Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 18  (July to December 1898)
Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 23–26.

Character Sketch. Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Anti-Scientism, Spectroscopy, Instruments, Commerce, Idealism, Measurement


    Observes that part of the huge popularity of the late artist Edward C Burne-Jones Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley, 1st Baronet (1833–98) ODNB
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was 'no doubt due to the natural recoil of our age from the indulgence of its predominant passion. Science with its spectroscope and its innumerable apparati of research is explaining everything. Commerce with its insatiate grasp is seizing everything. But Burne-Jones stood up in the midst of the scientific and commercial generation and proclaimed aloud that there is a knowledge which no scientist can measure and a glory which no enterprise can seize' (23).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 28.

Siberia as the Latest Surprise

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Stephen Bonsal Bonsal, Stephen (1865–1951) 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:

Physical Geography, Exploration


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 41.

["A Curious Cure"]

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

John Russell Russell, John (fl. 1898–1941) Beare 1982
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, Strand Magazine Strand Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hygiene, Medical Treatment, Health, Heterodoxy


    Details the 'curious cure' propounded by an Austrian doctor who claims that clothes are 'anti-hygienic, a source of physical and moral degradation' because the enclosed 'skin is not allowed to act as it is meant by Nature to act'. With men and women segregated, the doctor's 'patients and guests lie with but a rag round their loins and bask in the sun and air and rain'.



Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 51.

Stages of Child-growth. From Suckling to Saint

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Oscar Chrisman Chrisman, Oscar (1855–1929) RLIN
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, Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Development, Education, Religion


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 53.

The Cult of the Muscle. A New Organ for the Strong Arm

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Eugene Sandow Sandow, Eugene (1867–1925) CBD
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, Nathaniel E Yorke-Davies Davies, Nathaniel Edward Yorke- (b. 1841) WBI
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, Physical Culture Physical Culture (1898) Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture (1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Health, Nutrition


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 56.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Arnold Foster Foster, Arnold (1846–1919) WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Imperialism, Public Health

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Commission on Opium Royal Commission on Opium
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 62–63.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Benjamin O Flower Flower, Benjamin Orange (1858–1918) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Professionalization, Boundary Formation, Quackery


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 63.

The Humanitarian

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Paolo Mantegazza Mantegazza, Paolo (1831–1910) DSB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Degeneration, Aesthetics, Neurology


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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 111–22.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Vaccination, Government, Ethics, Politics, Medical Practitioners


    Heralds the 'defeat of the Government over the Vaccination Bill' as 'a victory of the greatest importance, for it is a victory which almost for the first time definitely and formally extends the area within which conscience is recognised as king'. The amended bill now allows that 'any parent who satisfies the Justice of the Peace that he has conscientious scruples which forbid him to assent to the vaccination of his children is to be exempt from compulsion. This concession, bitterly assailed by the medical police, who as always are dominated by the fixed idea that the health of the community can only be secured by the sacrifice of the liberties of the subject, makes a great advance, the full significance of which is yet but dimly appreciated'. (119) Applauds the 'dogged determination of anti-vaccinators to go to gaol rather than submit their children to inoculation', and acknowledges that the government 'capitulation' by which the 'anti-vaccinators reaped their reward for many years of painstaking agitation throughout the country' was occasioned by the 'conviction on the part of the majority [in Parliament] that their seats would not be safe unless some concession was made by the Government' after 'a dead set was made against the Conservative candidate by the anti-vaccinators' in a by-election at Reading (120).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 142.

The Boat That Goes Forty Miles an Hour

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Cleveland L Moffett Moffett, Cleveland Langston (1863–1926) WBI
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, Pearson's Magazine Pearson's Magazine (1896–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Steam-power, Engineering

People mentioned:

Charles A Parsons Parsons, Sir Charles Algernon (1854–1931) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

SS Turbinia SS Turbinia
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 151.

The Crusade Against Consumption

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Malcolm A Morris Morris, Sir Malcolm Alexander (1849–1924) WBI
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Sanitation, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 153.

British Animals Past and Present

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Natural History, Extinction


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 154.

A Laboratory Farm

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John Mills Mills, Mr John (fl. 1898) RR1/18/2a/5
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Chemistry, Laboratories, Experiment, Natural Economy, Nutrition

People mentioned:

John B Lawes Lawes, Sir John Bennet, 1st Baronet (1814–1900) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 154.

Have Plants Brain Power?

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Arthur Smith Smith, Arthur (fl. 1889–91) WIVP
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, Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Botany, Neurology


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 158.

An Evolutionist's Hymn

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Paul Carus Carus, Paul (1852–1919) WBI
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Unbelief, Religion, Philosophy, Soul, Materialism


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 160.

Motor-car Mania

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Georges Desjacques Desjacques, Georges (fl. 1900–20) RLIN
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, Revue de Paris Revue de Paris (1894–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Machinery, Technology, Transport, Invention, Industry


    Observes that 'whereas our forefathers rebelled against new mechanical discoveries which by ousting the labour of man seemed almost sacrilegious, we nowadays by a curious reaction have acquired such an excessive confidence in machinery in general that we instinctively pick holes in every new invention. We are too apt to forget that the machines to which we are accustomed have only reached their present pitch of perfection by slow degrees. Motor-cars have certainly suffered by the public's expecting perfection all in a moment'.



Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 162.

The Police and the Press. Scotland Yard Censorship

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

University Magazine and Free Review University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sex, Morality, Monographs, Freethought, Psychology, Sexology, Textbooks, Government, Crime, Mental Illness, Gender, Medical Practitioners, Publishing


    Reports that the 'general public' have been 'startled' by the news that 'for selling a scientific work, which he did not write and did not publish, and for which he was in no way responsible, the police were prosecuting Mr. George Bedborough Bedborough, George (fl. 1897–1934) RLIN
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', and warns that 'so far as the facts have been stated to me, the action of the police seems calculated to bring into the gravest discredit the cause in which they are supposed to be acting'. After all, the book in question, Henry H Ellis's Ellis, Henry Havelock (1859–1939) ODNB
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex Ellis, Havelock 1897. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Vol. 1, Sexual Inversion, London: University Press
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, 'was not proposed to be sold for general circulation. Every copy supplied to booksellers was labelled "This book is a scientific work, intended for medical men, lawyers, and teachers. It should not be placed in the hands of the general public". I have read the book, and no person who reads it with an impartial mind could come to the conclusion that it was published with the intention of corrupting the morals of Her Majesty's subjects'. Although it 'may be alleged that such problems should not be discussed, and that the whole question should be buried in impenetrable silence', the 'answer to this is that if the legislator makes one theory of the Psychology of Sex the basis for passing a law which sends citizens to penal servitude, it is impossible to shut out such a theory from public discussion. Dr Ellis' inquiry goes to the very root of the theory upon which one section of the Criminal Law Amendment Act is based, and if the conclusions at which he arrives are sound the principle of that legislation is unsound, and will have to be modified, for the same reason that capital punishment is never enforced upon persons of disordered minds'. Notes the 'general contention of the medical profession, which is that, if the sale of such a book as Dr. Ellis' justifies the wholesale seizure of every book on the premises of any bookseller, the sale of medical works will be very much restricted', and cautions against 'the sudden extension of the police censorship to the realm of scientific discussion'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 163.

The Australasian Review of Reviews

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Review of Reviews for Australasia Review of Reviews for Australasia (1892–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Disease, Entomology


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 168.

The North American Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

George E Walsh Walsh, George Ethelbert (b. 1865) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Breeding


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 171.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Sanitation, Putrefaction, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 173–74.

The Quarterly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Botany, Horticulture, Periodicals

People mentioned:

Samuel Curtis Curtis, Samuel (1779–1860) ODNB
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Publications cited:

Curtis's Botanical Magazine or Flower-garden Displayed Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-garden Displayed (1787–1800) Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-garden Displayed (1801–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 205.

How to Make Periodicals More Accessible. A Suggestion to Students of Special Subjects

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Periodicals, Specialization, Science Communication, Engineering


    Proposes a scheme to 'supply subscribers at a reasonable rate with separate articles or sets of articles on certain subjects', an idea which is presently 'carried out by the Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, and articles on all technical subjects connected with Engineering are offered to subscribers at certain fixed rates'.



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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 219–29.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Vaccination, Government, Ethics, Politics


    Records that the 'House of Lords House of Lords
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plucked up heart of grace in order to make a last stand for the principle of compulsory vaccination', although the 'system of enforced vaccination [...] has ended in making vaccination so unpopular that, to give the doctors a chance of inoculating the population against small-pox, it has been necessary to abolish compulsion wherever parents plead conscientious objection', and the lords have now grudgingly accepted the bill, and its conscience clause, after a second reading (228–29).



Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 233–44.

Character Sketch. Dr. F. J. Campbell, of the Kingdom of the Blind

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [8]

Subjects:

Disability, Statistics, Education, Schools


    Reports that the Royal Normal College for the Blind Royal Normal College for the Blind
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is 'just now in the crisis of its destinies', and so 'no moment could be selected more timely for the publication of a Character Sketch' devoted to its 'remarkable' founder Francis J Campbell Campbell, Francis Joseph ( 1832–1914) WBI
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(233). Across the world 'the denizens of the Kingdom of the Blind are at least one million strong', while in Britain there are '32,000 sightless of all ages' (234). In the early 1870s both Campbell, an American expatriate originally from Tennessee, and Thomas R Armitage Armitage, Thomas Rhodes (1824–90) WBI
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, founder of the British and Foreign Blind Association British and Foreign Blind Association
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, tried to introduce educational innovations in existing schools and colleges for the blind, but found that the 'citizens of the Kingdom of the Blind looked askance at these revolutionary proposals' and 'new-fangled theories', and so the two men determined to start 'a small school and try the experiment' themselves (241). The Royal Normal College for the Blind at Norwood in South London is now 'a veritable city of light' for its 160 pupils, and 'although no one can make them see with their eyes, Dr. Campbell has to a very large extent succeeded in making them see with their fingers' and enabling them to 'move about with an alert confidence'. Campbell himself is an accomplished mountaineer and the 'only blind man who has ever ascended Mont Blanc'. Indeed, John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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, 'meeting the indomitable little man in the Alps, inquired as he took his arm, "Are you really blind, or are you only humbug?". (242) The college 'under the shadow of the towers of the Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
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' (234) is undoubtedly the 'best of its kind', but it now faces debts of nearly £25,000, and readers of the Review of Reviews are called upon to help raise the 'comparatively trifling sum necessary to wipe off this financial embarrassment, and to restore it to its necessary independence' (244).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 263–64.

Louis De Rougemont. Gulliver and Munchhausen Outdone

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Wide World Magazine Wide World Magazine (1898–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Travel, Anthropology, Charlatanry, Societies


    Details the 'amazing experiences' of the French adventurer Louis De Rougemont De Rougemont, Louis (1844–1921) WBI
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(263), who claims to have 'lived thirty years among savages in a country that has hitherto never been explored'. Records that 'M. De Rougemont called round at the office of the REVIEW OF REVIEWS Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, and certainly his personal appearance is eminently in his favour' in his attempt to prove the veracity of his alleged experiences. In addition, he has been 'invited to read papers before the British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science
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, which meets at Bristol this month, and the secretaries of the Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society
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are stated to be perfectly satisfied that he has at least a primâ facie case to be believed'. (264)



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 275.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

John S Haldane Haldane, John Scott (1860–1936) DSB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Vitalism, Soul


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 278–79.

The National Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Oliver J Lodge Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851–1940) DSB ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Physics, Discovery, Physical Chemistry, Gas Chemistry

People mentioned:

John W Strutt (3rd Baron Rayleigh) Strutt, John William, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 280.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Thomas J J See See, Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1866–1962) DSB
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Instruments, Observatories


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 285.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henry C de Varigny Varigny, Henry Crosnier de (b. 1855) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Oceanography, Animal Husbandry, Breeding


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 306.

"Attractive Colouring"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

George D Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll) Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823–1900) ODNB
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, Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural History, Ornithology, Animal Behaviour


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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 327–35.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Military Technology, War, Scientism, Chemistry, Invention, Progress, Imperialism, Exploration, Organic Chemistry, Natural Economy, Agriculture, Hydrography, Dynamics, Futurism, Fear, Scientific Practitioners, Imagination, Spiritualism, Matter Theory

Institutions mentioned:

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    Remarks that the success of the British-Egyptian forces at the battle of Omdurman shows the 'thickness of the magic panoply of civilisation'. During the battle the Mahdist army of Dervishes 'fought as befits men who were making the last and the supreme rally of savage humanity against the perfected machine of scientific valour', and they 'had to be cleared out by Maxims, and died literally in heaps'. It is now evident that the 'sceptre of the world, even of the heart of Central Africa, is no longer wielded by the brawny arm of the swift barbarian. Not even in the far Soudan can the brain of the chemist and of the mechanic brook a rival. The brain that invents is now definitely master of the hand that slays, and although the lesson has been terrible—as executions always are—is it not a vital feature in the progress of the world?'. (327) At the same time, however, the 'human factor [...] cannot be eliminated even by the chemist. To hurl the thunderbolts of science it is necessary to have men who can carry them within range of the enemy. A race of weaklings cannot wield the hammer of Thor'. Also reports that four hundred miles further down the Nile from Omdurman, the town of Fashoda has been claimed by 'Major Marchand Marchand, Jean Baptiste (1863–1934) CBD
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, a French explorer who left the West Coast of Africa two years since on a pseudo-scientific expedition across the continent'. (328) At the meeting of the 'British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science
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Sir W. Crookes Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) DSB ODNB
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, in his inaugural address, indulged in an alarming speculation as to the possible exhaustion of the nitrates of the world. To answer the prayer, "Give us day by day our daily bread", it is necessary we should have sufficient store of fixed nitrogen to replenish the exhausted fertility of our wheat lands', but we are 'using it up rapidly, and wasting it [...] to the sum of £16,000,000 a year in sewage emptied into the sea'. Crookes, however, reassured his audience that 'free nitrogen exists in the atmosphere in such immense volume that if the chemist could but induce the mechanician to complete the harnessing of Niagara to the dynamo, he would ere long be able manufacture the fertilising nitrate direct from the air'. Comments that, along with Crookes, 'Another scientific man [i.e. William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin) Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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; see Anon, 'Mankind Under Notice to Quit. All Life Extinct Within Four Hundred Years', Review of Reviews, 17 (1898), 465] is said to indulge in the speculation that in three hundred years the progress of industrialism will have exhausted the oxygen of the atmosphere of the world. There is nothing like a man of science with imagination for the breeding of nightmares'. Also observes that 'Sir W. Crookes distinguished himself by the testimony which he bore in his Presidential address to the truth of what I am wont familiarly to speak of as "spooks". No scientific man has investigated more carefully or certified more positively the strange phenomena of spiritualism', and concludes 'Good, very good all this. Spooks are looking up'. (333)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 373.

"Why is the British Race Superior?"

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Joseph Banister Banister, Joseph (fl. 1907–31) RLIN
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, New Century Review New Century (1897–1900) New Century Review (1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Nationalism, Eugenics, Crime, Narcotics


    Details that article's claims that the British race is superior because, amongst other things, of the 'tendency of our moral and mental weaklings to indulge in excess in intoxicants', which 'indulgence in the drinking habit shortens the victims' lives, precluding them from bringing into the world other weaklings', and complains that the 'strange intermixture of the grotesque and the serious leaves one in an uncertainty whether the paper is or is not meant as an elaborate pleasantry'.



Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 379.

The Balloon in Warfare

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Hugo Hergesell Hergesell, Hugo (1859–1938) RLIN
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Military Technology

Institutions mentioned:

International Aerological Commission International Aerological Commission
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 388.

The Latest Flying-machine

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

English Illustrated Magazine English Illustrated Magazine (1883–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Invention, Machinery

People mentioned:

G L O Davidson Davidson, Mr G L O (flying-machine designer) (fl. 1898) RR1/18/4a/4
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 388.

Cow's Milk and Consumption. Why Infant Mortality Remains So High

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert E Maxwell Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith (1845–1937) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Bacteriology, Agriculture

People mentioned:

H H Robert Koch Koch, Heinrich Hermann Robert (1843–1910) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 389.

Women Physically Equal to Men

Anon

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Quiver Quiver (1873–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Ludgate Ludgate Monthly (1891–94) Ludgate Illustrated Magazine (1894–95) Ludgate (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Gender, Health


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 392–93.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henry de Mosenthal Mosenthal, Henry de (fl. 1898) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Military Technology, Industrial Chemistry

People mentioned:

Alfred B Nobel Nobel, Alfred Bernhard (1833–96) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 393.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Charles M Blackford Blackford, Charles Minor, Jr (fl. 1909) RLIN
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Oceanography, Ornithology, Zoology, Geology

Institutions mentioned:

HMS Challenger HMS Challenger
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 394.

The National Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Frederic W H Myers Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Psychical Research

People mentioned:

Richard Hodgson, Hodgson, Richard (1855–1905) WBI
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Leonora E Piper Piper, Leonora E (fl. 1885) WBI
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Publications cited:

Hodgson 1898 Hodgson, Richard 1898. 'A Further Record of Observations of Certain Phenomena of Trance', Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 13, 284–582
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 394.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Benjamin F Austin Austin, Benjamin Fish (b. 1850) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Psychical Research

Institutions mentioned:

Society for Psychical Research Society for Psychical Research
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 395.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Josiah Royce Royce, Josiah (1855–1916) CBD
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychology, Professionalization, Human Development


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 400.

The Engineering Magazine

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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, Gustav Lindenthal Lindenthal, Gustav (1850–1935) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Machinery, Military Technology | Engineering


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 411–15.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Peary 1898 Peary, Robert Edwin 1898. Northward Over the "Great Ice": A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1891–1897, 2 vols, London: Methuen & Co.
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Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Physical Geography


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 417.

Patent Railway Signalling Invention

Anon

Genre:

Announcement, Reportage

Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Invention, Railways, Patents, Engineering, Electricity


    Describes the invention by Wynford Brierly Brierly, Mr Wynford (of Carr Hall Villa, Nelson, Lancashire) (fl. 1898) RR1/18/4/14
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of the 'Brierly apparatus', which holds out the prospect of improved safety on the railway system. The apparatus is 'as simple as anything of this kind can well be' and consists of a 'contact bar [...] mounted on the end of the rails on a rocking shaft, and [...] connected by a lever and wire to the ordinary signal connection, so that when the signal is put to danger by the man in the signal-box he also raises the contact bar into a position to strike a lever affixed to the engine. The blow, when it takes place, makes a complete electric current, sets an alarm bell ringing on the engine and works an indicator'. Also reports that 'Trials have been made on an express train on the Great Northern Railway Great Northern Railway Company
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for many months with the apparatus, and with complete success'.



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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 431–43.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Nationalism, National Efficiency, Declinism, Industry, Electricity, Commerce, Transport, Technology


    Remarks that 'Compared with New York, London is a badly lighted country village. Compared with Hamburg, the street locomotion is as that of the stage coach era compared to that of the train de luxe. Why, even here in Sebastopol, in the city which has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the fortress we pounded to bits half-a-century since, electric trolley cars are running which are immensely in advance of anything to be found in the capital of the British Empire'. At the same time, there is a 'general movement against the English abroad', and although 'Englishmen made the gas for St. Petersburg', and 'All over Southern Russia, Englishmen founded and directed ironworks, and presided over the industrial development of the country. Now all is changed. Belgians and Frenchmen and Germans do the business, and a greater business, that the English began. Even in the working of tramways Belgians make lines pay which the English have abandoned in despair of earning a dividend'. (442)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 480.

[A Plea for a British Antarctic Expedition]

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John Murray Murray, Sir John (1841–1914) DSB
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, Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Physical Geography


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 482.

Andrew Lang's Origin of Religion

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Religion, Christianity, Anthropology, Spiritualism, Periodicals

Publications cited:

Lang 1898 Lang, Andrew 1898. The Making of Religion, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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    Observes that it is 'noteworthy that even the Edinburgh is not prepared to rule out "spooks" from serious investigation'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 488.

"Louis De Rougemont"

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Daily Chronicle Daily Chronicle (1825–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Wide World Magazine Wide World Magazine (1898–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Charlatanry, Exploration, Travel, Anthropology, Societies

People mentioned:

Louis De Rougemont De Rougemont, Louis (1844–1921) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
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See also:

Anon, 'Louis De Rougemont. Gulliver and Munchhausen Outdone', Review of Reviews, 18 (1898), 263–64


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 489.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William Ramsay Ramsay, William (1806–65) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Discovery, Physical Chemistry, Gas Chemistry

People mentioned:

John W Strutt (3rd Baron Rayleigh) Strutt, John William, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 492.

Harmsworth's

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

T F Manning Manning, Mr T F (fl. 1898) RR1/18/5b/6
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, Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine (1898–1900) Harmsworth Magazine (1900–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiological Chemistry, Popularization


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 501–07.

The Book of the Month. Dr. Sven Hedin's Adventures on "The Roof of the World". A Thrilling Romance of Real Travel

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Hedin 1898 Hedin, Sven 1898. Through Asia, 2 vols, London: Methuen & Co.
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Relevant illustrations:

photo. [2]; eng.; map

Subjects:

Exploration, Travel, Physical Geography, Anthropology


    In the wake of 'a Norwegian Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930) DSB
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who' only last year 'mounted nearer than any human being before him to the summit of the Northern Icecap', now comes 'a Swede who has faced not less appalling dangers while clambering over the Eastern "roof of the world"'. Recounts the details of Sven Hedin's Hedin, Sven (b. 1865) WBI
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epic journey across Asia and over the Himalayas, on which he was 'Steadily accumulating scientific data for the enlightenment of Western savants'. (501)



Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 508–11.

Some Notable Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Jane 1898 Jane, Frederick Thomas 1898. The Torpedo in Peace and War, London: W. Thacker & Co.
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships


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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 533–43.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Hunting, Natural Imperialism, Extinction, Politics, Environmentalism


    Reports that the 'long standing dispute between Canada and the United States as to the right of killing seals in the open sea has been settled by an arrangement which was foreshadowed last year at Washington by Mr. Gage Gage, Lyman Judson (1836–1927) WBI
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, the Secretary of the Treasury [....] Canada gives up the right of deep sea sealing, and the United States compensates her for this abandonment of what is admittedly a legal right' (543).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 565.

"The Autonaut"

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:

Invention, Transport, Technology


    Describes 'a boat that propels itself, but can only move in rough waters', which is powered by steel 'feathering fins' designed by Herman Linden Linden, Herman (boat designer, of the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli) (fl. 1898) RR1/18/6a/2
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of the Stazione Zoologica di Napoli Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 572.

The Battle of the Canals: Nicaragua or Panama—Which?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Warner Miller Miller, Warner (1835–1918) WBI
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, Henry L Abbot Abbot, Henry Larcom (1831–1927) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Controversy

People mentioned:

Archibald R Colquhoun Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1848–1914) ODNB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 586.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

John M Bacon Bacon, John Mackenzie (1846–1904) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Travel


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 587.

The National Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Stephen W B Coleridge Coleridge, Stephen William Buchanan (1854–1936) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Anaesthesia, Vivisection

People mentioned:

Joseph Lister Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827–1912) DSB ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 590.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Jules L C Henrivaux Henrivaux, Jules Léopold Charles (b. 1850) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Architecture, Engineering, Light


Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 592.

The Italian Reviews

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Rassegna Nazionale Rassegna Nazionale (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Darwinism, Religion, Christianity

People mentioned:

John A Zahm Zahm, John Augustine (1851-1921) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 593.

Engineering

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

James Riley Riley, Mr James (of South Wales) (fl. 1898) RR1/18/6b/8
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Industry, Metallurgy, Manufactories

People mentioned:

Nathaniel Barnaby Barnaby, Sir Nathaniel (1829–1915) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  18 (1898), 594.

New Reviews of Reviews

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Nathan E Boyd Boyd, Nathan E (fl. 1898) RLIN
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, Medical and Surgical "Review of Reviews" Medical and Surgical "Review of Reviews" (1898–99) Medical Review (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Waller Jeffs Jeffs, Waller (fl. 1898–99) RR1/18/6b/9
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, Science Work Science Work (1898–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing, Science Communication, Medical Treatment, Surgery


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