Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 9  (January to June 1894)
Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 4–12.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Engineering, Progress, Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Evolution, Ethics, Morality


    Applauds the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal Manchester Ship Canal
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as 'a monument of engineering ability' and 'an impressive token of man's growing mastery over the world in which he lives'. The 'strip of water which brings the ocean to the doors of the great inland city is an inscription twelve leagues long carved on the surface of the globe, recording the indomitable power of will which alone makes progress possible'. (4) Remarks that the death of John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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'may be taken to represent something of the nature of an epoch in the thought of our time'. Having been 'the fighting apostle of the doctrine of evolution', Tyndall 'lived to see the doctrine generally victorious'. Indeed, in 'the very year in which he died, his friend and master, Mr. Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, brought to a completion, amid general congratulation, the system of Synthetic Philosophy Spencer, Herbert 1892–93. The Principles of Ethics, A System of Synthetic Philosophy 9–10, 2 vols, London: Williams and Norgate
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which is one colossal endeavour to interpret the known universe in terms of evolution'. With the 'hour of their triumph', however, 'begins the disclosure of their limitations', particularly in providing an 'adequate guidance for the moral life', an inadequacy acknowledged openly by both Spencer and Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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in his recent Romanes Lecture at Oxford. Concludes that the 'utterances of the chief philosopher and of the chief popular expositor of the evolutionary school combine with the death of its brilliant rhetorical fighting man to make 1893 a memorable year in the history of Evolution'. (12)



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 21–26.

Character Sketch. Professor Tyndall. By Grant Allen

Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB
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Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

photo; eng. [3]

Subjects:

Evolution, Scientific Naturalism, Lecturing, Darwinism, Physics, Biology, Philosophy, Specialization, Genius, Nationalism, Chemistry, Education, Schools, Socialism, Laboratories, Methodology, Imagination, Electromagnetism, Patronage, Popularization, Cultural Geography, Heat, Materialism, Language, Religion, Controversy, Sound, Bacteriology, Politics, Liberalism, Conservatism, Radicalism


    Announces that with the death of John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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'the world has lost one of the prime leaders in the great revolution of the nineteenth century'. The 'still militant movement' that led this revolution twenty years ago was commonly identified with 'the united names of "Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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, Tyndall"', and 'the succession of names in that once familiar trio was right and significant. The men were mentioned in the order of their relative importance'. Tyndall's subordinate role in this group was as 'the orator and the physicist. He had the gift of the gab. He could speak with tongues, where the other two could only think and write and permeate'. The 'name of Darwin Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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' is 'not included' in this 'trinity of evolutionary leaders' because, lacking the 'philosophic roundness and completeness' of the others, he was a 'biological specialist' who 'stuck to his spécialité with that infinite patience and that infinite capacity for taking pains about detail which constitute genius [....] He knew his métier'. (21) Points out that Tyndall 'retained to the last no small physical traces of his Hibernian ancestry' and 'was a thoroughgoing Celt in physique and temperament'; the English lineage of his Ulster family only making them become '"more Irish than the Irish",—ipsis Hibernis Hiberniores' (21–22). Describes Tyndall's early career teaching at the 'middle class college' of Queenswood Queenswood College, Stockbridge, Hampshire
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, although noting that 'some flavour of socialism still clung about' the old Owenite institution and that the college was 'progressive' enough to allow Edward Frankland Frankland, Sir Edward (1825–99) DSB DNODNBB
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to 'set up in it the first practical laboratory ever introduced into a school in England' (22–23). Records that Tyndall's 'German training [at the University of Marburg University of Marburg
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] did marvels for him: that Teutonic schooling in method helped largely to counterbalance the natural weak points of the Celtic temperament', although he nevertheless 'retained to the last his Celtic vividness of insight'. Comments that when Tyndall returned to England in the early 1850s it 'was not so hard then as it is now for a rising man to attract attention', and soon 'London, that great heterogeneous London, accepted him frankly as the representative physicist', for while the 'orthodox physicists of the Universities and of the North' were geographically distant, 'Tyndall was there, on the spot, audible and visible. He was the Royal Institution Royal Institution of Great Britain
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. He was also Physics'. (23) Insists that Tyndall was 'Liberal in fibre and progressive in most directions' and was only led into conservative positions, especially on the question of Irish home rule, by the 'misfortune' of being 'born an Irish Protestant' and the deleterious 'influence of Carlyle Carlyle, Thomas (1795–1881) ODNB
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, the evil fairy of the last half century'. Also suggests that 'it is noteworthy that all the men of that first generation who spread the evolutionary doctrine among us are now reactionary in politics', while the 'younger brood whom they trained have gone on to be Radicals, Fabians, Socialists'. (25) Although 'it must be admitted that Tyndall's language gave a greater handle for the foolish accusation' of materialism 'than that of his more philosophic colleagues' (24), he should nevertheless be remembered as one who 'was not a materialist', but who saw the 'universe' as being 'full of terrible, and often as yet inexplicable, factors' (26).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 28.

The Late Professor Tyndall. Professor Huxley on His Old Comrade

Anon

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Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Peter C Mitchell Mitchell, Sir Peter Chalmers (1864–1945) ODNB
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Controversy, Amateurism


    Contrasts the affectionate obituary of John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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penned by the surviving member of 'the Great Twin Brethren of belligerent evolutionism' with 'a somewhat coldly-critical estimate' which suggests that Tyndall possessed only 'the instincts of the intelligent amateur' and 'left little impression upon science'.



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 31.

Our Aerial Watchtowers

Anon

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Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Military Technology, Aeronautics, Engineers


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 36.

The Real Discoverer of the New World. Not Columbus, But Cousin

Anon

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James W Gambier Gambier, James William (b. 1841) WBI
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Navigation, Discovery, History of Science, Error

People mentioned:

Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Christopher (1451–1506) CBD
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Jean Cousin Cousin, Jean (sea-captain, of Dieppe) (fl. 1488) Gambier 1894
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 39.

University Extension in Germany

Anon

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Oliver J Thatcher Thatcher, Oliver Joseph (b. 1857?) WBI
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, University Extension World University Extension World (1893–95) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Education, Universities, Observatories, Astronomy, Popularization

Institutions mentioned:

Urania Gesellschaft, Berlin Urania Gesellschaft, Berlin
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 40.

Colour-Teaching in Schools

Anon

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Edward W Scripture Scripture, Edward Wheeler (b. 1864) WBI
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, Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Education, Schools, Experimental Psychology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 45.

How Chloroform was Discovered. The Discoverer's Daughter's Story

Anon

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Evelyn B Simpson Simpson, Evelyn Blantyre (1856–1920) WBI
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, Century Magazine Century (1871–77) Scribner's Monthly (1877–81) Century Magazine (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Discovery, Surgery, Anaesthesia, Mesmerism, Narcotics, Chemistry

People mentioned:

James Y Simpson Simpson, Sir James Young (1811–70) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 47.

Curious Facts About Child-Growth

Anon

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G Stanley Hall Hall, Granville Stanley (1844-1924) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Development, Education, Schools


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 47.

"Pin-Wells and Rag-Bushes". Curious Survival of Primitive Worship

Anon

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Edwin S Hartland Hartland, Edwin Sidney (1848–1927) WBI
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, Folk-Lore Folk-Lore Record (1878–82) Folk-Lore Journal (1883–89) Folk-Lore (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Anthropology, Ethnography, Religion


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 53.

Old and New Epidemics

Anon

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Adrien A Proust Proust, Adrien Achille (1834–1903) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Disease, Hygiene


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 53.

The Main Points in an Athlete

Anon

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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:

Physiology, Health


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 54.

Hidden Powers of Hypnotism

Anon

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Stinson Jarvis Jarvis, Stinson (1854–1926) RLIN
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, James R Cocke Cocke, James Richard (b. 1863) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Mesmerism, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 56.

Shall We Vivisect the Murderer?

Anon

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John S Pyle Pyle, John Sherman (b. 1865) WBI
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, American Journal of Politics American Journal of Politics (1892–94) RLIN
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Subjects:

Crime, Vivisection, Neurology, Experiment


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 59.

How Man Came To Be, and When and Where. "Evolution with a Jump"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Daniel G Brinton Brinton, Daniel Garrison (1839–99) CBD
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Friedrich K C L Büchner Büchner, Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig (1824–99) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Anthropology, Human Species, Palaeontology, Geology, Evolution, Heredity, Genius

Publications cited:

Hovelacque 1881 Hovelacque, Abel 1881. Les débuts de l'humanité: l'Homme primitif contemporain, Bibliothèque materialiste [2], Paris: O. Doin
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    Questions whether the production of occasional men of genius such as Johann W von Goethe Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832) DSB
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can be explained by the laws of heredity alone, or whether it requires 'what is called "evolution per saltum", or with a jump [...] that process, whatever it may be, which produces "sports" in plants'.



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 59.

What Dreams are Made of

Anon

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Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Neurology, Psychology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 63.

Are Atoms Alive?

Anon

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Joseph A Dewe Dewe, Joseph Adalbert (b. 1866) WBI
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, Merry England Merry England (1893–95) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electromagnetism, Matter Theory


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 63.

Dry Bread as Disinfectant

Anon

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Thomas M Legge Legge, Sir Thomas Morison (1863–1932) ODNB
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Hospitals, Sanitation


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 64.

Diptheria

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Elsevier's Geïllustreered Maandschrift Elsevier's Geillustreered Maandschrift (1890–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Bacteriology

People mentioned:

Friedrich A J Löffler Loeffler (Löffler), Friedrich August Johannes (1852–1915) DSB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 67–68.

The Fortnightly

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

John W Judd Judd, John Wesley (1840–1916) ODNB
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, George Thin Thin, George (d. 1903) WIVP
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Chemistry, Oceanography | Disease, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 71.

The North American Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William T Sampson Sampson, William Thomas (1840–1902) WBI
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, Henry G Prout Prout, Henry Goslee (b. 1845) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Military Technology, Futurism | Railways, Accidents


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 75.

Wilson's Photographic Magazine. Autobiographical

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Wilson's Photographic Magazine Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1889–1900+) RLIN
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Subjects:

Photography, Periodicals


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 76.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Emile Blanchard Blanchard, Emile (fl. 1855) WBI
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Psychology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 91–97.

The New Books of the Month

Anon

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Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Lugard 1893 Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry 1893. The Rise of Our East African Empire: Early Efforts in Nyasaland and Uganda, 2 vols, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
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Subjects:

Exploration, Imperialism, Physical Geography, Mapping

People mentioned:

Ernst G Ravenstein Ravenstein, Ernst Georg (1834–1913) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 113–23.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Darwinism, Evolution, Politics, Radicalism, Industrial Chemistry, Military Technology, War


    Reports that the trial of the anarchist Auguste Vaillant Vaillant, Auguste (1861–94) WBI
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, who had thrown a bomb into the French Chamber of Deputies and was given the death-sentence, 'was chiefly notable because of his posing as the logical executant of the ideas of "the Reclus Reclus, Élisée (1830–1905) DSB
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, the Darwins Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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, the Spencers Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, the Ibsens Ibsen, Henrik (1828–1906) CBD
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, the Mirabeaus Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de (1749–91) CBD
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". Whencesoever the ideas are borrowed, the execution goes on' (118). Also warns of the prospects of a coming 'scientific massacre' in Europe, where a 'new explosive, Schnebelite, named after its pious discoverer, Abbé Schnebelin Schnebelin, A (fl. 1894) RLIN
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, was tested near Paris, and found to possess enormous shattering and penetrative power', and 'an Austrian inventor Augeza, Capt Baron A Odkolek von (of Vienna) (fl. 1894) http://www.eldred.demon.co.uk/reme-museum/index.htm
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perfected an automatic mitrailleuse, said to spit forth death at the rate of 480 bullets a minute—eight per second'. These new 'explosives and weapons suggest' that 'civilised Europe' is 'rehearsing for [a] carnival of wholesale destruction'. (119)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 148–49.

Is Europe Going Mad? A Pathological Study of Modern Literature

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

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

Imagination, Pathology, Degeneration

People mentioned:

Max S Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 149.

The Training of Our Naval Officers. A Terrible Indictment

Anon

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New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Military Technology, Education


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 150.

Mr. Herbert Spencer's Memorial Tribute. To the Late Professor Tyndall

Anon

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Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism

People mentioned:

John Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 150.

The Coddling of Criminals

Anon

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William S Lilly Lilly, William Samuel (1840–1919) WBI
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Crime, Anthropology, Morality, Conservatism


    Reprobates the 'new science of Criminal Anthropology', as practised at 'the famous Elmira Reformatory Elmira Reformatory, New York State
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in the State of New York', for being 'based on the negation of moral freedom and responsibility' (150).



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 156.

How Voice Reveals Character. A Blind Doctor's Observations

Anon

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James R Cocke Cocke, James Richard (b. 1863) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Sound, Soul, Race


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 159.

What Killed Hindu Science

Anon

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Calcutta Review Calcutta Review (1844–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Induction, Superstition, Medical Treatment, Declinism

Institutions mentioned:

Medical College of Bengal, Calcutta Medical College of Bengal, Calcutta
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 160.

Geography in 1893

Anon

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Revue Française de l'Etranger et des Colonies Revue Française de l'Etranger et des Colonies (1885–1900+) BUCOP
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Physical Geography, Periodicals


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 169.

Dr. Karl Pearson on Monte Carlo Play. Is it a Game of Chance? Demonstrably No!

Anon

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Karl Pearson Pearson, Karl (1857–1936) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mathematics, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 169.

The Making of Scotch Doctors

Anon

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Scottish Review Scottish Review (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 170.

Facts About Abnormal Children

Anon

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Douglas S Galton Galton, Sir Douglas Strutt (1822–99) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Human Development, Disability, Mental Illness

People mentioned:

Francis Warner Warner, Francis (1847–1926) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 175.

The Psychology of Crime

Anon

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Ivar Flem Flem, Ivar (fl. 1894) RR1/9/2a/12
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, Nyt Tidskrift Nyt Tidskrift (cited 1894) RR1/9/2a/12, RR1/9/3a/3
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Crime, Psychology, Heredity, Mesmerism


    Rejects the notion of Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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that 'criminals are a separate race of humans who, by reason of backsliding or atavism [...] are born to take life', and suggests instead that 'crime is simply the result of self-hypnotism, [...] the man has become hypnotised by the evil suggestion that on a sudden flashed into his brain', he is 'a moral cataleptic, and was forced to obey the suggestion'.



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 175.

Omnipresent Omniscience. The Secret of Evolution, Instinct, Mesmerism

Anon

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Stinson Jarvis Jarvis, Stinson (1854–1926) RLIN
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Instinct, Mesmerism


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 176.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henry O Forbes Forbes, Henry Ogg (1851–1932) WBI
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Biogeography, Geology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 180.

The Quarterly Review

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Glaciology

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,  9 (1894), 201.

Photographing Colours

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John G McPherson McPherson, John Gordon (1843–c. 1910) WIVP
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, Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Photography, Light

People mentioned:

Hermann von Helmholtz, Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB
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Gabriel J Lippmann Lippmann, Gabriel Jonas (1845–1921) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 219–29.

The Progress of the World

Anon

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Politics, Radicalism, Crime, Observatories


    Reports a 'tragic event in Greenwich Park' where a 'French Anarchist, Martial Bourdin Bourdin, Martial (1867/8–94) ODNB
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by name, was [...] blown to pieces by a bomb which he was carrying suspiciously near to the great Observatory Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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', and speculates that the 'destruction of so renowned a scientific centre, if it was really intended, can only have been designed as a sensational advertisement of Anarchism' (222).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 259.

Cures Wrought by "Metaphysicians"

Anon

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

Medical Practitioners, Mesmerism, Heterodoxy, Nomenclature


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 260.

When the End of the World is Nigh. A Swedish Bogey-Story

Anon

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Sigurd Ibsen Ibsen, Sigurd (b. 1859) WBI
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, Nyt Tidskrift Nyt Tidskrift (cited 1894) RR1/9/2a/12, RR1/9/3a/3
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Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 261–62.

How It Exploded War for Ever: A Tale of the Dynamite Gun

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James Creelman Creelman, James (1859–1915) WBI
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Science Fiction, War, Military Technology, Steamships, Futurism, Imagination


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 262.

Electric Carriages

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Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 264.

Marvels Science Has in Store

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Henry Elsdale Elsdale, Henry (b. 1843) WIVP
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Futurism, Prognostication, Aeronautics, Steamships, Engineering, Chemistry, Nutrition

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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 265.

"Can Be Wiped Out in One Generation". Consumption Contagious, Curable, Non-Hereditary

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Hermann M Biggs Biggs, Hermann Michael (1859–1923) WBI
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Disease, Bacteriology, Heredity, Medical Treatment

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H H Robert Koch Koch, Heinrich Hermann Robert (1843–1910) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 270.

Science at the Free Libraries

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John T Carrington Carrington, John Thomas (b. 1846) RLIN
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, Science Gossip Hardwicke's Science Gossip: A Monthly Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature (1865–93) Science Gossip: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Nature and Country-Lore (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Libraries, Reading, Illustration, Education


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 271.

Natural Science in Japan. By F. A. Bather

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Francis A Bather Bather, Francis Arthur (1863–1934) DSB
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, Natural Science Natural Science (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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History of Science


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 271.

[New Series of Science-Gossip]

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Periodicals

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John T Carrington, Carrington, John Thomas (b. 1846) RLIN
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Edward Step Step, Edward (1855–1931) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 274.

Why Women Ought Not to Work

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Guglielmo Ferrero Ferrero, Guglielmo (1871–1942) WBI
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 277.

What Ought to Have Been Done with Vaillant

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George V Poore Poore, George Vivian (1843–1904) ODNB
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Crime, Pathology

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Auguste Vaillant Vaillant, Auguste (1861–94) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 277.

[A Dutch Scientific Expedition to Central Borneo]

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Ambrosius A W Hubrecht Hubrecht, Ambrosius Arnold Willem (1853–1915) DSB
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, De Gids De Gids (1871–1900+) COPAC
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 280.

"Paidology"—The Science of the Child

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Oscar Chrisman Chrisman, Oscar (1855–1929) RLIN
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Human Development, Education, Disciplinarity, Nomenclature

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G Stanley Hall Hall, Granville Stanley (1844-1924) WBI
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National Association for the Study of Children National Association for the Study of Children
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 283.

How to Kill the Fog Demon

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Eric H S Bruce Bruce, Eric Henry Stuart (1859–1935) WBI
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, Dublin Review Dublin Review (1836–60) Wiseman Review (1861–85) Dublin Review (1885–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Pollution, Light, Sanitation, Electricity

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Thomas P Teale Teale, Thomas Pridgin (1831–1923) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 284.

How Man Learns to Fly

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Louis P Mouillard Mouillard, Louis Pierre (1834–97) WBI
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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eng. [2]

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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 286.

Where Mr. Herbert Spencer has Failed

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Lester F Ward Ward, Lester Frank (1841–1913) WBI
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, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (1890–1900+) RLIN
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Evolution, Ethics, Philosophy, Error

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Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 287.

The North-East Sea Route to Siberia

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Joseph Wiggins Wiggins, Joseph (1832–1905) ODNB
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, Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Exploration, Navigation, Steamships


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 287–88.

Will She Refuse the Unfit?

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Samuel A K Strahan Strahan, Samuel Alexander Kenny (d. 1902) COPAC
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Gender, Sex, Breeding, Darwinism, Eugenics


    Suggests that Strahan 'point blank contradicts Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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' over the question 'concerning women when free to choose her life-mate' (287).



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 291–92.

Rational Dress for Women

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Emily A Bruce Bruce, Miss Emily A (MD) (fl. 1894) RR1/9/3a/20
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Gender, Disease, Physiology, Rationalism


    In a 'symposium on the rational dress movement', Emily A Bruce, 'Speaking from her experience as a physician', declares 'that "more women die annually in our country from the effects of faulty dressing than from all the contagious diseases combined', and suggests the adoption of a 'modified Syrian dress' which affords 'ample room everywhere for absolute freedom of motion and for the ever-recurring physiological congestions of the digestive tract' (291).



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 292.

Mr. Parker Snow's Literary Material

Anon / W Parker Snow, 1, Victoria Road, Bexley Heath, Kent Snow, William Parker (1817–95) ODNB
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Exploration, Mapping, Heterodoxy

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Anon, 'Character Sketch: April. Mr. W. Parker Snow—Sailor, Explorer, and Author', Review of Reviews, 7 (1893), 371–86


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 293–94.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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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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Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Light

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George J Stoney Stoney, George Johnstone (1826–1911) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 297.

The Arena

Anon

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Stinson Jarvis Jarvis, Stinson (1854–1926) RLIN
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Darwinism, Evolution, Error

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Charles R Darwin Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 308–13.

Other Books of the Month

Anon

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Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Evolution, Sociology, Progress


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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 329–40.

The Progress of the World

Anon

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Industry, Experiment, Political Economy, National Efficiency


    After reporting the formation of a new ministry following the resignation of William E Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB
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and the end of the civil war in Brazil, suggests that 'so far as the mass of men are concerned it is probable that a simple experiment carried on in a Lancashire ironworks [will] exceed all these imposing political and military events in intrinsic importance. Mr. William Mather Mather, Sir William (1838–1920) ODNB
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, well-known as a public-spirited ironmaster, last month published a report Mather, William 1894. The Forty-Eight Hours Week: A Year's Experiment and its Results at the Salford Iron Works, Manchester (Mather & Platt, Ltd.), Manchester: "Guardian" Printing Works
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on an experiment as to the effect of the eight hours' system on the output of a great industrial establishment', and the 'scientific economic experiment' at the 'Salford Iron Works' has shown that the reduction of hours 'practically left the amount of work done unaltered' (333).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 365.

Ambitions of Physical Science

Anon

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George F Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, George Francis (1851–1901) DSB
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, Science Progress Science Progress (1894–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Progress, Ether, Matter Theory


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 366.

New Weapons of War

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Joseph L Brent Brent, Joseph Lancaster (1826–1905) WBI
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, Atlantic Monthly Magazine Atlantic Monthly Magazine (1857–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Military Technology, Electricity, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 368.

The Proposed Pacific Cables

Anon

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Herbert L Webb Webb, Herbert Laws (fl. 1890–1911) RLIN
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Telegraphy, Imperialism


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 375.

A Plea for "Social Surgery". The Darwinian Gospel for the Unfit

Anon

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Francis H Bradley Bradley, Francis Herbert (1846–1924) ODNB
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, International Journal of Ethics International Journal of Ethics (1890–1900+) BUCOP
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Darwinism, Ethics, Eugenics


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 381.

Tycho Brahe, the Astronomer

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Robert S Ball Ball, Sir Robert Stawell (1840–1913) ODNB
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, Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Astronomy, History of Science

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Tycho Brahe Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 382.

Growth and Influence of the Telephone

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Thomas D Lockwood Lockwood, Thomas Dixon (b. 1848) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Telegraphy, Electricity, Progress


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 392.

Some Natural History Papers

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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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, Richard L Garner Garner, Richard Lynch (b. 1848) WBI
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, Pall Mall Magazine Pall Mall Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Herbert E Maxwell Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith (1845–1937) ODNB
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, Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Gustav Kobbé Kobbé, Gustav (1857–1918) WBI
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, Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Natural History, Zoology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 396.

Is Man Losing One of His Senses?

Anon

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Edward Dillon Dillon, Edward (c. 1850–1914) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 396.

How Character Forms the Face

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


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 399.

The Tramcar of the Future

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Frederick T Jane Jane, Frederick Thomas (1865–1916) ODNB
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, English Illustrated Magazine English Illustrated Magazine (1883–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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eng.

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Transport, Futurism


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 405.

The Forum

Anon

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Henry D Chapin Chapin, Henry Dwight (1857–1942) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Human Development, Health, Heredity


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 405–06.

The Arena

Anon

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Sydney B Elliot Elliot, Sydney Barrington (b. 1869) RLIN
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Embryology, Human Development


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 408.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Charles Féré Féré, Charles (1852–1907) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Scientific Practitioners, Neurology, Lecturing

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Jean M Charcot Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825–93) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 410–17.

My First Visit to America. An Open Letter to My Readers

[William T Stead] S.S. New York, Atlantic Ocean Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB
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Steamships, Machinery


    Relates that the question whether it is 'possible to increase the speed at which the Atlantic is crossed without destroying the comfort of the passengers' is one 'on which my fellow travellers had some very decided opinions. They reported that the Lucania SS Lucania
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and Campania SS Campania
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, which are driven by engines of fully double the horse-power of our vessel the Columbia SS Columbia
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, produced such a vibration that nervous persons suffered more from nervous prostration than they did from sea-sickness [....] I confess I am very dubious as to the advantages of increasing the horse-power on board an Atlantic liner until science has discovered some means of decreasing the vibration of the engines' (411–12).



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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 471.

Some Electrical Papers

Anon

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Thomas D Lockwood Lockwood, Thomas Dixon (b. 1848) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Electricity, Light, Transport


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 472.

The War Office and the Maxim Gun

Anon

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Investors' Review Investors' Review (1892–98) Waterloo Directory
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Military Technology, Invention, Government


    Complains that 'the Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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gun [...] has been foisted on the army without competitive trial with other machine guns', and insists that the now rejected 'Gardner Gardner, William (1844/5–87) ODNB
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gun [is] an infinitely superior and more reliable weapon'.



Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 473.

The Kinetograph

Anon

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Phonogram Phonogram (1893) Waterloo Directory
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Photography, Sound


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 474.

Mr. Kidd's Discovery. The Duke of Argyll on "Social Evolution"

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[George D Campbell] Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823–1900) ODNB
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, Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sociology, Evolution, Progress

Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 485.

How to Teach Social Science

Anon

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Charities Review Charities Review (1891–1900+) COPAC
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Sociology, Education, Universities

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Columbia College, New York Columbia College, New York
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 494–95.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

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Benjamin Baker Baker, Sir Benjamin (1840–1907) ODNB
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, John P Mahaffy Mahaffy, Sir John Pentland (1839–1919) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Engineering, Archaeology, Imperialism


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 498.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

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Publications reviewed:

Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) 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,  9 (1894), 499.

The Quarterly Review

Anon

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

Oceanography


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 500.

The North American Review

Anon

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Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Animal Behaviour


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 522–26.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Authorship, Sociology, Evolution, Reading, Periodicals


    Reflects that 'Mr. Benjamin Kidd Kidd, Benjamin (1858–1916) ODNB
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, the almost unknown author of the universally-talked-of book on Social Evolution [....] is not so unknown' to readers of the Review of Reviews Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, 'for you will remember an interesting Benjamin Kidd, 'Our Scientific Causerie. Darwin's Successor at Home', Review of Reviews, 2 (1890), 647–50 which he contributed about three years ago to the pages of the REVIEW OF REVIEWS on Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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and Weismannism'. Kidd's first book, which he 'began [...] in 1888, and has worked at [...] steadily for six years', has now 'take[n] the reading world by storm', and has been described by its author as 'the scientific basis for the social gospel of the REVIEW OF REVIEWS'. Also prints a portrait of Kidd, which, readers are told, 'he—most reluctant—was good enough to have photographed especially for you'. (523)



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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 552–59.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Relevant illustrations:

eng. [2]

Subjects:

Invention, Discovery, Military Technology, War, Engineering, Publishing, Technology, Patronage


    Speculates as to whether it is 'possible that the invention of the German journeyman tailor Dowe Dowe, —— (German journeyman tailor) (fl. 1894) RR1/9/6/1
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of an impenetrable breastplate, made apparently of cloth and asbestos, may [...] tend to postpone the much-dreaded war'. Dowe has 'discovered how to manufacture a material which stops rifle-bullets', and if the 'military authorities decide that their soldiers must be cloth-plated, there will be no war until the men have got their new suits'. Even then 'somebody else may discover something else, and the war may again be put off. M. Turpin Turpin, Eugène (1849–1927) WBI
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, for instance, is announcing the invention of a new engine of destruction which the Germans have snapped up. The invention and science of chemists and journeyman tailors may in the long run be more efficacious in postponing war than the exhortations of the churches or the efforts of the diplomatists'. (555) Records the official opening of the Manchester Ship Canal Manchester Ship Canal
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, and reports that the 'success of the Manchester Canal is now giving birth to other schemes of like nature. The talk now is of a canal to cost £6,000,000, which will enable Transatlantic liners to load and discharge in the heart of the West Riding. That is mere talk, at least as yet' (557–58). Also applauds the award of a knighthood to Isaac Pitman Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813–97) ODNB
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, who is 'best known to the world as the inventor of the system of stenography by the aid of which almost every important speech now finds its way into print' (558).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 588–89.

Mr. Kidd and Social Evolution. By Lord Farrer, Professor Drummond, and Others

Anon

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Drummond 1894, Drummond, Henry 1894. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton
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, Thomas H Farrer Farrer, Sir Thomas Henry, 1st Baron Farrer (1819–99) ODNB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sociology, Evolution, Progress

Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 593.

Camille Flammarion. How an Astronomer Spends His Day

Anon

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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:

Scientific Practitioners, Astronomy, Aeronautics, Libraries, Heterodoxy, Spiritualism

People mentioned:

Camille Flammarion, Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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Hippolyte L D Rivail, Rivail, Hippolyte Léon Denizard (pseud Allan-Kardec) (1803–69) WBI
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Gérard Encausse Encausse, Gérard (pseud Papus) (b. 1865) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 605.

The River Gate of London

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William J Gordon Gordon, William James (fl. 1899–1903) WBI
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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wdct.

Subjects:

Engineering


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 608.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Alfred Binet Binet, Alfred (1857–1911) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Experimental Psychology


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 609.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Wentworth Lascelles-Scott Lascelles-Scott, Wentworth (fl. 1894) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Industrial Chemistry, Military Technology, Music, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

John E W Keely Keely, John Ernst Worrell (1827–98) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 611.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

James R Cocke Cocke, James Richard (b. 1863) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Psychical Research, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 617.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

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Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Pierre Duhem Duhem, Pierre (b. 1861) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Physics

People mentioned:

William Thomson Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 629–31.

The Book of the Month. The Love Story of the World. By Professor Henry Drummond

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Drummond 1894 Drummond, Henry 1894. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton
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Subjects:

Human Species, Evolution, Sex, Darwinism, Feeling


Review of Reviews,  9 (1894), 632–35.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

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Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Hutchinson 1894 Hutchinson, Henry Neville 1894. Creatures of Other Days, London: Chapman & Hall
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Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Palaeontology, Prehistory, Natural History, Imagination


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