Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 5  (January to June 1892)
Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 3–11.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Pollution, Public Health, Invention


    Reports that London and other parts of the country have endured a 'horrible visitation' by 'a fog of almost Egyptian darkness [...] inflicting almost incalculable discomfort upon millions of people'. Advises that the best solution to the problem is 'to invent a grate that will really consume its smoke', but wonders 'where, oh where, is this ideal grate to be found?'. Warns that if it is not invented soon, 'we shall in time live from October to April in an atmosphere somewhat worse than that of the Underground Railway'. (10)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 42.

Shall We Talk with the Men on the Moon? Probably. By M. Camille Flammarion

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Telegraphy, Heterodoxy, Psychical Research


    Praises Flammarion as 'an astronomer who does not flinch from putting questions from which most scientific men recoil in horror', and quotes his opinion that there may 'exist between the planetary humanities psychic lives that we do not know of yet'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 44.

Ghosts and the Astral Plane. By Mrs. Besant

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Annie Besant Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Psychical Research

People mentioned:

Oliver J Lodge, Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph (1851–1940) DSB ODNB
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William Crookes Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) DSB ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 56.

The Late Mr. G. T. Bettany

Anon

Genre:

Announcement, Obituary

Subjects:

Darwinism, Monographs

People mentioned:

George T Bettany Bettany, George Thomas (1850–91) WBI
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Publications cited:

Bettany 1887 Bettany, George Thomas 1887. Life of Charles Darwin, Great Writers Series, London: W. Scott
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 73.

The Kneipp Water Cure

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Month Month (1864–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Homeopathy, Quackery, Medical Practitioners, Heterodoxy, Professionalization, Boundary Formation


    Complains that after Sebastian Kneipp's Kneipp, Sebastian (1821–97) WBI
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water-cure had 'proved its efficacy in numberless instances [....] the first thing the authorities did to him was to take him up before the police court for doctoring people and thus preventing the rightful medical authorities earning their bread'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 73.

Skinning Birds Alive

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin Waugh Waugh, Benjamin (1839–1908) ODNB
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, Sunday Magazine Sunday Magazine (1864–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Collecting, Natural Imperialism, Societies

People mentioned:

William H Hudson Hudson, William Henry (1841–1922) ODNB
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    Gives details of the newly-formed Society for the Protection of Birds Society for the Protection of Birds
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, which now has some '950 members'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 73.

Do Railway Trains Affect the Climate?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Belford's Magazine Belford's Magazine (1888–91) RLIN
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Subjects:

Climatology, Railways


    Suggests that the 'perpetual rushing of a million' railway carriages in 'all directions through a mobile and elastic atmosphere [...] may generate cyclones and lead to unusual snowstorms'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 76.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Ernest A Hart Hart, Ernest Abraham (1835–98) ODNB
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, William C Keppel Keppel, William Coutts, 7th Earl of Albemarle (formerly styled 'Viscount Bury') (1832–94) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mesmerism, Error, Charlatanry | Electricity, Industry


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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 113–20.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Disease, Public Health, Statistics


    Records that it has been 'a black month of death. The malarial fever which is called the Influenza has become epidemic in Western Europe', and in London alone 'the epidemic may be regarded as having swept off 5,000 lives last month' (113). Also reports how 'Dr. Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB
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calculates' that in every year '33,000,000 of the human race are transferred from the realm of the living to the pale shades of death [...] the silent havoc of nature thus exceeding in one year all the carnage of all the wars of a hundred years' (114).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 145–46.

The Late Duke of Clarence. In Memoriam

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Protestant Standard Protestant Standard (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Phrenology, Patronage


    Relates how in 1884 the recently deceased Albert V C E, Duke of Clarence Albert Victor Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone (1864–92) ODNB
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had made incognito visits to Stackpool E O'Dell's O'Dell, Stackpool Edward (fl. 1880) WBI
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London Phrenological Institute London Phrenological Institute
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in Brompton, and reports him as saying: 'My grandfather consulted a member of your profession concerning many of his family, and, I believe, placed much reliance in the advice given him by George Combe Combe, George (1788–1858) ODNB
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' (146).



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 147.

How Very Human. The Nearness of Animals to Man

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Edward P Evans Evans, Edward Payson (1831–1917) WBI
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, Atlantic Monthly Magazine Atlantic Monthly Magazine (1857–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Animal Behaviour, Anthropomorphism, Gender, Morality


    Notes that many 'animals and birds are stricter monogamists than men and women, and, with beasts as with men, the standard of sexual morality is higher with the females than with the males'. Concludes that 'there are many tribes of mankind to which animals might with advantage send missionaries'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 158.

What is Clairvoyance?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Helena P H Blavatsky Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn (1831–91) ODNB
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Supernaturalism


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 169.

Is There Poison in the Pipe? Yes; But Not So Much, After All

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Jules E Rochard Rochard, Jules Eugène (1819–96) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Health


    Concludes that, despite 'the exaggerations by which its adversaries have done their cause more harm than good', 'smoking, in moderation, does no harm, though the actual benefit may be doubtful'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 173.

A New Theory of Storms and Cyclones. The Earth's Saturnian Ring

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Revue Maritime et Coloniale Revue Maritime et Coloniale (1861–96) European Library Portal
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Meteorology


    Rather than being 'only on the cover of the REVIEW OF REVIEWS Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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that there [is] a belt round the earth', it is now suggested that 'the phenomena attending storms and cyclones can be satisfactorily explained on the assumption that, like Saturn, the earth is surrounded by rings of cosmic matter, which lie nearly on the plane of the ecliptic'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 173.

The Sea as a Motor

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Revista General de Marina Revista General de Marina (1877–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Oceanography, Mechanics, Energy


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 177.

Woman's Rights and the Progress of Mankind. By Prof. Alfred Wallace

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Progress, Heredity, Gender

People mentioned:

Francis Galton, Galton, Sir Francis (1822–1911) DSB ODNB
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August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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    Suggests that 'the most suggestive and interesting part of Dr. Wallace's article' is the 'scientific re-enforcement of the cause of the emancipation of women' where he argues that 'the increasing liberty of choice given to women in marriage [...] will enable the human race to accelerate its progress'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 182.

Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William Crookes Crookes, Sir William (1832–1919) DSB ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electricity, Telegraphy


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 184.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Richard Hodgson Hodgson, Richard (1855–1905) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Psychical Research

Institutions mentioned:

American Society for Psychical Research American Society for Psychical Research
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 189–99.

With Mr. Rhodes Through Mashonaland. The Truth About the Land of Ophir

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Travelogue

Relevant illustrations:

map

Subjects:

Imperialism, Exploration, Race, Natural History, Zoological Gardens, Hunting


    Describes the progress of Cecil J Rhodes Rhodes, Cecil John (1853–1902) ODNB
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through Mashonaland in the African interior, making occasional observations on the natural history of the region. For example, notes that wherever you have 'an anthill you have fertile soil and sweet grass' because the 'whole of the soil is, as it were, turned over and thrown up to the surface by these wonderful little toilers who in Africa perform the function which Darwin Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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tells us is performed by the earthworms in your country' (198). Also observes that the entire region is 'simply one huge zoological garden' with an 'abundance of wild animals [...] left all these ages undisturbed by man'. Now, however, the hunters have moved in and 'for the sportsman no such region exists in the world', with enormous 'herds of buffaloes [to] be seen within gunshot of the road'. (195)



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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 239–55.

Character Sketch: March. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Heredity, Scientific Naturalism, Religion, Psychical Research


    Comments that the late Charles H Spurgeon's Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834–92) ODNB
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staunch Calvinism 'brought him into unconscious sympathy with the whole drift of modern scientific speculation' (242). After all, 'what is the doctrine of heredity but the reaffirmation of the grimmer doctrines of the Calvinistic creed? The reign of law which modern science has revealed, has scared many by seeming to exclude all possibility of the supernatural and the miraculous and which, when developed into a necessarian philosophy, seems to abolish the moral responsibility of man' (243). The power of prayer, however, is 'a constant confirmation of the divine intervention in the affairs of life', which 'must be admitted, on purely scientific grounds, whether the sceptic may explain it on the ground of telepathy and the influence of a strong mind upon other minds which are in a mysterious way, not yet fully known, brought under the influence of a human will operating through other channels than the five senses' (244).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 264.

Sir Morell Mackenzie

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Medical Practitioners, Hospitals

People mentioned:

Morell Mackenzie Mackenzie, Sir Morell (1837–92) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 268.

Herbert Spencer. A Sketch by His Late Secretary

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William H Hudson Hudson, William Henry (1841–1922) ODNB
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Reading


    Remarks that it 'is rather difficult to write anything interesting about Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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', and then concludes 'Mr. Spencer is now 72 years of age, and it is quite impossible for him ever to complete the work to which he has put his hand. In the last thirty years he has written 5,000 closely-printed pages, and, what is more surprising, has found a considerable number of readers to appreciate them'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 274.

A Chair of Positivist Philosophy at the Collège de France

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Revue Bleue Revue des Cours Littéraires de la France et de l'Étranger (1863–70) Revue Politique et Littéraire: Revue Bleue (1871–1900+) COPAC
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Subjects:

Positivism, Universities


    Insists that 'Auguste Comte Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier (Auguste) (1798–1857) DSB
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and his religion belong to the past [...] and neither Pierre Laffitte Laffitte, Pierre (b. 1823) WBI
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nor a chair at the Collège de France Collège de France, Paris
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can revive them'. Also complains that 'the new and living sciences, full of results, and promising still greater results, are not represented [....] all the sciences of observation and experience which have been revived or created by our contemporaries, are still without a chair'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 280.

The Cult of the Ghostly

Anon

Genre:

Announcement, Editorial

Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Christianity, Theosophy, Spiritualism


    Praises the campaign of the Review of Reviews Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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to collect 'Real Ghost Stories', and reports that 'we are in a fair way of establishing, on an uncontrovertible basis, as a scientific and ascertained fact, the existence of intelligences other than those which are encased in the ordinary material of human bodies. Evidence as to the facts of clairvoyance and of the reality of the Double accumulates'. However, warns that 'what with the County Council Election and the imminent approach of the General Election, I am afraid the ghosts will have to wait a bit. Others who have more leisure will, I hope, furnish me with the information which is necessary. What is wanted is to have evidence that will satisfy, say, Mr. Ray Lankester Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray (1847–1929) DSB ODNB
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and Mr. Maskelyne Maskelyne, John Nevil (1839–1917) ODNB
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, as to the reality of the phenomena in question'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 280.

One Hundred Miles an Hour. The Locomotive of the Future

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Railways, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 284.

The Mastery Over Pain. By Dr. Richardson

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Anaesthesia, History of Science

People mentioned:

Humphry Davy Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet (1778–1829) DSB ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 285.

"The Thoughts of a Human Automaton". The Ultimate Goal of Materialism

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry F E Blanchamp Blanchamp, Henry Frederick Ernest (b. 1866) WIVP
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Materialism, Physiological Psychology, Morality


    A 'delightful picture of the ultimate towards which many streams of modern speculation are tending' which makes 'a plain, bold declaration of the doctrine of human irresponsibility' by claiming that 'we are irresponsible automata whose actions and thoughts are predestined to the minutest detail'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 288.

Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William Thomson Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Energy, Entropy


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 291–92.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

J Norman Lockyer Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman (1836–1920) DSB ODNB
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, James E H Gordon Gordon, James Edward Henry (1852–93) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy | Electricity

People mentioned:

Nikola Tesla Tesla, Nikola (1856–1943) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 297.

More New Magazines

Anon

Genre:

Announcement, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Natural Science Natural Science (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Biology, Geology


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 298–99.

The Exorcism of the Smoke Fiend; Or, How to Get Rid of the Plague of Fog

Anon

Genre:

Editorial

Relevant illustrations:

eng. [2]

Subjects:

Pollution, Invention, Engineering


    Relates how an 'enterprising Bradford manufacturer' has taken up the Review of Review's Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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challenge to 'invent a grate that will really consume its smoke' and thereby rid London of its 'suffocating [...] fog'. Asserts that 'Not being a practical engineer [...] I cannot explain how it is done', but suggests that the 'anti-fog invention' works by 'having the chimney at the bottom of the fire instead of at the top'; 'the smoke is consumed' because the 'products of combustion must pass through the hottest parts of the fire'. (298)



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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 368.

Ghosts on the Brain

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Extract

Publications extracted:

Bulletin Bulletin (1891–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Spiritualism, Quackery


    A collection of cartoons which satirise the Review of Reviews's Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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preoccupation with spirits and apparitions, including 'Stead's Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB
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Ghost-Editor' who stands by a tomb bearing the words 'Temporary Office' and 'Refuse of Refuse', and a 'Specimen of dreams superinduced by reading the Christmas number of the Review of Reviews'. Also includes a cartoon of a quacking duck standing on the 'Mattei Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI
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Cure for Corns'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 369.

Do the Dead Return? An Apparition of Mrs. Booth!

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

All the World All the World (1884–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Minot J Savage Savage, Minot Judson (1841–1918) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Spiritualism, Psychical Research

People mentioned:

Catherine Booth Booth (née Mumford), Catherine (1829–90) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 383.

The Doom of Paris. A Vision of What May Happen 3000 AD

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Louis Gallet Gallet, Louis (1835–98) WBI
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Futurism, Medical Practitioners, Climatology


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 393.

The Age of Energy and Biology. A Prophecy of the Future

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Clarence King King, Clarence (1842–1901) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Futurism, Education, Energy, Biology


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 397–98.

Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Robert S Ball Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840–1913) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Entropy


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 401–02.

Blackwood's Magazine

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Species, Descent


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 405.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Magnetism, Mesmerism


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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 435–44.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Invention, Industrial Chemistry, Military Technology, Imagination


    Notes that 'Society, for the moment terrorised, reads with dismay the telegrams arriving every day which tell of explosions, arrests, incendiary fires, and stolen dynamite' (436). Despite this 'epidemic of explosive crime' (435), 'London omnibuses kill more people every year than the assassins have killed with dynamite since it was invented'. Dynamite, however, is 'comparatively new' and 'affects the imagination', and 'society has not yet learnt to regard an Anarchist with the composure with which it contemplates the approach of the 'bus'. (436)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 467–69.

Ten Years of Practical Electricity

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Electrical Review Electrical Review (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

photo. [2]

Subjects:

Electricity, Light, Railways

Institutions mentioned:

National Electric Light Association, New York National Electric Light Association, New York
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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 468.

A Voice From the Dead

Anon

Genre:

Illustration

Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Electricity, Sound


    Group photograph of 'a notable moment in the history of science and literature. The voice of the poet Browning Browning, Robert (1812–89) ODNB
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, preserved by the phonograph was being heard after death. It was the first occasion on which science had reproduced the actual voice of a dead man'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 472.

There Were Giants in Those Days. Modern Science and Nursery Tales

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Annie Besant Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Californian Illustrated Magazine Californian Illustrated Magazine (1891–94) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Palaeontology, Museums


    Remarks that one of the 'excellent things about modern science is the extent to which it is verifying the delightful old nursery tales. Before very long the most superior person will not be able to pooh-pooh the stories of giants, dragons and ogres which formed so large a part of the pabulum of our childhood'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 479.

Theosophy and Spiritualism. Have They a Common Ground?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Annie Besant Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Spiritualism


    Reports on an 'attempt to let the public understand what' Theosophists and Spiritualists 'really believe in common', and includes Alfred R Wallace's Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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letter of response which argues that an attempt should be made instead to 'bring out the crucial differences between Spiritualists and Theosophists'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 485.

What to Eat in Hot Weather

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Health


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 487.

Dr. Richardson on Chloroform and Influenza

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB
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, Asclepiad Asclepiad (1884–95) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Anaesthesia, Disease, Medical Treatment, Bacteriology


    Richardson considers it 'entirely a mistake to attribute influenza to microbes', and instead suggests that it can be brought on by breathing 'an atmosphere surcharged with ozone'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 487.

How School Children are Blinded

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Samuel D Risley Risley, Samuel Doty (1845–1920) WBI
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, Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Public Health, Education, Schools


    Argues that myopia is 'developed and aggravated by the conditions of modern education'.



Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 492.

A New Version of the Flood. The Story of the Ice Age

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Geology, Glaciology


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 497.

Women as Astronomers

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

New England Magazine New England Magazine (1886–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Gender, Universities

People mentioned:

Williamina P Fleming, Fleming (née Stevens), Williamina Paton (1857–1911) DSB WBI
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Antonia C de P P Maury Maury, Antonia Caetana de Pavia Pereira (1866–1952) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

University of Harvard—Observatory University of Harvard—Observatory
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 499.

Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

John G McKendrick McKendrick, John Gray (1841–1926) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Vitalism, Electricity


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 500.

Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Prince Peter Kropotkin Kropotkin, Prince Peter (1842–1921) CBD
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, Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electricity, Energy | Human Species, Descent


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 506.

The North American Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Felix L Oswald Oswald, Felix Leopold (1845–1906) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 507.

The Forum

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Richard L Garner Garner, Richard Lynch (b. 1848) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Zoology, Sound, Descent, Human Species


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 509.

The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society (1839–81) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Agriculture


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Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 543–50.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Crime, Mental Illness, Heredity


    Reports that although the 'sensational nature' of Frederick B Deeming's Deeming, Frederick Bailey (1853–92) WBI
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crimes 'was by no means calculated to conduce to a calm and dispassionate consideration of the case urged by his counsel', even 'in Melbourne, by this time, there is probably an uneasy conviction that the man was more or less a homicidal lunatic. His counsel's plea of instinctive and hereditary criminality seems to have been only too well justified by the facts, and in a more scientific age the hanging of Deeming may become the stock illustration of the judicial crimes of an unscientific age' (546).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 582.

What an Astral Body is Like. By a Theosophist

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Mesmerism


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 582.

Cryptophones for Military and Naval Purposes

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Rivista di Artiglieria e Genio Rivista di Artiglieria e Genio (1884–1900+) European Library Portal
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Subjects:

Military Technology


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 590.

Some Good Clairvoyant Stories

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

J M Soames Soames, J M () WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Minot J Savage Savage, Minot Judson (1841–1918) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Spiritualism


Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 591.

Great Little Men. Little Fellows are the Fellows for Work

Anon

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Abstract

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Gentleman's Magazine Gentleman's Magazine (1731–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disability, Genius


    Discusses the 'relation between over-developed inches and under-developed brain', praising the role played by 'dwarf-geniuses' throughout history.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  5 (1892), 606.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Maurice de Fleury Fleury, Maurice de (1860–1931) WBI
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Mesmerism, Hospitals

Institutions mentioned:

Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris Salpêtrière, Paris, hospital
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