Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 17  (January to June 1898)
Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 3–9.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Microscopy, Analogy, Nationalism, Imperialism, Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Morality, Gender, Engineers, Industry, Government, Declinism, Expertise


    Notes that 'When men of science are preparing microscopical specimens for exhibition they frequently stain the exhibit with some coloured dye, which leaves its form intact, and brings out its outline in clear relief. A similar result has been attained on a wider arena than the slide of the microscope, by introducing a strain of German blood into the distinctly English stock of the Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859–1941) CBD
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', for 'like the aniline stain in the microscopic preparation, his German dye makes the characteristic features of his English nature much more conspicuous than they would have been had he not been German Emperor', and his jingoistic conduct 'reveals the essential weakness and defects of our own [imperial] policy' (4). Warns that although it is 'a very glorious thing no doubt to have an Indian Empire', if its maintenance requires that 'the soldiers of the Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India (1819–1901) ODNB
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must be provided by the Empress with enslaved women for their amusement, the matter assumes another aspect altogether' (6). Also reflects that, in light of the 'prolonged strike in the engineering trade, which is playing such havoc with British industry', 'If we are not to go under in the ceaseless warfare which is waged in the markets of the world, our industrial system must be under the control of the competent. The time has come when we have to recognise that in the interests of democracy the great revolutionary formula, "The tools to those who Can use them", must be supplemented by another formula no less imperative, and that is, "The Direction to those who have the Brains"' (6–7).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 31.

Professor Huxley's Home Life

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Leonard Huxley Huxley, Leonard (1860–1933) ODNB
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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:

Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism

People mentioned:

Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 32.

Why the Americans are Beating Us

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Industry, Invention, Declinism, Specialization


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 34.

Chainless Cycles and Others. By Mr. Joseph Pennell

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Joseph Pennell Pennell, Joseph (1857–1926) CBD
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Invention


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 35.

Artist and Scientist at Loggerheads

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Johan F Krouthén Krouthén, Johan Fredrik (b. 1858) WBI
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, Nordisk Tidskrift Nordisk Tidskrift for Vetenskap Konst och Industri (1878–1900+) British Library Catalogue
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Subjects:

Controversy, Disciplinarity, Aesthetics, Light, Observation, Scientific Practitioners, Expertise


    Reports a spirited response to the accusation made by the scientist Hugo H Hildebrandsson Hildebrandsson, Hugo Hildebrand (1838–1925) RLIN
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that 'the brushman is a colourist first—and a violettist at that!—and a student of Nature afterwards'. Krouthén is an artist, but he nevertheless 'meets the Professor on his own ground of natural science' and 'proves, amongst other things, that the violettism of the pictures held up by the Professor to contempt and ridicule is scientifically correct, and that the critic, so far from taking Nature's part, has not even given her her due', as 'the zenith blue, while itself having no place in the picture, will throw blue tints on the snow, though as much of the sky as the canvas shows may be greenish in hue'.



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 39.

A Barometer of Civilisation. The Statistics of Homicide

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Statistics, Crime, Climatology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 40.

The Horrors of the Great Sandy Desert. The Story of Dr. Sven Hedin

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Robert H Sherard Sherard, Robert Harborough (b. 1861) WBI
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, Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography

People mentioned:

Sven Hedin Hedin, Sven (b. 1865) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 47.

Is Photography an Art? Yes, Says M. de La Sizeranne

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Robert de La Sizeranne La Sizeranne, Robert de (1866–1932) RLIN
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Photography, Aesthetics, Disciplinarity


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 48.

Light from City Refuse

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electricity, Light, Natural Economy


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 48.

Our Trade in Song-birds

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Specimen Trading, Collecting, Commerce


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 54–55.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henry H Ellis Ellis, Henry Havelock (1859–1939) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Experimental Psychology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 55.

The Humanitarian

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Lyttleton F Winslow Winslow, Lyttleton Forbes (1844–1913) RLIN
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, Guglielmo Marconi Marconi, Guglielmo (1874–1937) DSB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness | Discovery, Electromagnetism, Physics, Ether, Telegraphy


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 57.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychology, Amusement | Engineers, Steamships, Military Technology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 58.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Spiritualism, Force


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 59.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Paul C H Brouardel Brouardel, Paul Camille Hippolyte (1837–1906) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Ethics


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 61.

The Italian Magazines

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Civilta Cattolica Civilta Cattolica (1850–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Homeopathy, Quackery, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Sebastian Kneipp Kneipp, Sebastian (1821–97) WBI
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Publications cited:

Kneipp 1892 Kneipp, Sebastian 1892. My Water-Cure: Tested for More Than 35 years, and Published for the Cure of Diseases and the Preservation of Health, London: Grevel
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 63–68.

The Topic of the Month. "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

National Efficiency, Government, Declinism, Industry, Technology, Education, Schools, Gender, Periodicals


    Observes that 'Success in the industrial struggle, which is every year increasing in intensity, is commanded, not by pauper labour, but by superior intelligence. We are being beaten because we are not so smart, so brainy, so scientific, so capable, in short, as our rivals'. In order to alleviate this parlous situation 'we must Educate, Educate, Educate. Not merely in our public elementary schools, although that is supremely important, but in our secondary schools, in our technical schools, in our universities, and, above all, in that great university of life, in which newspaper editors and statesmen are tutors and professors'. (63) Also details an educational experiment being conducted at Bakewell Grammar School Bakewell Grammar School
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in Derbyshire, where 'Within the school there is a School of Science, affiliated with South Kensington Department of Science and Art
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, about one half of the scholars being so classed. Girls are taught exactly the same science, for instance, as boys, and at the same time, in the same room. So far the science taught embraces Practical and Theoretical Chemistry, with Practical and Theoretical Physics' (67).



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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 105–17.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Engineers, Machinery, Industry, Declinism, National Efficiency, Sex, Obstetrics, Human Development, Nutrition, Gender, Analogy, Entomology


    Records the end of the bitter seven month strike originally called by the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Amalgamated Society of Engineers
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, which has now agreed to accept 'the employer's right to manage their machinery and their workshops in their own way'. Despite the victory of the employers, 'for seven months all their plant was at a standstill, while their business drifted to Germany and the United States, from which some of it will never come back'. (113) Also reports the 'claim of a German scientist, Dr. Schenck Schenck, Dr (German scientist) (fl. 1898) RR1/17/2/1
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, to have discovered the secret of fixing the sex of unborn children. By dieting the mother in a peculiar fashion this Dr. Schenck asserts he can decide whether the expected stranger shall be boy or girl. The bees we know can develop the grubs of neuters into queens by altering their diet, but hitherto science has failed to penetrate the secret of how it is done'. Furthermore, 'If the analogy of the bees may be taken as a guide, the control of sex would rapidly be followed by its elimination. Signor Ferrero Ferrero, Guglielmo (1871–1942) WBI
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has just proclaimed that the comparative sexlessness of northern nations is the secret of their industrial supremacy. From this there is but a step to the evolution of a race of entirely sexless workers which, like neuter bees, would be consecrated from birth to sterility and labour'. (114)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 142–45.

Why We are Being Beaten in the World's Markets

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin Taylor Taylor, Benjamin (1846–1913) WIVP
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

National Efficiency, Machinery, Engineers, Declinism, Industry, Technology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 149.

The Secret of Old Age

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Health, Ageing, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Sebastiano Fenzi, Fenzi, Sebastiano (1822–1901) WBI
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William E Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 152.

The Annual Rhythm of the Pulse

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Frank H P Coste Coste, Frank Hill Perry (fl. 1893) WIVP
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, University Magazine and Free Review University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Gender


    The article claims that 'there is an annual rhythm or seasonal variation in the number of normal pulse-beats', and comes to the 'striking conclusion that the annual rhythms of the pulse in men and women are exactly converse, that of the former displaying a winter maximum and a summer minimum, and that of the latter a winter minimum and summer maximum'.



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 156.

The Purification of the Thames. Sea-trout at Westminster

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Charles J Cornish Cornish, Charles John (1858–1906) ODNB
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, Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural History, Environmentalism


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 158–59.

Off to the North Pole Once More! The Wellman and Peary Expeditions

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Walter Wellman Wellman, Walter (1858–1934) WBI
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, Review of Reviews (American Edition) Review of Reviews (American Edition)(1890–97) American Monthly Review of Reviews(1897–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

map

Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Navigation

People mentioned:

Robert E Peary Peary, Robert Edwin (1856–1920) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 160.

The Garden of Eden—Latest Location

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert C Fyfe Fyfe, Herbert C (fl. 1902–07) RLIN
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Archaeology, Prehistory, Discovery, Human Species


    Reports the discovery made in Somaliland by the adventurer Heywood W Seton-Karr Karr, Heywood Walter Seton- (1859–1938) ODNB
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of 'Palaeolithic implements, said by experts to be the most ancient yet unearthed. These flints are taken to indicate the site in question as the cradle of the human race'.



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 162.

An Alarming Article on Our Bread Supply

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

C Wood Davis Davis, Charles Wood (b. 1832) WBI
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, North Western Miller (Minneapolis) North Western Miller (Minneapolis)(1873–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Population, Agriculture, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 163.

The Failure of the C. D. Acts. Some Significant Statistics

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Charles B Taylor Taylor, Charles Bell (1829–1909) ODNB
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, New Century Review New Century (1897–1900) New Century Review (1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Morality, Medical Practitioners, Gender, Imperialism, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 164.

The Dwindling Population of France

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Adolph L O Jensen Jensen, Adolph Ludvig Otto (b. 1866) RLIN
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, Tilskueren Tilskueren (1884–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Statistics, Population, Degeneration


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 165–66.

The Scientific Basis of Theism. The Philosophy of Professor Fraser

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Religion, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientism

People mentioned:

Alexander C Fraser Fraser, Alexander Campbell (1819–1914) ODNB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 172.

The National Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Herbert A W Coryn Coryn, Herbert Alfred William (fl. 1898) WIVP
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Disease


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 173.

The Theosophical Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Theosophical Review Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Supernaturalism, Crime

People mentioned:

William Terriss Terriss, William (1847–97) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 174.

The Humanitarian

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Susan Carpenter Carpenter, Susan (fl. 1895) RLIN
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Gender, Analytical Chemistry, Metallurgy

People mentioned:

Mrs Barnston Parnell Parnell (née Everest), Mrs Barnston (professional assayist of Sydney, Australia) (fl. 1898) RR1/17/2b/14
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 176.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Statistics, Crime, Race, Temperance

See also:

Anon, 'A Barometer of Civilisation. The Statistics of Homicide', Review of Reviews, 17 (1898), 39


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 176–77.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Harwood Huntingdon Huntingdon, Mr Harwood (fl. 1898) RR1/17/2b/16
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Patents, Chemistry


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 179.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Camille Mélinand Mélinand, Camille (fl. 1898) RLIN
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Psychology


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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 209–19.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Morality, Gender


    Observes that the 'almost simultaneous' deaths of James Stansfeld Stansfeld, Sir James (1820–1898) ODNB
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and the American Frances E C Willard Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline (1839–98) CBD
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'deprives the cause of moral reform in both sections of the English-speaking world of its most conspicuous champion', although it will at least be 'a source of genuine satisfaction to Lady Henry [Somerset] Somerset (née Somers), Lady Isabella Caroline , Lady Henry Somerset (1851–1921) ODNB
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that her last admirable letter on the subject of the regulation of vice in India had appeared before Miss Willard passed away' (219).



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 222–35.

Character Sketch. The Marquis of Salisbury

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Politics, Conservatism, Radicalism, Electricity, Laboratories, Progress, Light, Transport, Declinism


    Remarks that although Robert A T G Cecil (3rd Marquess of Salisbury) Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) ODNB
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may 'be a Conservative in the House of Lords House of Lords
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. He is indisputably a Revolutionist in his laboratory at Hatfield'. While William E Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
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was a revolutionary in his taste for 'Political Reform promoted by parliamentary and platform agitation', Lord Salisbury 'prefers Electricity, and who can deny that his revolutionist is the most subtle, the most far-reaching of all?'. (223) After all, 'Dynamite is a fool of a thing compared with electricity as a revolutionary agent. Hence its intense, its weird, its overwhelming fascination for Lord Salisbury'. This aspect of his character, however, is often obscured by his public image as 'a pillar of Conservatism, the dogged opponent of political change', although it is arguable that he 'may be remembered gratefully for the object-lessons which he has afforded his countrymen in the utilisation of electricity long after all the "blazing indiscretions" about "black men" and "Hottentots" have become unintelligible to posterity'. In any case, this 'resolute opponent of rash innovations in Church and State was one of the first to introduce electrical innovations into the lighting of his house, the workings of his farm', and though in London he is 'death on the Progressives in the County Council London County Council
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', at 'his own homestead he was the progressive pioneer in all things electrical before even the Council had come into being'. (224) Protests that Britain 'led the world in the utilisation of steam', but is now 'lagging behind even third-rate nations in utilising electricity'. Complains that 'When you return to London from New York or Chicago, you feel as if you had come back to a country village lit with the rushlights of the Middle Ages', and opines, 'If only Lord Salisbury's party would consent to be as progressive in London as their chief is in Hatfield! But that alas! seems to be past praying for' (224–25).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 239.

How to Make Gold Out of Silver. Something Better than Klondyke

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert C Fyfe Fyfe, Herbert C (fl. 1902–07) RLIN
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Analytical Chemistry, Matter Theory, Metallurgy, Alchemy, Force, Political Economy


    Reports that Stephen H Emmens Emmens, Stephen Henry (fl. 1890–99) RLIN
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, 'an eminent chemist in New York, claims to manufacture gold out of silver' by the use of the 'Emmens Force Engine', which 'places at the investigator's disposal physical means greater than any scientists have before possessed' (pressures in excess of 500 tons/in2). The 'doctor claims that by simply hammering silver tremendously hard at a very low temperature, it turns into gold', and 'should Dr. Emmen's statements be verified, it is evident that the bimetallist question [concerning the fixed ratio of gold to silver as coined money] would be settled in a very revolutionary fashion' and 'we shall have to say, indeed, "Behold, a greater than Edison Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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is here"'.



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 250.

How We May Beat Our Rivals: By "Sharpening the Wits of Our People"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William H Bailey Bailey, Sir William Henry (1838–1913) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Declinism, National Efficiency, Education, Technology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 250.

A Plea for School Gardens

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry L Clapp Clapp, Henry Lincoln (b. 1839) WBI
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, Appleton's Popular Science Monthly Popular Science Monthly (1872–96) Appleton's Popular Science Monthly (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Botany, Natural History, Education, Schools


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 255.

Mild Winters Destined to be Universal. So Says Mr. Grant Allen

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Climatology, Futurism, Romanticism


    Exclaims that the 'hastening' of the planet's natural gradual warming 'ought not to be beyond the resources of an ever-expanding science. We have, it seems, only to doff the ice-cap worn at both ends of our planet to make mild winters universal. Our high explosives may yet come in handy for this purpose [...]. Here is a prospect of adventure to a world getting almost afraid of finding no more chance of it. Polar exploration, submarine exploration, applied seismology, and the abolition of winter rigours—what a vista of romance!'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 259–60.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William S Lilly Lilly, William Samuel (1840–1919) WBI
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, E Augusta King King, E Augusta (fl. 1888–98) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Religious Authority, Vivisection | Medical Practitioners, Anaesthesia, Error, Crime


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 262–63.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

G Clarke Nuttall Nuttall, G Clarke (fl. 1897) RLIN
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, Charles J Cullingworth Cullingworth, Charles James (1841–1908) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Bacteriology | Obstetrics, Medical Practitioners


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 264.

The Geographical Journals

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Frederick G Jackson Jackson, Frederick George (1860–1938) ODNB
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, Hugh R Mill Mill, Hugh Robert (1861–1950) ODNB
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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:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Navigation | Mapping


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 265.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edith Roberts Roberts, Edith (fl. 1898) RR1/17/3b/10
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, Jansen B Mattison Mattison, Jansen Beemer (b. 1845) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Natural Imperialism, Gender | Narcotics, Temperance


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 268.

The Storm Bell

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Josephine E Butler Butler, Josephine Elizabeth (1828–1906) ODNB
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, Storm Bell Storm Bell (1898–1900) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Sex, Hygiene, Public Health, Morality, Gender, Imperialism

Institutions mentioned:

Ladies' National Association for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Vice Ladies' National Association for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Vice
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 269.

The Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

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John R Procter Procter, John Robert (1844–1903) 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:

Geology, Medical Treatment, Hygiene


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 270.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Physiological Chemistry


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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 313–23.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Government, Politics, Futurism, Telegraphy, Railways, Technology, Climatology, Progress, Time


    Looks forward to a 'better future when Europe will be something more than a geographical expression'. After all, the 'telegraph and the express train render it as easy to govern Britain from Cimiez as from Balmoral. Some day we may see Russia ruled from the Isle of Wight and Germany from the Bay of Naples. Our old ideas of time and space are being revolutionised. The most convenient centre of Government will be governed chiefly by telephonic and climatic considerations. As the telectroscope which is to astonish the world at the Paris Exhibition Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris
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does for the eye what the telephone does for the ear, the rulers will naturally gravitate to latitudes where the climatic conditions make it easier to do the ruling'. (313)



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 325–37.

Character Sketch. George Müller of Bristol

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Technology, Telegraphy, Progress, Sound, Scientific Practitioners, Piety, Religion, Experiment, Methodology, Scientific Naturalism, Psychical Research


    Reflects that 'I sometimes amuse myself by imagining the mental processes of an intelligent scientist of 1870 if he could suddenly be transported to the present day, and confronted with the spectacle—the familiar, ordinary spectacle—of a telephone'. In an imaginary dialogue set in 1898, the scientist from 1870, a Mr Jones, exclaims, 'Why on earth are you talking into that hole in the wall? Have you gone mad?', and leaves 'in a huff, thoroughly convinced that by the immutable laws of sound every man of science and commonsense must know perfectly well that it is all fudge, this talk of a Central and a telephone'. If, however, he were to overcome his initial scepticism and test out the telephone, it is certain that Mr Jones would soon 'become a subscriber to the Telephone Exchange, and constantly use the agency the very existence of which he had declared to be beyond the bounds of possibility'. (325) This 'little introductory apologue' is necessary to a consideration of the work of the late philanthropist George Müller Müller, George (1805–98) ODNB
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, because it shows the open-minded attitude required in approaching 'his discovery—or rediscovery, if so it may be called—of the practical utility of that well-nigh forgotten and universally neglected Telephone which in theological dialect is called the Prayer of Faith, with its stupendous corollary of a God that heareth and answereth prayer'. For without postulating something 'called God, and which in one department, at least, corresponds strictly to the Central Telephone Exchange, it is as absolutely impossible to explain the phenomenon of the Orphanages at Bristol, as it was for Mr. Jones, the scientist of 1870, to account for the phenomenon of telephonic communication between London and Dover'. (326) Müller set himself to prove the thesis that 'God listens to prayer' by raising money for a series of orphanages and childrens homes, and 'That he was enabled to write Q.E.D. after it, with the confident certainty of Euclid Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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himself, few will deny who follow his story' from the 1830s. He was 'an experimental philosopher', and set out to 'feed the orphans as the best means of making a scientific investigation by the experimental method into the nature and existence of God'. Indeed, 'Professor Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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long after suggested a prayer gauge in a hospital ward, but the Bristol philanthropist had anticipated the President of the British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science
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by nearly half a century'. (334) Also recounts how when Müller once 'wanted £100 very badly, he prayed that it might be laid upon the heart of one particular person to give him £100. And lo, it came to pass, even as he had prayed! The £100 came along next day. Telepathy, no doubt! Yes' (335).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 357–58.

Why We are Being Beaten

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

National Efficiency, Electricity, Environmentalism, Machinery, Engineers, Declinism, Industry, Technology

People mentioned:

John S Raworth Raworth, John S (1846/7–1917) http://www.iee.org.uk/publish/inspec/100yrs/
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Institutions mentioned:

Northern Society of Electrical Engineers Northern Society of Electrical Engineers
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 363.

Brazil and Its Miraculous Palm. A New Field for Colonisation

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

T L Thompson Thompson, Hon. T L (late United States Minster to Brazil) (fl. 1898) RR1/17/4a/4
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Botany, Imperialism, Medical Treatment, Miracle, Acclimatization


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 366–68.

Authentic Messages from the Dead. Verified by the Psychical Research Society Society for Psychical Research
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Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Richard Hodgson Hodgson, Richard (1855–1905) WBI
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, Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychical Research


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 373–74.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Dudley W Buxton Buxton, Dudley Wilmot (1855–1931) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Anaesthesia, Error, Crime

People mentioned:

E Augusta King King, E Augusta (fl. 1888–98) WIVP
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Institutions mentioned:

Society of Anaesthetists Society of Anaesthetists
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See also:

Anon, 'The Nineteenth Century', Review of Reviews, 17 (1898), 259–60


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 379.

The Forum

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Simon Newcomb Newcomb, Simon (1835–1909) DSB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Photography, Mapping


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 380.

The Westminster Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Robert Murison Murison, Robert (fl. 1898) WIVP
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, Westminster Review Westminster Review (1846–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Darwinism, Class, Extinction

People mentioned:

George D Campbell Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823–1900) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 381.

The Century Magazine

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Adolf K H Slaby Slaby, Adolf Karl Heinrich (1849–1913) 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:

Telegraphy


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 382.

The Ladies' Home Journal

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Ladies' Home Journal Ladies' Home Journal (1883–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Invention, Genius

People mentioned:

Thomas A Edison Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 386.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Franck A J Dastre Dastre, Franck Albert Jules (1844–1917) WBI
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, Capt. Reynaud Reynaud, Capt (fl. 1898) RR1/17/4b/11
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Physiological Chemistry | Animal Behaviour, Instinct


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 389–96.

The Book of the Month. The Latest Apocalypse of the End of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Wells 1895a, Wells, Herbert George 1895a. The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann
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Wells 1895b, Wells, Herbert George 1895b. The Amazing Visit, London: Macmillan & Co.; New York: J. M. Dent & Co.
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Wells 1895c, Wells, Herbert George 1895c. The Stolen Bacillus: And Other Incidents, London: Metheun & Co.
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Wells 1896, Wells, Herbert George 1896. The Island of Doctor Moreau, London: William Heinemann
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Wells 1897a, Wells, Herbert George 1897a. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, London: C. A. Pearson
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Wells 1897b, Wells, Herbert George 1897b. The Plattner Story: And Others, London: Methuen & Co.
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Wells 1898 Wells, Herbert George 1898. The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Entropy, Extinction, Futurism, Imagination, Science Fiction, Natural Law, Extra-Terrestrial Life, War, Bacteriology, Natural Imperialism, Mathematics, Psychical Research, Narcotics, Degeneration


    Begins an overview of the nascent career of Herbert G Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB
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, a 'young and rising novelist, who has given more proof of original genius than any of his contemporaries', by reflecting that the 'probability that the human race will be frozen out of its present abode is a theme sufficiently appalling to stimulate the most sluggish imagination', although, as yet, the 'very horror of it has [...] served to warn off most speculators as to the future' (389). Suggests that 'Mr. Wells is a seer of gruesome visions. He spends his life imagining what would happen if one of the laws of Nature were altered just a little—with terrifying results'. Indeed, 'Stories work out in his brain as a kind of mathematical problem. If human nature under such conditions evolved such results, what results would be evolved if this, that, or the other condition were revolutionised?'. Praises Well's prolific output since 1895, but nevertheless insists that 'I leave out of account his book "The Island of Dr. Moreau", which ought never to have been written, and which Mr. Wells would consult his own reputation by withdrawing from circulation' (see Anon, 'Our Monthly Parcel of Books', Review of Reviews, 13 (1896), 374–76). (393) Observes that 'Mr. Wells must have had considerable experience of psychic phenomena. He is not a believer, I gather, in the spiritistic hypothesis. But many of his tales could not have been written had he not himself, asleep or awake, been conscious of the phenomena of the Borderland' (395), and comments 'Whether it is by the use of chloroform [...] or whether he is naturally so much of a psychic as to be able to visit those regions of which he gives us such weird suggestions I do not know' (395–96).



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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 419–29.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

War, Military Technology, Ethics, Biblical Authority, Religion, Internationalism, Technology


    Remarks that in the wake of the bloody battle at Atbara in North Africa and the outbreak of war between the United States and Spain it is 'possible that scientific manslaughter on the largest scale may be but a grim object-lesson as to the reality of the truth which was stated long ago in the old Book. We are all members of one another, and if one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it'. Urges that 'We are now entering, in the twentieth century, upon an epoch of universal world-wide inter-communication which, when seen by the eye of faith, appears to prefigure the universal triumph of the principle of human fraternity and the solidarity of the race'. (420) Also suggests that the 'inaugural dinner of the Foreign Press Association Foreign Press Association in London
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' presents another 'portent in the internationalisation of the world' (429).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 461.

[The Telectroscope]

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Telegraphy, Photography, Technology, Invention, Commerce, Patents

People mentioned:

Jan Szczepanik Szczepanik, Jan (1872–1925) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris en 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 465.

Mankind Under Notice to Quit. All Life Extinct Within Four Hundred Years

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John Munro Munro, John (1849–1930) RLIN
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, Cassell's Family Magazine Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper (1853–67) Cassell's Magazine (1867–74) Cassell's Family Magazine (1874–97) Cassell's Magazine of Fiction (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Extinction, Human Species, Gas Chemistry, Industry, Horticulture

People mentioned:

William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin) Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 473.

The Earthquake Wizard

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Cleveland L Moffett Moffett, Cleveland Langston (1863–1926) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Instruments, Measurement, Geology, Telegraphy

People mentioned:

John Milne Milne, John (1850–1913) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 473.

Animals as Drunkards

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William S Walsh Walsh, William Shepard (1854–1919) 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:

Narcotics, Animal Behaviour


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 475.

The Effect of Music on Animals

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Sound, Music, Animal Behaviour, Zoological Gardens

Publications cited:

Cornish 1895 Cornish, Charles John 1895. Life at the Zoo: Notes and Traditions of the Regent's Park Gardens, London: Seeley & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 476.

Winged Wonders. Strange Facts About the Flight of Birds

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Ornithology, Biogeography, Animal Behaviour


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 477.

George Müller's Prayer Test

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Rejoinder

Subjects:

Piety, Religion, Experiment, Methodology, Scientific Naturalism, Secularism


    Remarks upon the 'several letters' received from readers in response to the Anon, 'Character Sketch. George Müller of Bristol', Review of Reviews, 17 (1898), 325–37 last month of the late philanthropist George Müller Müller, George (1805–98) ODNB
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. Urges that 'our good sceptical friends' among these correspondents should 'undertake to achieve George Müller's results by doing George Müller's work without George Müller's prayers' in order to 'be in a better position to appreciate the worthlessness of their argument' that the apparent success of Müller's 'prayer telephone' can in fact be accounted for by purely secular factors.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 480–81.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Edward B Turner Turner, Edward Beadon (1859–1931) WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Health


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 483.

The National Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Margaret Vane Vane (née Gladstone), Margaret, Lady (d. 1916) WIVP
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Gender, Class


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 485.

The Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Louis Boutan Boutan, Louis (b. 1859) 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:

Photography, Oceanography


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 486.

The North American Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

John B Smith Smith, John Bernhard (1858–1912) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Disease, Entomology, Nationalism, Commerce


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 487.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Charles B Bliss Bliss, Charles Bemis (b. 1868) WBI
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, John M Robertson Robertson, John Mackinnon (1856–1933) ODNB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Experimental Psychology, Education, Universities, Controversy | Heredity, Genius, Error

People mentioned:

Hugo Münsterberg, Münsterberg, Hugo (1863–1916) WBI
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Francis Galton, Galton, Sir Francis (1822–1911) DSB ODNB
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Charles H Cooley Cooley, Charles Horton (1864–1929) RLIN
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 488.

Cassier's Magazine

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

George E Walsh Walsh, George Ethelbert (b. 1865) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Experiment, Genius


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 490.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

J Thoulet Thoulet, J (b. 1843) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Oceanography, History of Science

People mentioned:

Luigi F Marsili Marsili (or Marsigli), Luigi Ferdinando (1658–1730) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 507.

Death in the Lamp

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Editorial

Subjects:

Light, Industrial Chemistry, Fear

People mentioned:

Vivian D Majendie Majendie, Sir Vivian Dering (1836–98) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Standard Oil Trust, New York Standard Oil Trust, New York
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 525–35.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Imperialism, Politics


    Remarks upon the 'extraordinary popularity of the great South African' Cecil J Rhodes Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902) ODNB
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, whose recent visit to London has successfully expunged the bad memory of the parliamentary inquiry into his responsibility for the Jameson Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, 1st Baronet (1853–1917) ODNB
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raid. Rather, 'What people remember is that just before leaving he told the City meeting, which doubled the capital of his Cape to Cairo telegraph line, that in fifteen months his trans-continental wire would be within 600 miles of Uganda, after which there only remains a trifle of 1,400 miles in order to unite Uganda with Khartoum. The twentieth century will therefore probably see telegraphic communication between the Cape and Cairo by the overland route'. (535)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 562.

[Drift-ice of the Polar Seas]

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Adolf E Nordenskjöld Nordenskjöld, Adolf Erik (Nils Adolf Erik) (1832–1901) 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:

Oceanography, Physical Geography


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 575.

The Telectroscope and Its Inventor

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Revue de Revues Revue de Revues (1890–1900+) BUCOP
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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, Vom Fels zum Meer Vom Fels zum Meer (1881–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Telegraphy, Photography, Technology, Invention, Commerce, Patents

People mentioned:

Jan Szczepanik, Szczepanik, Jan (1872–1925) WBI
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Maximilian Plessner Plessner, Maximilian (fl. 1892–93) RLIN
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Institutions mentioned:

Exposition Universelle Internationale de Paris en 1900 Exposition Universelle Internationale (1900), Paris
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 575.

The Electric Tram as a Revolutionist

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sylvester Baxter Baxter, Sylvester (b. 1850) WBI
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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:

Transport, Electricity, Progress


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 576.

How Did the Gold Get into the Rand? By Mr. John Hays Hammond

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John H Hammond Hammond, John Hays (1855–1936) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Geology, Stratigraphy, Theory, Mining


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 576.

[An Inexpensive Microscope in Every School]

Anon

Genre:

Editorial

Subjects:

Education, Schools, Microscopy, Natural History, Wonder


    Recounts the suggestion of a 'correspondent' that 'the interest of the children in natural objects would be immensely stimulated if it were possible to have a good but inexpensive microscope in every school', for 'It is a veritable new world which the microscope reveals to the eye—a world the very existence of which was previously almost incredible'.



Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 577.

Love as a Law of Nature. A Reply to Professor Huxley

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Woods Hutchinson Hutchinson, Woods (1862–1930) WBI
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Ethics, Sex

Publications cited:

Huxley 1894 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1894. Evolution & Ethics and Other Essays, Collected Essays by T. H. Huxley (The Eversley Series) 9, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 578.

Lightning as a Revolutionist; or, Ten Years' Electrical Progress

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Elihu Thomson Thomson, Elihu (1853–1937) DSB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electricity, Industry, Metallurgy, Progress


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 583–84.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

E Augusta King King, E Augusta (fl. 1888–98) WIVP
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, Henry Thompson Thompson, Sir Henry, 1st Baronet (1820–1904) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Anaesthesia, Error, Crime | Nutrition, Heterodoxy

See also:

Anon, 'The Nineteenth Century', Review of Reviews, 17 (1898), 373–74


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 590.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Starr H Nichols Nichols, Starr Hoyt (1834–1909) RLIN
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Machinery, Progress, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 591.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Willis L Moore Moore, Willis Luther (1856–1927) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Meteorology


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 595.

Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

P Flambard Flambard, M P (fl. 1898) RR1/17/6b/12
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Astrology, History of Science


Review of Reviews,  17 (1898), 623–27.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Bright 1898 Bright, Charles 1898. Submarine Telegraphs: Their History, Construction, and Working, London: C. Lockwood and Son
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Subjects:

Telegraphy, Electricity, Time, Progress, History of Science


    Notes that 'Last month we had two illustrations which strikingly indicated the transformation which the electric cable has brought about in our everyday life. The scene of the Spanish-American war is several thousand miles distant from our shores, but day by day we have followed its course with almost as full a knowledge of the events of the previous twenty-four hours as if we had been on the spot. The world-wide sorrow which found expression on the death of Mr. Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
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was one of the most impressive events of modern times. But it was a tribute to the power of electricity no less than to the personality of the dead statesman' (626).



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