemp (1854–1901) ODNB
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John B Dunlop Dunlop, John Boyd (1840–1921) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 281–82.

The Influence of Light Upon Living Organisms

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

S Bang Bang, Herr S (fl. 1897) RR1/16/3a/9
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, Tilskueren Tilskueren (1884–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Light, Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Bacteriology, Disease, Medical Treatment


    Describes the treatment of dermatological diseases by light rays pioneered in Denmark by Niels R Finsen Finsen, Niels Ryberg (1860–1904) DSB
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, who found that 'it was the blue-violet rays that were injurious, and the utter darkness being unpleasant to his patients and a hindrance to himself, he decided to treat his patients by red light—that is, with windows and curtains red, this colour having no ill effect upon the skin. In "Finsen's red room" it is, therefore, not the red light that is beneficial to the patient, but simply the exclusion of the blue, violet and ultra-violet rays' (281). While a similar treatment was previously used by three English doctors, 'Finsen was the first to adopt the light-cure in a scientific manner'. There is 'no pain attached' to the therapeutic treatment, but the 'cure is necessarily slow', although in the 'treatment of lupus—one of the worst and most obstinate of skin diseases—the results, we are told, have been most encouraging'. (282)



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 282.

Where and Why Most People Go Mad

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John H Schooling Schooling, John Holt (1859–1927) WBI
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 283.

How People Think. Recent Discoveries in Brain Structure

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Neurology, Anatomy, Microscopy, Physiological Psychology


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 290.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

James Payn Payn, James (1830–98) ODNB
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, Alice B Borthwick Borthwick (née Lister), Alice Beatrice, Lady Glenesk (1841–98) WIVPODNB, s.v. Borthwick, Algernon and Lister, Thomas Henry
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Ageing


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The Revue de Paris

Anon

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Célestin C A Bouglé Bouglé, Célestin Charles Alfred (1870–1940) WBI
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, Revue de Paris Revue de Paris (1894–1900+) BUCOP
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Sociology, Organicism

People mentioned:

Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 329–37.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Extinction, Politics


    Reports that the American government is so concerned that present levels of Canadian and British hunting of the fur seals in the Behring Sea will mean that 'there will soon be no seals left to catch, and the only surviving herd of fur seals will disappear from the planet', that they are threatening to 'order the entire destruction of the herd' when it next arrives at the American-owned Pribyloff Islands for the annual breeding season. This 'odious task', they claim, will be a necessary one because otherwise 'the seals will all be dead in six years, and during those six years there will be friction and irritation and endless worry between Washington and London. If the seals are to die, they had better die quick, and save all future botheration'. (331)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 368–69.

Our Real Peril in India. Plain Words to Lord George Hamilton

Anon

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John K Maconachie Maconachie, John Kirk (b. c.1862) WBI
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, United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Imperialism, Government, Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Disease


    Warns that it is 'necessary to speak very plainly' because the 'real danger in India does not lie in the Afghan passes', rather it lies in the 'action which has been taken in India for the ostensible purpose of coping with the contagious diseases in the army Army
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'. This attempt to 'return to the old system of regulation, examination, and the whole devildom of official licensed and State-patronised prostitution [...] strikes at the root of our Empire' because it gives the impression that India is 'being "run" [...] with absolute disregard of the explicit commands addressed by the India Office India Office
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to the authorities in India'. Insists that if George F Hamilton Hamilton, Lord George Francis (1845–1927) ODNB
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'intends his orders to be set at defiance by his underlings in India' then he should 'make way for some one who recognises the responsibilities of Empire'. (368)



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 373.

Seismogram v. Telegram

Anon

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John Milne Milne, John (1850–1913) DSB
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, Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Instruments, Measurement, Geology, Telegraphy


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 388.

How Big is Australia?

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William H Fitchett Fitchett, William Henry (1842–1928) WBI
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, Review of Reviews for Australasia Review of Reviews for Australasia (1892–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

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Physical Geography, Mapping, Measurement


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 391–92.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

James Long Long, James (fl. 1875) WBI
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Disease, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 401.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

G L Pesce Pesce, G L (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships

People mentioned:

John P Holland Holland, John Philip (1840–1914) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 422.

"Bleeding Bread" Explained

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G Clarke Nuttall Nuttall, G Clarke (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Miracle, Religious Authority, Bacteriology


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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 435–45.

The Progress of the World

Anon

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Imperialism, Telegraphy, Railways, Progress, Astrology


    Reports that 'Mr. Rhodes's Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902) ODNB
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dream of an overland telegraph line from Cairo to the Cape [is] beginning to materialise into fact. The wire now works to Berber, and Mr. Rhodes last month ordered another five hundred miles of telegraph wire from England in order to carry his end of the line northward to Lake Nyassa' (442). In addition, the 'opening of the railway line to Buluwayo' will take place later in the month and is 'an outward and visible sign of one part of the work which Mr. Rhodes has accomplished. To plant a railway terminus in the blood-stained kraal of Lobengula Lobengula Khumalo, King of the Ndebele (Matabele) (c. 1835–93/4?) ODNB
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is an achievement which ten years ago would have been relegated to the twentieth century. But it is already an accomplished fact' (442–43). Also notes that the myriad 'troubles which afflict India show no sign of abatement', and the 'Hindu astrologers have long held that India is approaching a great catastrophe, which will culminate in the year of April, 1899, and end in April, 1900 [...] Madame Blavatsky Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn (1831–91) ODNB
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also prophesised in the same vein' (443).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 476.

Edison in Iron-mining. The Industry to be Revolutionised

Anon

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Theodore Waters Waters, Theodore (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Mining, Metallurgy, Electromagnetism, Geology, Machinery, Invention


    Reports that Thomas A Edison Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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has found in the New Jersey mountains large reserves of 'low-grade ore which might be pulverised' into black sand from which grains of iron can then be extracted with the use of an electro-magnet, and observes that 'Edison is quite a geological factor of no slight magnitude. By aid of dynamite and steam shovels, his conveyers lift 100,000 cubic feet of mountain side every day. They are eating out through the rock mountain a trench 100 feet deep'. Also notes that 'Even the rejected sand is found to be valuable for building purposes and sent off by the trainload every day. So much dust about the machinery got as grit between the wheels and made mischief that Mr. Edison invented a lubricant which will not work without grit or dust. So he conquers'.



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 477.

What Genealogy Is

Anon

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Arthur W C Hallen Hallen, Arthur Washington Cornelius (1834–99) WBI
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, Genealogical Magazine Genealogical Magazine (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Descent, Taxonomy


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 480.

The World's Bread Supply Shrinking. Is Universal Famine Near?

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C Wood Davis Davis, Charles Wood (b. 1832) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Population, Agriculture, Nutrition


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 481.

New Light on Prehistoric Man

Anon

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James Geikie Geikie, James (1839–1915) DSB
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, Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP
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Palaeontology, Prehistory, Human Species, Anthropology, Imagination


    Records the palaeontological 'discoveries made by Dr. Nüesch Nüesch, Jakob (1845–1915) RLIN
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in a rock-shelter at Schweizersbild, near Schaffhausen', and comments that the 'same generation which learned through Mr. H. M. Stanley Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) ODNB
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of the actual existence of pygmies in the forests of Central Africa now discovers from these Swiss remains that a race of pygmies flourished in Europe thousands of years ago'. In addition, notes that 'Our fairy tales seem on the way to partial verification', and advises that 'Novelists in search of a plot might surely find in these Schaffhausen discoveries abundant suggestion for a new order of fiction'.



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 484.

A Sanitary Officer for Every Brigade

Anon

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W Hill-Climo Hill-Climo, Brigade Surgeon Lieut-Col W (fl. 1897) RR1/15/1a/5
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, United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Disease, Imperialism

Institutions mentioned:

Army Army
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 485.

Andrée and His Balloon

Anon

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Jonas J Stadling Stadling, Jonas Jonsson (b. 1847) WBI
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, Century Magazine Century (1871–77) Scribner's Monthly (1877–81) Century Magazine (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Exploration, Navigation

People mentioned:

Salomon A Andrée Andrée, Salomon August (1854–97) RLIN
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 485.

[Haunts and Habits of Turtles]

Anon

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Frank T Bullen Bullen, Frank Thomas (1857–1915) ODNB
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, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts Chamber's Edinburgh Journal (1832–53) Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts (1854–97) Chamber's Journal (1898–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Natural History


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 488.

That Blessed Microbe! The Praises of Disease, by Mr. Auberon Herbert

Anon

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Auberon E W M Herbert Herbert, Auberon Edward William Molyneux (1838–1906) ODNB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Sanitation, Socialism, Disease, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 488.

How "the Stigmata" May be Explained

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Jeremy Broome Broome, Jeremy (fl. 1897–1902) Beare 1982
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, Strand Magazine Strand Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Miracle, Mesmerism


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 489.

Dwellers in the Planet Mars? Facts, Guesses, and Fiction

Anon

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Abstract

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Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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, Herbert G Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Science Fiction, War, Psychical Research


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 490.

An Earthquakegram

Anon

Genre:

Announcement

Relevant illustrations:

eng. [2]

Subjects:

Instruments, Measurement, Geology

People mentioned:

John Milne Milne, John (1850–1913) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Seismological Investigation Committee Seismological Investigation Committee
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 491.

Acquired Traits Hereditary. Striking Proofs by Professor Lombroso

Anon

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Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Heredity, Race, Evolution, Reading


    Comments that 'it is significant of the difference between the Latin and Teuton styles, that while only a few experts can follow Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, any English reader can understand Lombroso'.



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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 504.

The Engineering Magazine

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing, Engineering


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 505–06.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

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Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Geology, Physical Geography

People mentioned:

Bailey Willis Willis, Bailey (1857–1949) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 509.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edmund H Verney Verney, Sir Edmund Hope, 3rd Baronet (1838–1910) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 511.

Borderland

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing, Psychical Research

Publications cited:

Stead 1897b, Stead, William Thomas 1897b. Letters from Julia; or, Light from the Borderland: A Series of Messages as to the Life Beyond the Grave Received by Automatic Writing from One Who Has Gone Before, London: Grant Richards
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Theosophical Review Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 512.

The Forum

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Frederick T Jane Jane, Frederick Thomas (1865–1916) ODNB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Military Technology, Futurism, Fear


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 516.

The Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edward D Cope Cope, Edward Drinker (1840–97) DSB
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, Century Magazine Century (1871–77) Scribner's Monthly (1877–81) Century Magazine (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Palaeontology, Prehistory


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 519–25.

The Book of the Month. How God Revealed Himself to Man. By Grant Allen

Anon

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Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Allen 1897 Allen, Grant 1897. The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry into the Origins of Religions, London: Grant Richards
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Agnosticism, Religion, Christianity, Anthropology, Evolution, Descent, Creation, Prehistory, Spiritualism, Scientific Practitioners

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Herbert Spencer, Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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Edward B Tylor, Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (1832–1917) ODNB
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James G Frazer Frazer, Sir James George (1854–1941) DSB ODNB
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    Urges that this book by 'an agnostic of a very pronounced type' should be added to 'the library of Christian Evidence', and suggests that, despite his lack of 'admiration, much less reverence, for the central figure of the Christian religion', Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB
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may well 'figure as the nineteenth century successor of the eighteenth century Paley Paley, William (1743–1805) DSB
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' (519). Observes that in the book 'Allen succeeds in conveying the familiar idea that Christianity stands in the same relation to all other faiths of mankind that man does to the brute. In other words, as man is to the ape, so is Christianity to the primitive beliefs of the savage. It is an evolution, a natural evolution, whose existence is justified by the law of the survival of the fittest. Christianity, like man himself, may claim to be the heir of all the ages', and 'in Christianity, the final evolution of all creeds, the original deposit of faith is never for a moment obscured' (520). Praises the book for 'the testimony which it renders to the part which a belief in Spirit Return has played in the history of our race', but expresses concern on behalf of 'Those of us who know that they exist', that 'Allen, unfortunately, does not believe in ghosts. He does not know that they exist' (521). Also criticises Allen for the 'lordly way' in which 'he disdains to conduct the inquiries' that have led 'Professor Crookes Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) DSB ODNB
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, Alfred R. Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, and Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, to name only three among eminent men of science' to 'believe in Spirit Return, and the persistence of life after death' (522). However, in an appended footnote, Allen replies that 'I did once for some time inquire into spiritualism, and attended several séances in a spirit of pure inquiry; but nothing ever happened; I never saw any of the phenomena described by these men of science' (522n.).



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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 549–63.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Railways, Imperialism, Meteorology, Botany, Horticulture


    Reports that the 'opening of the railway which is linking Bulawayo to Cape Town has been the great event of the year in South Africa' (553). Also reflects that the 'season has been wonderfully mild', and 'in the gardens of Southern England there were more flowers in blossom in November than are often to be found in May. The chrysanthemum—the one great boon which we owe to Japan—has been singularly luxuriant' (563).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 584–87.

The Engineers and Their Machines. The American Menace to British Industry

Anon

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Henry C S Dyer Dyer, Henry Clement Swinnerton (1834–98) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, James S Jeans Jeans, James Stephen (1846–1913) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineers, Machinery, Industry, National Efficiency, Declinism


    Reports the 'revival of the ancient prejudice against the use of machinery for expediting work' during the current dispute, ostensibly over the eight hour day, between the engineers and their employers, observing that the idea 'has gained possession of the Engineers' Society Amalgamated Society of Engineers
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that their true interest lies in limiting the output of machinery, and of putting artificial restrictions upon the liberty of the employers to make the best use of their machines' (584). Also records that 'the Americans are beating us hollow in the iron trade. This is partly due to natural advantage, but also to the absence of artificial restrictions with which our iron-masters have to deal' (585).



Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 599.

["Our Double Selves"]

Anon

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Andrew Wilson Wilson, Andrew (1852–1912) WBI
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychology, Neurology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 603.

"Isolation" in Evolution

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

George J Romanes Romanes, George John (1848–94) DSB
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Darwinism, Evolution, Biogeography

People mentioned:

John T Gulick Gulick, John Thomas (1832–1923) WBI
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 608.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Education

People mentioned:

Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 608.

[Speleology]

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edouard A Martel Martel, Edouard Alfred (b. 1859) WBI
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, Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nomenclature, Physical Geography, Geology


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 612.

The Forum

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Walter Wyman Wyman, Walter (1848–1911) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Sanitation


Review of Reviews,  16 (1897), 619–26.

Some Books of the Month. Two Notable Novels: "The Beth Book" and "The School for Saints"

Anon

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Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Grand 1897 Grand, Sarah 1897. The Beth Book, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Morality, Gender, Vivisection, Medical Practitioners


    Complains of the popular misconception which 'prevails as to Sarah Grand's Grand, Sarah (Frances Elizabeth Bellenden MacFall (née Clarke)) (1854–1943) ODNB
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latest work. One idiot seems to imagine it is a tract against vivisection because, as a character touch, a page is devoted to describing the vivisection of a dog; while a passing reference to the C. D. Acts has been magnified until people imagine that Sarah Grand has been republishing Mrs. Butler's Butler, Josephine Elizabeth (1828–1906) ODNB
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"The Constitution Violated" Butler, Josephine Elizabeth 1871. The Constitution Violated: An Essay, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas
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'. The novel nevertheless features a medical practitioner called Dan Maclure, 'who earns his living by acting as examining surgeon under the C. D. Acts, and divides his leisure between telling his young wife foul tales of the lupanar, in vivisecting dogs in his own house, and making love to his lady patients'. (619)



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