Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 8  (July to December 1893)
Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 3–9.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Steamships, Military Technology, Accidents, Heroism


    Reports the sinking of HMS Victoria HMS Victoria
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, one of the Royal Navy's Royal Navy
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flagship 'ironclads', after she was accidentally rammed by another ship travelling at 'full steam' (9).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 13–19.

Character Sketch: July. Admiral Sir George Tryon, of H.M.S. "Victoria"

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Steamships, Military Technology, Accidents, Heroism, Romanticism, Feeling

People mentioned:

George Tryon Tryon, Sir George (1832–93) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Royal Navy Royal Navy
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    Notes that it is 'the fashion among some writers to decry the modern ironclad, as if it were a mere clumsy ugly box of machinery and boilers, a thing from which all sentiment and romance had departed', but insists that as 'a matter of fact, these great marine monsters do succeed in inspiring the same kind of sentiment in the men who sail them and who fight them as did the old wooden battle-ships'. Furthermore, the sinking of HMS Victoria HMS Victoria
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does not necessarily indicate the 'fragility of the modern ironclad', for there is 'nothing exceptional or unusual about the capsizing of an ironclad' and ships of 'the most ancient heart-of-oak pattern' regularly keeled over with 'even less excuse'. (15)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 23.

The Limitation of the American Family. The Decline in the Birth-Rate

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John S Billings Billings, John S (b. 1869) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Population, Statistics, Sex, Physiology, Education


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 29.

"The Size of the Sea"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William Schooling Schooling, Sir William (1860–1936) WBI
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hydrography, Measurement


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 30.

Prices Current for Wild Beasts

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Raymond Blathwayt Blathwayt, Raymond (1855–1935) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural Imperialism, Collecting, Commerce, Menageries


    Gives a list of 'prices current of wild beasts' from 'Hagenbeck Hagenbeck, Karl (1844–1913) WBI
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of Hamburg, wild beast purveyor to the civilised world [....] in case any of our readers wish to start a private menagerie of their own'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 40.

On the Edge of the Future. Problems in Steam and Electricity

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB
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, Engineering Review Engineering Review (1891–96) Waterloo Directory
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, 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:

Steam-power, Engineering, Progress, Skill, Steamships, Electricity, Miracle, Futurism


    Claims that the 'culmination of human ingenuity and skill seems to be presented in the new ocean steamers', and reports the notions of Alexander G Bell Bell, Alexander Graham (1847–1922) DSB
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concerning the transmission of thought by electricity as well as his avowal that 'before long the deaf will be made to hear and the blind to see by the same brain-tickling capacity of this universal agent'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 40.

What Edison is After Now. Two New Inventions—Iron and Coal

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

E J Edwards Edwards, E J (fl. 1888–1910) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Invention, Mining, Energy, Steamships

People mentioned:

Thomas A Edison Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 41.

Flying by Sea and by Sky. What We are Coming to Next

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John H Biles Biles, Sir John Harvard (1854–1933) ODNB
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Aeronautics, Futurism

People mentioned:

Samuel P Langley Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834–1906) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 42.

Lesseps in Ruin

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Robert H Sherard Sherard, Robert Harborough (b. 1861) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineers

People mentioned:

Ferdinand, vicomte de Lesseps Lesseps, Ferdinand, vicomte de (1805–94) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 43.

The Last Days of the World. By Camille Flammarion

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Futurism, Science Fiction, Imagination, Fear


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 45.

Lady Doctors

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Louisa B Aldrich-Blake Aldrich-Blake, Dame Louisa Brandreth (1865–1925) ODNB
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Gender


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 47.

Witch Burning in France. A Chapter in the Annals of Crime

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Spiritualism, Scientific Practitioners, History of Science


    Notes how the 'history of mediæval spiritualism' shows that 'Not only the credulous and the ignorant, but some of the most noted scientific and medical authorities of the seventeenth century evidently took the spirits au grand sérieux'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 49.

Professor Huxley Among the Prophets. Mrs. Besant on This "Daniel Come to Judgement"

Anon

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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:

Darwinism, Evolution, Human Species, Morality, Degeneration

People mentioned:

Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 49.

Why Not Kill Consumptives at Once?

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

James F Goodhart Goodhart, Sir James Frederic, 1st Baronet (1845–1916) WBI
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Government, Sanitation

People mentioned:

Arnold Chaplin Chaplin, Arnold (b. 1864) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 52.

Ice Laid on Like Gas! The Latest American Notion

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Engineering Review Engineering Review (1891–96) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Domestic Economy, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 55.

The God of Science. The Latest Attempt to Define Deity

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Friedrich Jodl Jodl, Friedrich (1849–1914) WBI
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, Paul Carus Carus, Paul (1852–1919) WBI
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Religion, Philosophy, Soul, Morality

People mentioned:

Ernst H P A Haeckel Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August (1834–1919) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 57.

"Borderland". Contents of the First Number of the New Quarterly

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Literary Notice

Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing, Supernaturalism, Psychical Research, Materialism, Astrology

People mentioned:

Julia A Ames Ames, Julia A (1861–91) WBI
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Publications cited:

Hudson [1893] Hudson, Thomson Jay [1893]. The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A Working Hypothesis for the Systematic Study of Hypnotism, Spiritism, Mental Therapeutics, etc., Chicago: A. C. McClurg; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons
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    In summarising the section of Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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which records the 'correspondence received from men and women of eminence in all departments of thought', reports that the 'new venture meets with a cordial "send-off" from the leading members of the S. P. R. Society for Psychical Research
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'. However, 'Professor Ray Lankester Lankester, Sir Edwin Ray (1847–1929) DSB ODNB
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takes, as a matter of course, the familiar attitude of the scientist who is quite sure there is nothing in it but fraud and imposture', while 'Dr. Alfred Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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[...] Professor Janet Janet, Pierre (1859–1947) CBD
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, and others, express themselves in favour of the inquiry'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 58.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Thomas E Thorpe Thorpe, Thomas Edward (1845–1925) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Photography, Observatories

People mentioned:

John M Schaeberle Schaeberle, John Martin (1853–1924) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

University of California—Lick Observatory University of California—Lick Observatory
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 60.

The New Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Samuel S Sprigge Sprigge, Sir (Samuel) Squire (1860–1937) ODNB
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Bacteriology, Crime, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 60.

Glaciers and Valleys

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Thomas G Bonney Bonney, Thomas George (1833–1923) DSB
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, Geographical Magazine Ocean Highways (1873–74) Geographical Magazine (1874–78) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Glaciology


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 62.

The Secret of Youth in Age

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Health, Ageing, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Sebastiano Fenzi Fenzi, Sebastiano (1822–1901) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 63.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Reginald B Leach Leach, Reginald Barkley (b. 1861) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Homeopathy, Heterodoxy


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 67.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

George J Romanes Romanes, George John (1848–94) DSB
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, Marcus M Hartog Hartog, Marcus Manuel (1851–1923) WBI
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Genetics, Evolution, Controversy

People mentioned:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 69–78.

The Miracle of the Maid of Orleans; or, The Evidence of the Supernatural in History

Anon

Genre:

Travelogue, Essay, Polemic

Subjects:

Miracle, Supernaturalism, Rationalism, Scientific Naturalism, Instruments, Microscopy, Spectroscopy


    Complains that 'so-called supernatural or miraculous phenomena' are 'hateful to the narrower scientists' who consistently refuse to 'recognize the birth of the Infinite Invisible, of the nature of which we know about as much by our microscopes and spectroscopes and other meteyards of science as the dwellers on the European coastline knew in Jeanne's Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), Saint ('The Maid of Orleans') (c. 1412–31) CBD
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time of the American continent' (72).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 97–101.

The New Books of the Month

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Haweis 1893 Haweis, Hugh Reginald 1893. Sir Morell Mackenzie; Physician and Operator: A Memoir Compiled and Edited from Private Papers and Personal Reminiscences, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Publishing, Monographs, Controversy


    Relates how the biography of the late Morell Mackenzie Mackenzie, Sir Morell (1837–92) ODNB
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was originally suppressed at the request of his family for 'some mysterious reasons, which may be guessed at rather than asserted', but was then brought out when they failed to fulfil an agreement to repay the publisher for his expenditure on the work (97).



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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 117–26.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Religion, Disease, Bacteriology, Fear, Sanitation, Mining, Accidents, Physical Geography, Societies, Gender


    Reports the 'outbreak of cholera at Mecca' which was caused because the 'well Zem Zem, the sacred fountain' of Islam, from which every pilgrim to the holy city must drink as much as they can, is 'a seething mass of microbes and water'. Reflects that it is 'very sad that Moslems should thus make religion a great cholera propagator', although it is 'on the whole less contemptible than the conduct of that American congregation which, from its slavish dread of infection, has this year substituted for the communion cup which passed from lip to lip an arrangement by which each communicant is supplied with a separate wine-glass for his exclusive use'. (120) Also relates how the 'Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society
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made itself ridiculous last month by deciding that women should not be admitted to be Fellows on the same footing as men' (125).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 135–44.

Character Sketch: August. Lord Kelvin, P.R.S.

J Munro Munro, John (1849–1930) RLIN
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [5]

Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Popularization, Photography, Race, Genius, Heroism, Mathematics, Heat, Electricity, Engineering, Patents, Telegraphy, Invention, Instruments, Electromagnetism, Oceanography, Instrument-makers, Navigation, Magnetism, Providence, Expertise, Error, Measurement, Natural Philosophy, Discovery, Physics, Dynamics, Statics, Language, Reading, Nomenclature, Textbooks, Authorship, Matter Theory, Geology, Darwinism, Astronomy, Entropy, Politics, Conservatism, Patronage, Status, Universities, Lecturing, Metaphysics

People mentioned:

Cyrus W Field, Field, Cyrus West (1819–92) CBD
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Michael Faraday, Faraday, Michael (1791–1867) DSB
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Cromwell F Varley, Varley, Cromwell Fleetwood (1828–83) ODNB
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H C Fleeming Jenkin, Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming (1833–85) DSB
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James P Joule, Joule, James Prescott (1818–89) DSB
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Philipp Reis, Reis, Philipp (1834–74) WBI
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George B Airy, Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801–92) DSB ODNB
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Peter G Tait, Tait, Peter Guthrie (1831–1901) DSB
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Hermann von Helmholtz Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB
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Publications cited:

Munro 1891, Munro, John 1891. Heroes of the Telegraph, London: Religious Tract Society
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Galton 1874 Galton, Francis 1874. English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture, London: Macmillan & Co.
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    Celebrates the 'multifarious and diversified career' of William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin) Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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, detailing his contributions to many fields of science, engineering, and education, and proclaims him 'the Napoleon Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821) CBD
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of Science—or if the older fashion be more to his taste—the Napoleon of natural philosophy' (144). Notes, however, that he is 'something of a "dark horse" to the English public', and remains largely 'unknown to the masses'. In fact, if we look in 'the windows of London photographers' we 'may hope to see a muscular athlete like Sandow Sandow, Eugene (1867–1925) CBD
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, but we shall look in vain for an intellectual giant such as Lord Kelvin'. Part of the reason for this is that 'his residence in Glasgow has withdrawn him from the vortex of metropolitan publicity'. (135) In discussing the 'pretty stiff reading' which students encounter in books like Elements of Natural Philosophy Thomson, William and Tait, Peter Guthrie 1873. Elements of Natural Philosophy, Part 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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, observes that 'Lord Kelvin, like Thomas Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas (1795–1881) ODNB
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and some other great writers, seems to have devised a peculiar style of his own to express the workings of his own mind', and, after giving some examples of 'elaborate [...] Kelvinese', points out that he also has 'a propensity—I had almost said a "craze"—for coining' the new words which 'become necessary in the progress of a science', although many of these neologisms fail to be 'apt, brief and euphonious without ambiguity of meaning' (139). Upon his elevation to the peerage in 1892 'electricians were at first inclined to regret the loss of the familiar "Thomson"' in favour of the Kelvin which he took from the name of 'a beautiful and romantic stream' which passes alongside the University of Glasgow University of Glasgow
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. However, as a member of the House of Lords House of Lords
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, Kelvin can now indulge his political concerns, suggesting, for instance, that the swift communication of political messages by telegraph has made the notion of having a separate parliament in Ireland an 'utter scientific absurdity' (140). Indeed, Thomson is 'a scion of the Scoto-Irish race of Ulster which has been so prolific in genius' (136), and will 'doubtless vote against Mr. Gladstone's Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
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Home Rule Bill on some principle of Conservative dynamics or rather statics' (140). Suggests that a 'wise Providence has imbued the soul' of Thomson with many attributes (138), and concludes that 'this man was created for science ...he is a prophet or a seer with a divine mission to reveal the physical laws' (142).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 145.

The Mattei Treatment of Cancer Cases. Report on the Second Year's Test

Anon

Genre:

Editorial

Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Heterodoxy, Homeopathy, Quackery, Controversy, Boundary Formation

People mentioned:

Cesare Mattei Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI
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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 149.

The Next Step in Medicine. Cure by Suggestion

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Frederic W H Myers Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901) ODNB
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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, Medical Treatment, Miracle


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 150.

Etheromania

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Belford's Monthly Magazine Belford's Monthly Magazine (1876–78) Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly (1878–1900+) BUCOPRLIN
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Subjects:

Medical Treatment, Narcotics, Public Health


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 156–57.

What We Have Come To. The Day Dream of an Astronomer

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Astronomy, Futurism, Gender, Imagination, Science Fiction, Fear


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 167.

Madame Blavatsky

Anon

Genre:

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, Theosophy

People mentioned:

Helena P H Blavatsky Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn (1831–91) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 168.

Flies and Infection

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William J Moore Moore, Sir William James (1828–96) WBI
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Putrefaction, Bacteriology


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 173.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Descent, Evolution, Human Species, Christianity

People mentioned:

Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 174.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Leslie Stephen Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832–1904) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Morality

People mentioned:

Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 175.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Robert S Ball Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840–1913) ODNB
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, Conwy L Morgan Morgan, Conwy Lloyd (1852–1936) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Observation | Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Morality

People mentioned:

Seth C Chandler Chandler, Seth Carlo (1846–1913) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 176.

The New Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Ludwig A Buchner Buchner, Ludwig Andreas (1813–97) WBI
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Neurology, Anatomy, Gender

People mentioned:

Emil Huschke Huschke, Emil (1797–1858) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 179.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Ornithology, Natural Imperialism, Gender


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 182.

A Blind Typewriter

Anon

Genre:

Announcement, Advertisement

Subjects:

Technology, Invention, Disability

People mentioned:

George W Yost Yost, George Washington (1831–95) WBI
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    Advertises the skills of a blind typist who uses 'a Yost Yost Writing Machine Co
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machine with an improved keyboard constructed from the suggestion of Dr. Campbell Campbell, Francis Joseph ( 1832–1914) WBI
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of the Royal Normal College for the Blind Royal Normal College for the Blind
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'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 202–10.

The Book of the Month. The Story of Sir Richard and Lady Isabel Burton

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Burton 1893 Burton, Isabel 1893. The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, 2 vols, London: Chapman & Hall
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Subjects:

Exploration, Spiritualism, Homeopathy, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Isabel Burton, Burton, Isabel, Lady (1831–96) ODNB
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Richard F Burton, Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821–90) ODNB
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Cesare Mattei Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 233–43.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Natural Imperialism, Extinction, Environmentalism, Medical Practitioners, Psychology


    Reports that the 'diplomatists' arbitrating the contested ownership of the Behring Sea have made the 'unanimous recommendation [...] that rigorous measures should be taken at once to protect the fur seal from the destruction which threatens to deprive ladies of sealskin jackets before the close of the century'. Observes that it 'will be odd if a Pacific Concert should come into existence for the preservation of the seal as the European Concert was created to secure the preservation of the Ottoman Empire. Of the two the seal is much the worthier'. (239) Also records the death of 'Dr. Charchot Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825–93) DSB
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, the famous physician of the Salpêtrière Salpêtrière, Paris, hospital
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', which 'makes one more gap in the rapidly thinning ranks of notable Frenchmen' (241).



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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 264.

How to be Young Though Old. The Experience of Septuagenarians

Anon

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Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Health, Ageing, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Sebastiano Fenzi Fenzi, Sebastiano (1822–1901) WBI
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Anon, 'The Secret of Youth in Age', Review of Reviews, 8 (1893), 62


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 265–66.

"The Likeness of the Perfect Man". A Glimpse of What He Was and What He May be

Anon

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Frederic W H Myers Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901) ODNB
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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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Psychical Research, Psychology, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 266.

The Logic of the Mole. On "The Delusions Known as Religions"

Anon

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Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB
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, Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural History, Psychology, Soul, Religion


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 270.

Should Hypnotism be Monopolised by M.D.s?

Anon

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Judson Daland Daland, Judson (b. 1860) 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:

Mesmerism, Medical Practitioners, Crime, Boundary Formation


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 274.

The Medical Education of Women

Anon

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Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education, Hospitals, Gender

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Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 280.

A Yorkshire Naturalist

Anon

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Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Naturalists, Ornithology

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Francis O Morris Morris, Francis Orpen (1810–93) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 281.

The Engine of the Future

Anon

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American Journal of Politics American Journal of Politics (1892–94) RLIN
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Railways, Engineers, Invention, Steam-power, Technology, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 284.

How the World will End. An Astronomer's Prediction

Anon

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Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Futurism, Science Fiction, Imagination, Fear, Extinction


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 284.

The Training of Wild Beasts

Anon

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Raymond Blathwayt Blathwayt, Raymond (1855–1935) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural Imperialism, Menageries, Display, Animal Behaviour

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Karl Hagenbeck, Hagenbeck, Karl (1844–1913) WBI
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Charles F Browne Browne (formerly Brown), Charles Farrar (pseud Artemus Ward) (1834–67) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 287–88.

A Lady Geologist. Miss Maria M. Ogilvie, D.Sc.

Anon

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Biography

Subjects:

Education, Universities, Gender, Palaeontology, Geology, Fieldwork, Biology

People mentioned:

Maria M Ogilvie Gordon, Ogilvie Gordon (née Ogilvie), Dame Maria Matilda (1864–1939) ODNB
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Charlotte A Scott, Scott, Charlotte Angas (1858–1931) ODNB
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Karl A von Zittel, Zittel, Karl Alfred von (1839–1904) DSB
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Ferdinand von Richthofen Richthofen, Ferdinand von (1833–1905) DSB
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Normal School of Science, Normal School of Science, South Kensington
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University of Berlin Königliche Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Berlin
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 291.

How to Stop River Pollution

Anon

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Frank Spence Spence, Frank (fl. 1893) WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Pollution, Sanitation, Government


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 291.

Mr. Chamberlain and His Orchids

Anon

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English Illustrated Magazine English Illustrated Magazine (1883–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Botany, Horticulture, Politics

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Joseph Chamberlain Chamberlain, Joseph ('Joe') (1836–1914) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 293.

All the Ologies

Anon

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American Catholic Quarterly Review American Catholic Quarterly Review (1876–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Anthropology, Human Species, Disciplinarity


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 294.

Motor Engines for Cycles

Anon

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Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Machinery, Technology, Transport

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Daimler Company, Cannstatt Daimler Company, Cannstatt
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 304–05.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

William B-Lewis Lewis, William Bevan- (1847–1929) WBI
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Crime, Degeneration, Mental Illness, Heredity


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 305–06.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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, Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Evolution, Controversy | Psychical Research

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Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 306–07.

The National Review

Anon

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Annie R Taylor Taylor, Annie Royle (1855–after 1909) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Societies, Gender

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Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 351–60.

The Progress of the World

Anon

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Positivism, Politics, Experiment, Disease, Sanitation, War, Science Communication, Psychical Research


    Reports that Brazil was recently made 'the scene of a crucial experiment' in which a 'little knot of Positivist professors' founded 'a republic, in which the whole political system of Auguste Comte Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier (Auguste) (1798–1857) DSB
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was applied en bloc, and in detail'. This experiment, which is rather like seeing 'Mr. Frederic Harrison Harrison, Frederic (1831–1923) ODNB
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by a sudden fluke installed as a virtual dictator at Westminster', has plunged the country into civil war. (351) Notes that, after the outbreak of cholera in the East, some 'sanitarians in Western Europe are discussing whether or not it would be justifiable for civilisation to compel the Sultan, even at canon's mouth, to carry out radical sanitary reforms in Mecca' (359), and observes that a 'main drainage scheme for Mecca is an object which, to say the least, is as much worth while going to war about as most of the objects for which sovereigns and nations fight. But the hygienists have not yet the ironclads of the world at their disposal' (359–60). Complains that the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
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at Nottingham featured 'a diet of papers containing very little of sensational interest', as well as 'a rather long and dreary discourse by Dr. Burdon-Sanderson Burdon-Sanderson, Sir John Scott, 1st Baronet (1828–1905) ODNB
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'. The Psychical Congress Psychical Congress (21–25 August 1893), Chicago
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at Chicago was also 'somewhat disappointing', although 'the respect with which its deliberations were received by the Press indicates a growing sense of the value and importance of studies which a short time ago were regarded as the favourite jest of the man in the street'. (360)



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 369–81.

Character Sketch. Lobengula, The King of the Matabele

Anon

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Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Race, Anthropology, Ethnography, Photography, Soul, Imperialism, Supernaturalism, Technology


    Suggests that with the details of 'savage' peoples given in 'South African Blue Books' it is 'as if we had the seventh century suddenly resuscitated in order that it might be photographed by the camera of the nineteenth century' (369). Explains, however, that the photograph of King Lobengula Khumalo Lobengula Khumalo, King of the Ndebele (Matabele) (c. 1835–93/4?) ODNB
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reproduced on the frontispiece of the article is a 'coveted negative [....] brought from Matabeleland by a recent traveller, who [...] preserves a prudent silence as to how he got it' because Lobengula usually refuses to be photographed claiming to believe 'that part of his soul [would] be taken away with the picture' (370). Also reports how some inhabitants of Matabeleland were 'completely bowled [...] over' by the telephone shown to them by English missionaries, believing that 'a machine which could talk [...] even when those who talked were a mile from each other' must be made by 'witchcraft' (377).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 388.

Pessimism as a Religion. A Fin De Siècle Ecclesiastes

Anon

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Charles H Pearson Pearson, Charles Henry (1830–94) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Degeneration


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 391.

"The Female Howard". What an Invalid Woman Did for the World

Anon

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Edmund A Meredith Meredith, Edmund Allen (1817–98) WBI
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, American Journal of Politics American Journal of Politics (1892–94) RLIN
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Hospitals, Gender

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Dorothea L Dix Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802–87) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 393.

The Burmese Slowly Dying Out

Anon

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Asiatic Quarterly Review Asiatic Quarterly Review (1886–90) Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Extinction


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 400.

The Future of Agriculture. Co-Operation Farming in France

Anon

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Henry W Wolff Wolff, Henry William (1840–1931) WBI
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, Economic Journal Economic Journal (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Agriculture, Futurism, Socialism


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 401.

Anti-Christian Aspects of Theosophy

Anon

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William J Lhamon Lhamon, William Jefferson (1855–1955) RLIN
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, Andover Review Andover Review (1884–93) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Christianity, Miracle


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 402.

Emma Seiler. Scientist and Musician

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Werner's Magazine Werner's Magazine (1879–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Gender, Societies, Music, Sound, Physiology, Instruments, Instrument-makers, Invention, Dissection

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Seiler 1868, Seiler, Emma 1868. The Voice in Singing, trans. by [W. H. Furness], Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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Seiler 1875 Seiler, Emma 1875. The Voice in Speaking, trans. by W. H. Furness, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
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    Deatils the 'earnest and exhaustive study of acoustics and vocal physiology' made by Emma Seiler Seiler, Emma (1821–87) RLIN
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, a former student of Hermann von Helmholtz Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB
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, who pioneered the use of the laryngoscope, invented in 1856 by Manuel García García, Manuel (1805–1906) CBD
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, in North America, and was 'one of the six women thus far admitted to the American Philosophical Society American Philosophical Society
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' (402).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 406.

Are Animals Immortal?

Anon

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Abstract

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Josiah Oldfield Oldfield, Josiah (1863–1953) ODNB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Eschatology


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 406.

Why Cancer Increases

Anon

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Hugh P Dunn Dunn, Hugh Percy (1854–1931) WBI
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Statistics, Health, Ageing, Population, Heredity, Microbiology


    Describes the 'paradox that one of the causes of the increase of cancer is the general increase of health in the community!' which results in a larger elderly population. Also suggests that it 'seems growingly likely' that cancer 'proceeds from a microbe', and 'by the analogy of tuberculosis' it might therefore be found to be 'infectious and contagious'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 412.

An Electric Whirlpool

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Disease, Electricity, Medical Treatment, Machinery, Instruments, Invention, Instrument-makers, Intellectual Property, Controversy


    Notes that Arsène D'Arsonval Arsonval, Arsène D' (1851–1940) DSB
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'has described as his own invention an electrical medical apparatus which bears, to say the least, a very suspicious resemblance to a machine invented by Professor D'Odiardi Odiardi, E Savary D' (fl. 1893) RLIN
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. Professor D'Odiardi communicated a description of the apparatus in 1892 to a French engineer with a view to having the instrument communicated to the Academy Académie des Sciences, Paris
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. Nothing more was heard of it until this year when M. D'Arsonval described a machine closely resembling that of Professor D'Odiardi, as if it had been an invention of his own'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 414.

Mr. Keely's System of Philosophy

Anon

Genre:

Miscellaneous, Notes

Subjects:

Anti-Scientism, Philosophy, Heterodoxy, Machinery, Force, Energy, Discovery, Genius


    Prints a previously unpublished 'prefatory note' by Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB
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intended for Clara S J B Moore's Moore, Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield (1824–99) WBI
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recent book Keely and His Discoveries: Aerial Navigation Moore, Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield 1893. Keely and His Discoveries: Aerial Navigation, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
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, which proposes that 'all heresies should meet at least with a fair and open trial at the bar of scientific opinion'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 415.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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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:

Astronomy, Heat, Energy

People mentioned:

Hermann von Helmholtz Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 415.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

Joseph Prestwich Prestwich, Sir Joseph (1812–96) DSB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Geology, Measurement, Physics, Controversy


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 416.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Genetics, Evolution, Controversy, Reading, Specialization

People mentioned:

Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 417.

The New Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Adolphe S Headingley Headingley, Adolphe Smith (pseud Adolphe Smith) (fl. 1873–93) WIVP
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, Robert H Scott Scott, Robert Henry (1833–1916) ODNB
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Public Health, Sanitation | Meteorology, Error


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 419.

The Arena

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Ella Wilcox Wilcox (née Wheeler), Ella (1850–1919) CBD
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Spiritualism


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 420.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Pierre E M Berthelot Berthelot, Pierre Eugène Marcellin (1827–1907) DSB
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, Alfred J E Fouillée Fouillée, Alfred Jules Emile (b. 1838) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Chemistry, History of Science | Physiology, Gender


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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 507.

Two Solutions of the Negro Problem. Manual Training or Miscegenation?

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert Welsh Welsh, Herbert (1851–1941) WBI
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, Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Wardon A Curtis Curtis, Wardon A (b. 1867) WBI
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, American Journal of Politics American Journal of Politics (1892–94) RLIN
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Subjects:

Race, Education, Population, Breeding, Sex, Morality


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 508–09.

The Biggest Wheel in the World

Anon

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Abstract

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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:

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Subjects:

Engineers, Engineering, Skill, Amusement

People mentioned:

George W G Ferris Ferris, George Washington Gale (1859–96) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 516.

The Three Parties Bound for the Pole: Their Chances of Success

Anon

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Adolphus W Greely Greely, Adolphus Washington (1844–1935) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Navigation, Nationalism

People mentioned:

Fridtjof Nansen, Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930) DSB
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Frederick G Jackson, Jackson, Frederick George (1860–1938) ODNB
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Robert E Peary Peary, Robert Edwin (1856–1920) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 520.

Masholand and Its Inhabitants

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

James T Bent Bent, James Theodore (1852–97) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Anthropology, Ethnography, Imperialism

People mentioned:

King Lobengula Khumalo Lobengula Khumalo, King of the Ndebele (Matabele) (c. 1835–93/4?) ODNB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 523.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Glaciology

People mentioned:

Henry H Howorth Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle (1842–1923) WBI
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Publications cited:

Howorth 1893 Howorth, Henry Hoyle 1893. The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood: A Second Appeal to Common Sense from the Extravagance of Some Recent Geology, 2 vols, London: S. Low, Marston & Company, Limited
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 527.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

Pierre E M Berthelot Berthelot, Pierre Eugène Marcellin (1827–1907) DSB
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, C Melinaud Melinaud, M. C (fl. 1893) RR1/8/5b/6
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Magic, Astrology, History of Science | Physiology, Feeling

Publications cited:

Darwin 1872 Darwin, Charles Robert 1872. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, London: John Murray
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 529.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Geology, Glaciology, Theory, Controversy

People mentioned:

Henry H Howorth Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle (1842–1923) WBI
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Publications cited:

Howorth 1893 Howorth, Henry Hoyle 1893. The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood: A Second Appeal to Common Sense from the Extravagance of Some Recent Geology, 2 vols, London: S. Low, Marston & Company, Limited
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 530.

The Scottish Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

D Gath Whitley Whitley, D Gath (fl. 1893) WIVP
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, Scottish Review Scottish Review (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Geology, Glaciology, Theory, Controversy

People mentioned:

Henry H Howorth Howorth, Sir Henry Hoyle (1842–1923) WBI
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Publications cited:

Howorth 1893 Howorth, Henry Hoyle 1893. The Glacial Nightmare and the Flood: A Second Appeal to Common Sense from the Extravagance of Some Recent Geology, 2 vols, London: S. Low, Marston & Company, Limited
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 531.

The Arena

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Thomas H Macqueary Macqueary, Thomas Howard (1861–1930) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Scientific Practitioners, Periodicals, Amusement

People mentioned:

Richard A Proctor Proctor, Richard Anthony (1837–88) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 532.

The Forum

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Robert O Doremus Doremus, Robert Ogden (1824–1906) WBI
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, Edward S Holden Holden, Edward Singleton (1846–1914) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Analytical Chemistry, Crime | Astronomy, Observatories


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 541–42.

What is Education? A Lecture by Walter Wren

Walter Wren Wren, Walter (1834–98) WBI
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Genre:

Address, Discourse

Subjects:

Education, Schools, Natural Theology, Botany, Amusement, Anti-Scientism


    Insists that the 'study of natural science should come before all others. The works of God are better worth studying than the thoughts of men', and suggests that subjects like botany 'should be taught every year during the summer months; all children love flowers and pictures and what they call pretty things'. Warns, however, that 'in most public schools natural sciences are boycotted or neglected'. (542)



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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 581–91.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Periodicals, Imperialism, Animal Behaviour, Universities, Progress

Institutions mentioned:

University of Oxford University of Oxford
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    Complains that the 'jabbering of monkeys in a bamboo tope could hardly be more inane than most of the comment which has been printed in Fleet Street upon South African affairs', and notes that it is fortunate that 'the chatter of the simian race is not one of the determining factors in the evolution of our Imperial destinies' (581). Reports that the appointment of the successors to the late Benjamin Jowett Jowett, Benjamin (1817–93) ODNB
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is 'a matter of national importance', and that the election of the philosopher Edward Caird Caird, Edward (1835–1908) ODNB
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as Master of Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College, Oxford
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'may be hailed as another indication of the effort the stronger men in Oxford are making to lift the university out of an almost parochial exclusiveness into something like national and catholic life' (591).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 598–607.

Character Sketch. Thomas Alva Edison

Charles D Lanier Lanier, Charles Day (1868–1945) WBI RLIN
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [5]

Subjects:

Nationalism, Machinery, Invention, Steam-power, Electricity, Genius, Reading, Mathematics, Chemistry, Education, Telegraphy, Railways, Patents, Discovery, Laboratories, Light, Commerce, Libraries, Specialization, Colleges, Professionalization, Sound, Music, National Efficiency, Measurement, Energy, Futurism, Transport, Aeronautics, War, Neurology

People mentioned:

Edward H Johnson Johnson, Edward Hibberd (b. 1846) WBI
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    Asserts that America is 'a nation of mechanics and inventors', and that Thomas A Edison Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931) DSB
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'sums up in his personality and achievements this genius of the American race'. Details how Edison educated himself after his Dutch émigré family fell into poverty, including his attempt to 'read through the entire Free Library of Detroit Detroit Free Library
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' and, at the age of eleven, his 'reading Newton's Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727) DSB
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"Principia" Newton, Isaac 1687. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, Londini: Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis Josephi Streater
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, with the entirely logical result of becoming deeply and permanently disgusted with pure mathematics'. (599) After showing an early interest in chemistry and telegraphy, Edison became a railway telegraph operator and then made his fortune in New York, as well as 'a national reputation', after patenting 'an improved stock printer'. In an interview with Lanier, Edison discusses his working methods and experimental procedures, as well as the fact that, although he enjoys the process of inventing, when an invention 'is all done and is a success, I can't bear the sight of it. I haven't used a telephone in ten years, and I would go out of my way any day to miss an incandescent light'. (601) Relates Edison's struggles against the 'race of professional sharks' (602) who make it impossible for an inventor to make sufficient money from patents alone and have forced him into 'the stern régime of the business world', even though 'the inventor has an intolerance of forms in business, as in society' (603) and this 'natural disregard for the forms and minutiae of business affairs has led to anything but a path of roses for Mr. Edison in his financial operations'. Nevertheless, Edison's 'achievements cannot be separated from commerce [....] He is not so much a seeker after truth as he is a mighty engine for the application of scientific truths, through unexpected and marvellous channels [....] One might call him the Democrat of Science'. His workshop at West Orange, New Jersey contains 'one of the most costly and well-equipped scientific libraries in the world', which allows this 'self-taught and self-made scientist' to avoid being 'only a gigantic specialist', while his 'topsy-turvy laboratory' is staffed by 'assistants and skilful workmen who follow his behest with something nearly akin to reverence'. (604) Among the challenges of the future is the 'direct production of electricity from oxygen and coal (carbon)' which Edison has 'worked on [...] and confidently predicts that the discovery will come' (606). This will revolutionise not only several different modes of transport (including air travel), but will also allow 'seeing and hearing by electricity' as well as the possibility of 'thought-transference by the same means' (607).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 612.

Can White Men People Africa? Dr. Carl Peters' View

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Carl F H Peters Peters, Carl Frederick Hubert (b. 1856) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Acclimatization, Imperialism, Population


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 613.

Matabele Manners

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sunday at Home Sunday at Home (1853–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Race, Anthropology, Ethnography, Imperialism

People mentioned:

King Lobengula Khumalo Lobengula Khumalo, King of the Ndebele (Matabele) (c. 1835–93/4?) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 616.

A Basis of Fact in Superstition. Mr. Andrew Lang on Psychic Phenomena

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Experimental Psychology, Mesmerism, Psychical Research, Anthropology

People mentioned:

Edward B Tylor Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (1832–1917) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 617.

Against the Despotism of Doctors

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry Wood Wood, Henry (1834–1909) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Heterodoxy, Quackery, Boundary Formation


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 621.

Was Shakespeare an "Automatic Writer"?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Authorship, Psychical Research

People mentioned:

William Shakespeare Shakespeare, William (1564–1616) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 621.

Clipping the Laurels of Columbus

Anon

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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:

Navigation, Exploration, Discovery, Physical Geography, History of Science

People mentioned:

Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506) CBD
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Eratosthenes, Eratosthenes (c. 276–c. 195 BC) DSB
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Ferdinand Magellan Magellan, Ferdinand (c. 1480–1521) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 624.

Red Snow

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William Ogilvie Ogilvie, William (1846–1912) WBI
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, Canadian Magazine Canadian Magazine (1871–72) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Physical Geography, Meteorology, Wonder


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 627.

The Annihilation of the Drunkard. A Swedish Doctor on the Keeley Cure

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Erik W Wretlind Wretlind, Erik Wilhelm (1838–1905) WBI
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, Eira Eira (1877–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Narcotics, Medical Treatment, Heterodoxy, Boundary Formation

People mentioned:

Leslie E Keeley Keeley, Leslie E (1832–1900) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 629.

How to Rear Young Galahads

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Laura E Scammon Scammon, Laura Everingham (fl. 1893) RLIN
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Education, Schools, Physiology, Sex, Morality


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 630.

Is Crime Hereditary?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry S Williams Williams, Henry Smith (1863–1943) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, William M F Round Round, William Marshall Fitz (1845–1906) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Crime


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 632.

Freedom of Thought in the Roman Church. The "Six Days" of Genesis Variously Rendered

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John A Zahm Zahm, John Augustine (1851-1921) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Christianity, Biblical Authority, Freethought


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 634.

Is Euclid Dethroned?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

George B Halsted Halsted, George Bruce (1853–1922) DSB
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, Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mathematics, Ancient Authorities, Education, Schools


    Reports that the new geometry developed by Nikolai I Lobachevsky Lobachevsky, Nikolai Ivanovich (1792–1856) DSB
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and Georg F B Riemann Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826–66) DSB
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will at last placate the 'innumerable schoolboys whose lives were made miserable because they presciently maintained the "stupidity" of Euclid Euclid (fl. 295 BC) DSB
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', and suggests that 'even the dullest of non-mathematical boys will derive some comfort from knowing that in the higher sphere of science the hoary tyrant has been dethroned'.



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 638.

How Oxygen is Liquefied

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Gas Chemistry

People mentioned:

James Dewar Dewar, Sir James (1842–1923) DSB ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 639.

Anthropometry and Social Reform

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Charles Roberts Roberts, Charles (d. 1901) RLIN
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Measurement, Anthropology


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 644.

Can Spirits be Photographed?

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Dean Clarke Clarke, Dean (fl. 1883) RLIN
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, Californian Illustrated Magazine Californian Illustrated Magazine (1891–94) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Spiritualism, Photography


Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 645.

Evolution and the Christian Creed

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Emma M Caillard Caillard, Emma Marie (b. 1852) WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Christianity


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 646.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Glaciology

People mentioned:

Andrew C Ramsay Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie (1814–91) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 648.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Heredity, Evolution, Controversy

People mentioned:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 657–61.

The Battersea Polytechnic Institute. A People's University for South-West London

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Miscellaneous

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [3], eng. [3]

Subjects:

Education, Universities, Class, Laboratories, Technology, Engineers


    Reports that the Battersea Polytechnic Institute Battersea Polytechnic Institute
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provides 'workshops for various trades, as well as physical and chemical laboratories', and that the governing body has decided 'to arrange for instruction in Technology (including arts applicable to plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying, pattern-making, mechanical and electrical engineering, and the chemical trades); [and] in science generally, according to the regulations of the Science and Art Department Science and Art Department, South Kensington
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' (658). The principal of the Institute is the engineer Sidney H Wells Wells, Sidney Herbert (1865–1923) WBI
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(660).



Review of Reviews,  8 (1893), 674–75.

The International Bureau of Photography. Its Origin, Officers, and Aims

Anon

Genre:

Essay, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Photography, Societies, Internationalism

People mentioned:

H Snowden Ward Ward, Henry Snowden (1865–1911) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

International Bureau of Photography International Bureau of Photography
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