Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 10  (July to December 1894)
Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 3–15.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Mining, Accidents, Bacteriology, Disease, Sanitation, Imagination


    Reports a 'frightful colliery explosion in South Wales, which cost the lives of some 250 miners', although acknowledging that 'in coal mines there exist a certain number of explosive elements. Against these we must take such precautions as science and experience suggest, but it seems to be only too certain that what ever we do there are sure to be flaws now and then, and [...] colliery explosions, will occasionally take place'. Indeed, the actual 'miners regard the risk of explosion' with a creditably 'vigilant nonchalance' and 'cool-headedness'. (7) Following the murder of the French president Marie F S Carnot Carnot, Marie François Sadi (1837–94) CBD
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by an Italian anarchist, suggests that the 'risk that rulers run from the microbe of assassination is increasing, but it is still comparatively infinitesimal compared with the risk they face unconcernedly from the microbe bred in the sewers. If anyone doubt it, let him ask any insurance office the difference between the premium which they would charge for insuring M. Casimir-Périer Casmir-Périer, Jean Pierre Paul (1847–1907) CBD
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[the new president] against assassination and against zymotic disease. Assassination impresses the imagination more than typhoid fever, but it is not half so deadly' (9).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 35.

Mr. Kidd's Criticism of "The Ascent of Man"

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin Kidd Kidd, Benjamin (1858–1916) ODNB
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, Expositor Expositor (1875–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sociology, Evolution, Progress

Publications cited:

Drummond 1894 Drummond, Henry 1894. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 39.

Is Biology Against Socialism? Mr. Karl Pearson's Reply to Mr. Kidd

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Biology, Socialism, Sociology, Evolution, Progress

Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 40.

The Terrible Mouse

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Animal Behaviour, Fear


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 43.

What is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him? The Answer: By Mr. Balfour

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Arthur J Balfour Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) ODNB
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, International Journal of Ethics International Journal of Ethics (1890–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Scientific Naturalism, Ethics, Morality


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 52.

The Locomotive of the Future

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

David L Barnes Barnes, David Leonard (1858–96) RLIN
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Electricity, Machinery, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 52.

Soaking the Soil with Lightning. Novel Danger From the Electric Car

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

J H Vail Vail, Mr J H (fl. 1894) RR1/10/1a/7
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electricity, Pollution, Environmentalism


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 53.

The Subways of a Great City

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

J J Waller Waller, Mr J J (fl. 1894) RR1/10/1a/8
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, Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Sanitation, Telegraphy


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 54.

How to Become Strong. By Sandow

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Eugene Sandow Sandow, Eugene (1867–1925) CBD
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Health, Physiology, Anatomy


    Complains that the article is 'illustrated by copyright photographs, which are the nakedest which have ever been published in a magazine, and the apologetic fig-leaf is much worse than nothing'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 67–68.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William A Hammond Hammond, William Alexander (1828–1900) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Patronage


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 64–74.

The Book of the Month. The Novel of the Modern Woman

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Kenealy [1893], Kenealy, Arabella [1893]. Dr. Janet of Harley Street, London: Digby & Long
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[Brooke] 1894 [Brooke, Emma Frances] 1894. A Superfluous Woman: A Novel, 3 vols, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Gender, Physiology, Vitalism, Heredity, Sex, Disease, Degeneration


    Explains that Arabella Kenealy's Kenealy, Arabella Madonna (1858–1938) ODNB
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new novel argues 'with the maternal instincts of her sex, reinforced by the studies of a physiologist, that it [is] a grave mistake for women who hope some day to be mothers, to spend in study or labour the physical and nervous vitality which should be stored up as a kind of natural banking account to the credit of their children. Every woman [...] who uses up her natural vitality in a profession or business, or in study, will bear feeble, rickety children, and is in fact spending her infant's inheritance on herself. Mrs. Fawcett's Fawcett, Dame Millicent Garrett (1847–1929) ODNB
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portrait gallery of infants born by Newnham Newnham College, Cambridge
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and Girton Girton College, Cambridge
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graduates may be quoted on the other side, but that does not prove Dr. Kenealy is wrong' (67). Another recent novel, written anonymously by Emma F Brooke Brooke, Emma Frances (pseud E Fairfax Byrrne) (1844–1926) ODNB
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, features a woman who is 'doomed to experience the horror of becoming a mother of a syphilitic child by a reprobate husband', allowing herself 'with her eyes open, to become particeps criminis in this mutual outrage on posterity' and 'the agent for the perpetuation of a scrofulous and degenerated stock' (68).



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 74–76.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Lang 1894 Lang, Andrew 1894. Cock Lane and Common-Sense, New York and London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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Subjects:

Spiritualism, Psychical Research


    Commends Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB
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for having 'sufficient of the sixth sense to see that there is more in Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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than is the fashion among most men of his set' (75).



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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 140.

The Next Great Naval Battle. The Fate of Empires Decided in Ten Minutes

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert W Wilson Wilson, Herbert Wrigley (1866–1940) ODNB
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, United Service Magazine United Service Magazine (1889–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 142.

The Doom of Books; or, What the Phonograph Will Do

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Octave Uzanne Uzanne, Octave (1852–1931) RLIN
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, Scribner's Magazine Scribner's Magazine (1887–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Reading, Sound, Technology


    Declares that 'the phonograph is destined to abolish the printing press'.



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 144.

How Wrecked Vessels are Saved: By Patience, Perseverance, Pumps and Pontoons

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Gustav Kobbé Kobbé, Gustav (1857–1918) WBI
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Steamships, Accidents, Engineering, Endeavour


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 155.

How I Trained My Pet Butterfly. By Mrs. P. M. Goulee

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

P M Goulee Goulee, Mrs P M (fl. 1894) RR1/10/2a/4
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Natural History, Animal Behaviour, Anthropomorphism


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 155.

Heredity Modified by Environment. By Helen Gardner

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Helen H Gardener Gardener (née Chenoweth), Helen Hamilton (1853–1925) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Heredity, Gender


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 161.

The Cycle for Health and for Holidays. By a Doctor and an Archdeacon

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB
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, Young Woman Young Woman (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Health, Gender


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 170.

Religion and Human Evolution. By Francis Galton

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Francis Galton Galton, Sir Francis (1822–1911) DSB ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Sociology, Evolution, Progress, Religion

Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 175–76.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Alfred P Sinnett Sinnett, Alfred Percy (1840–1921) ODNB
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 180.

The New Science Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

New Science Review New Science Review (1894–96) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Popularization, Science Communication


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 183.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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:

Ethnology, Race, Population


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 185–92.

The Book of the Month. "Lourdes" by Emile Zola

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Zola 1894 Zola, Émile 1894. Lourdes, Trois villes [no. 1], Paris: G. Charpentier et E. Fasquelle
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Subjects:

Psychical Research, Miracle, Christianity


    Remarks that the 'Psychical Research Society Society for Psychical Research
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recently published a report Myers, Frederick William Henry 1893. 'The Subliminal Consciousness', Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 9, 3–128
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on the reported cures at Lourdes, arriving at a somewhat negative or Podmorian conclusion. But as they would arrive at exactly the same conclusions concerning the miracles recorded in Holy Writ, the faithful take little stock in the conclusions of Mr. Podmore Podmore, Frank (1856–1910) ODNB
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' (186).



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 194.

Catalogues and Indexes of Scientific and Technical Literature

Anon

Genre:

Editorial

Subjects:

Specialization, Publishing, Science Communication, Periodicals, Societies

Publications cited:

Blake 1891–94, Blake, John Frederick ed. 1891–94. Annals of British Geology: A Digest of the Books and Papers Published During the Year; With Occasional Notes, 4 vols, London: Dulau and Co.
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Official Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, Official Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland (1884–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Index Medicus Index Medicus: A Quarterly Classified Record of the Current Medical Literature of the World (1879–99) Bibliographica Medica (1899–1902) Index Medicus (1902+) BUCOP
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    Reports that 'Scientific workers are complaining of the ever-increasing difficulty of keeping abreast of current scientific literature, even the literature of one particular science. As Dr. Armstrong Armstrong, Henry Edward (1848–1937) DSB
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said, in a recent address to the Chemical Society Chemical Society
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, even the specialist can never be certain that some one whom he had never heard of had years before thought his thoughts, made his experiments, and arrived at his conclusions. Yet no one has invented a Scientific Review of Reviews, and those devoted to science are compelled to make shift as best they may with such Year-Books and "Transactions" of societies as are published from time to time'. Surveys the inadequate attempts that have been made to provide an index of scientific work, noting that the 'Catalogue RSCSP: Catalogue of Scientific Papers (1800-1900). Compiled and published by the Royal Society of London, 19 vols, London: Royal Society of London; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1867–1925
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of the Royal Society Royal Society of London
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, too, must have turned out very incomplete and unsatisfactory, judging by the circular letter of March 22, 1894, on the question of an International Catalogue of Scientific Publications
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, stating that the Society had appointed a committee to inquire into and report upon its feasibility through international co-operation, and that the proposed new catalogue would not commence till January 1, 1900'.



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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 211–23.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Christianity, Military Technology, War, Aeronautics, Anti-Scientism, Sociology, Institutions


    Reflects that it is 'Christendom that is perfecting its instruments of slaughter, building pneumatic guns which will hurl heavy charges of dynamite a couple of miles, and that is perfecting the Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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flying machine, which is to extend the area of slaughter, already coterminous with earth and sea, to the air above' (212). Records that Oxford has 'welcomed the British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science
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to its ancient halls. Lord Salisbury Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) ODNB
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, as Chancellor of the University University of Oxford
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and President for the year, delivered the inaugural, which, as is usual with him, had as its sub note the old refrain of the vanity of all things human [....] what do we know?—next to nothing, and we do not even know that;—is no doubt a good doctrine to preach to those wiseacres who are puffed up with their own conceit as with the east wind' (220). Comments that 'talking of Holiday Parliaments, has the time not fully come for reviving the Social Science Congress Social Science Congress
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on a new, extended, and more practical scale? It was odd that it should have expired just when public interest in sociology began to be so widespread and intense' (220–21).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 245.

"Electricity Direct From Coal"

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Friedrich W Ostwald Ostwald, Friedrich Wilhelm (1853–1932) DSB
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Electrochemistry, Energy, Steam-power


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 251.

The New Flying Machine. By Hiram S. Maxim

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Machinery, Military Technology, Transport


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 255.

The Big Wheels of the World. Nothing New Under the Sun

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

T H Coggin Coggin, Mr T H (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/4
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Engineers, Engineering, Skill, Amusement, Discovery, Invention

People mentioned:

George W G Ferris, Ferris, George Washington Gale (1859–96) WBI
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Erasmus D Leavitt, Leavitt, Erasmus Darwin (1836–1916) WBI
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Henry Burden, Burden, Henry (1791–1871) WBI
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William Fairbairn Fairbairn, Sir William (1789–1874) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 257.

How to Turn on Winter. As We Turn on Water and Gas

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

W Wilberforce Smith Smith, Mr W Wilberforce (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/5
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Domestic Economy


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 261.

The Highest House in Great Britain. And Its Martyr Inmates

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Edward Whymper Whymper, Edward (1840–1911) ODNB
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Observatories, Meteorology, Endeavour


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 262.

The Deaf and Dumb

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry W Hubbard Hubbard, Henry William (1856–1906) WIVP
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, Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disability, Heredity, Breeding


    Speculates that it 'would be possible to breed a race of deaf mutes by the constant intermarriage of the deaf-born'.



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 262.

How to Save Our Wild Birds

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Herbert E Maxwell Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith (1845–1937) ODNB
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, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Ornithology, Collecting, Natural Imperialism, Environmentalism, Government

People mentioned:

Edward Grey, Grey, Sir Edward, 3rd Baronet, and Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933) ODNB
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Auberon E W M Herbert Herbert, Auberon Edward William Molyneux (1838–1906) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Wild Birds Protection Society Wild Birds Protection Society
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 265.

Why the Birth-rate Decreases

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

J L Brownell Brownell, Mr J L (fl. 1894) RR1/10/3a/9
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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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Subjects:

Population, Statistics


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 268–69.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Anti-Scientism, Politics, Conservatism, Scientific Naturalism

People mentioned:

Robert A T G Cecil (3rd Marquess of Salisbury) Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 273–74.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Clara S J B Moore Moore, Clara Sophia Jessup Bloomfield (1824–99) WBI
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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:

Heterodoxy, Machinery, Force, Energy, Discovery | Mesmerism, Surgery

People mentioned:

John E W Keely Keely, John Ernst Worrell (1827–98) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 284–85.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Lydekker 1893[–96], Lydekker, Richard, ed. 1893–96. The Royal Natural History, with pref. by P. L. Sclater, 6 vols, London and New York: Frederick Warne
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Sharpe 1894[–97], Sharpe, Richard Bowdler 1894–97. A Hand-Book to the Birds of Great Britain, Allen's Naturalist's Library, 4 vols, London: Allen
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Macpherson, Stuart-Wortley and Saintsbury 1894, Macpherson, Hugh Alexander, Stuart-Wortley, Archibald John and Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman 1894. The Grouse: Natural History; Shooting; Cookery, Fur and Feather Series, London: Longmans, Green and Co.
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Huxley 1894 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1894. Evolution & Ethics and Other Essays, Collected Essays by T. H. Huxley (The Eversley Series) 9, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Subjects:

Monographs, Publishing, Natural History, Ornithology, Hunting, Evolution, Ethics


    Comments that 'Mr. A. E. T. Watson's Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1849–1922) WBI
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Fur and Feather series [...] is by no means purely scientific. The programme of his series embraces not only the natural history, but the shooting and cooking of the animals described [....] This series is an odd idea, but it is well carried out, and the volumes should be useful' (285).



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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 317–26.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Disease, Discovery, Medical Treatment, Vaccination


    Reports that at 'the International Health Congress International Health Congress (1894), Budapest
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, which has been sitting at Buda-Pesth, considerable excitement was occasioned by the announcement of a cure for diphtheria, which is at present one of the most unmanageable of diseases. By this method it is brought under control by inoculating the patient with serum'. Adds that 'the announcement of the discovery created no small excitement, which was not confined to the medical faculty alone'. (326)



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 329–38.

Character Sketch. Frances Power Cobbe

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Gender, Vivisection, Experiment, Controversy, Publishing, Darwinism, Descent, Morality

Publications cited:

Cobbe 1894 Cobbe, Frances Power 1894. Life of Frances Power Cobbe: By Herself, 2 vols, London: R. Bentley
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    Notes that Frances P Cobbe's Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904) ODNB
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'campaign against vivisection has lasted many times the duration of the siege of Troy', and portrays her as 'the paladin and knight-errant of dumb creatures' (329). The campaign began in 1863 when 'her attention was drawn to the diabolical tortures inflicted by the vivisectionists of the Continent upon helpless animals, not for purposes of research, but solely for purposes of demonstration and experiment' (334). Suggests that 'Some idea may be formed of the activity with which Miss Cobbe has prosecuted this campaign from the fact that in the six years ending November, 1892, no fewer than 320 books, pamphlets and leaflets were issued by the Victoria Street Society Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection
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, of which 271,351 copies were printed. Miss Cobbe wrote 173 of these papers herself' (335). Also observes that 'Darwin's Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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"Descent of Man" Darwin, Charles Robert 1871a. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, London: John Murray
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, with its theory of the nature and origin of Sense, seems to her of absolutely fateful import, but she did not quarrel with him until he became a chief priest of the vivisectors' (337).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 350–51.

Scientific Religion and Its Basis. The Significance of Telepathy. By Mr. Myers

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Psychical Research, Soul


    William T Stead Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB
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complains of 'my friends who lament over what they regard as my deplorable devotion to the study of spooks' (350).



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 351.

Medicine and Morals

Anon

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T Garrett Horder Horder, Dr T Garrett (fl. 1894) RR1/10/4a/4
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Ethics

Institutions mentioned:

British Medical Association British Medical Association
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 354.

The First Ironclads

Anon

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Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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eng.

Subjects:

Steamships, Military Technology, History of Science


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 356.

100 Miles an Hour Through the Air! What We are Coming to

Anon

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Charles E Duryea Duryea, Charles Edgar (1862–1938) WBI
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, Robert H Thurston Thurston, Robert Henry (1839–1903) DSB
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Aeronautics, Invention, Machinery, Engineering, Futurism


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 358.

A Theosophical Tribute to Truth. Mrs. Besant's Last Manifesto

Anon

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

Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth

People mentioned:

Henry S Olcott, Olcott, Henry Steel (1832–1907) WBI
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William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 358.

Painters as Inventors

Anon

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Leicester Allen Allen, Leicester (fl. 1867–91) RLIN
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Invention, Imagination

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Robert Fulton, Fulton, Robert (1765–1815) CBD
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Samuel F B Morse Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791–1872) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 359.

How to Kill Without Pain. By Sir Benjamin Richardson

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Sarah A Tooley Tooley, Sarah A (fl. 1885) WBI
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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photo.

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Veterinary Science

People mentioned:

Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 360.

Niagara in Harness

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Curtis Brown Brown, Curtis (b. 1866) WBI
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, Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan Magazine (1886–1900+) BUCOP
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Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 362.

Lord Kelvin on Joule

Anon

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William Thomson (1st Baron Kelvin) Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Scientific Practitioners, Heat

People mentioned:

James P Joule Joule, James Prescott (1818–89) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 366.

Village Sanitation in India. By Miss Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) ODNB
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, Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Public Health


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 373–74.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

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Thomas Oliver Oliver, Sir Thomas (1853–1942) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Physiological Chemistry, Class


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 374.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

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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, Sociology, Error

People mentioned:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 379.

The Arena

Anon

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Review, Abstract

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Albert T Leffingwell Leffingwell, Albert Tracy (1845–1917) WBI
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Vivisection, Ethics


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 393–96.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Sidgwick 1894, Professor Sidgwick's Committee 1894. 'Report on the Census of Hallucinations', Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 10, 25–422
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Podmore 1894, Podmore, Frank 1894. Apparitions and Thought-Transference: An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy, Contemporary Science Series [26], London: Walter Scott
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Marryat 1894, Marryat, Florence 1894. The Spirit World, London: F. V. White & Co.
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Barnett 1894, Barnett, Mrs. S. A. 1894. The Making of the Body: A Children's Book on Anatomy and Physiology; For School and Home Use, London: Longmans, Green & Co.
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Tanner 1894, Tanner, Arthur Edmund 1894. Physical Culture for Men, Women and Children. Ling-Swedish System, London: Simpkin & Marshall
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Schwarz [1894] Schwarz, A [1894]. The Horse, its External and Internal Organisation: An Illustrated Representation and Brief Description of the Horse, rev. and ed. by George Fleming, London: G. Philip & Son
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Subjects:

Psychical Research, Libraries, Physiology, Anatomy, Education, Schools, Health, Veterinary Science


    Recommends some titles for 'a beginning of your psychical library' (394).



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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 423–35.

The Progress of the World

Anon

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Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Education, Gender, Endeavour


    Observes that in 'Scotland women have won another victory in connection with medical training. Dr. Jex-Blake Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa (1840–1912) ODNB
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for many years has fought in the van of the campaign to secure for women equal rights and privileges with men in the acquisition of medical training and degrees. Dr. Jex-Blake began the campaign as far back as 1869, when she and others matriculated as medical students at the University University of Edinburgh
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, but were subsequently not allowed to complete their curriculum and to take the usual degrees. It has been a long uphill fight, and more than once it seemed as if Dr. Jex-Blake would be vanquished. But she kept on fighting with a grim perseverance, and has proved the truth of the saying, "It's dogged as does it"' (435).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 457.

Is War Growing More Murderous?

Anon

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

Military Technology, War


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 459.

The New Cure for Cobra Bites. Ordinary Chloride of Lime

Anon

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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:

Medical Treatment, Vaccination, Analytical Chemistry

People mentioned:

Albert Calmette Calmette, Albert (1863–1933) DSB
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Institutions mentioned:

Institut Pasteur, Paris Institut Pasteur, Paris
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 465.

Six Thousand Ministers to Minds Diseased: And How We Illtreat Them

Anon

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Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Medical Practitioners, Status, Hospitals


    Complains that the 'ample honour paid to doctors and nurses of the distressed body contrasts strangely with the public indifference towards those who wait on the deranged mind'.



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 465.

[A Satisfactory Map of the Moon]

Anon

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Edward S Holden Holden, Edward Singleton (1846–1914) WBI
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, McClure's Magazine McClure's Magazine (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Photography, Mapping, Observatories

Institutions mentioned:

University of California—Lick Observatory University of California—Lick Observatory
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 466.

Where Ignorance is Not Bliss. A Plea for Knowledge

Anon

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Geoffrey Mortimer Mortimer, Geoffrey (fl. 1894) RLIN
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, Free Review Free Review (1893–97) University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sex, Physiology, Education, Freethought

Publications cited:

Elmy [1894] Elmy, Elizabeth C Wolstenholme [Ellis Ethelmer, pseud.] [1894]. The Human Flower: Being a Brief and Plain Statement of the Physiology of Birth and the Relations of the Sexes, Congleton: [n. pub.]
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 468.

The Veracity of Mr. W. Q. Judge

Anon / Ernest T Hargrove Hargrove, Ernest T (fl. 1890–97) RLIN
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/ Archibald Keightley Keightley, Archibald (b. 1859) WBI
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Editorial, Letter

Subjects:

Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth, Controversy

People mentioned:

Annie Besant, Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB
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William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI
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Institutions mentioned:

Theosophical Society Theosophical Society
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See also:

Anon, 'A Theosophical Tribute to Truth. Mrs. Besant's Last Manifesto', Review of Reviews, 10 (1894), 358


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 469.

Physiology and Music. Professors Helmholtz and Billroth

Anon

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Abstract

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Arthur W Rücker Rücker, Sir Arthur William (1848–1915) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Christian A T Billroth Billroth, Christian Albert Theodor (1829–94) DSB
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, Deutsche Rundschau Deutsche Rundschau (1874–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Music, Physiology, Physics, Sound

People mentioned:

Hermann von Helmholtz Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821–94) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 474.

Astronomy and Religion: How to Relate Them. By Sir Edwin Arnold

Anon

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Edwin Arnold Arnold, Sir Edwin (1832–1904) ODNB
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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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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Subjects:

Astronomy, Imagination, Religion, Extra-Terrestrial Life


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 475.

Matteism, Its Successes and Its Failures

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Reportage

Subjects:

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


    Declares that those 'who may be disposed to jeer' at the remedies of Cesare Mattei Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI
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'have never seen a cancer patient die', and insists that, despite the overall failure of the experimental test of the medicines, it is 'indisputable, that in every one of the five test cases the excruciating pain of this fatal disease was alleviated and the general health of the patients improved'. Reports the successful application of the Mattei cures to ailments other than cancer in Samoa by the 'well-known missionary' the 'Rev. S. J. Whitmee, F.R.G.S. Whitmee, Samuel James (1838–1925) DNBS
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', and announces that 'Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850–94) ODNB
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, who suffered much from some ailment and was treated by Mr. Whitmee, said that he had seldom or never received such sudden relief from any medicine'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 481–82.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Georges d'Avenel Avenel, Georges, vicomte d' (1855–1939) WBI RLIN
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Adulteration


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 482.

The Nouvelle Revue

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Guglielmo Ferrero Ferrero, Guglielmo (1871–1942) WBI
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, Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Pathology, Mental Illness, Human Development

People mentioned:

Benjamin Waugh Waugh, Benjamin (1839–1908) ODNB
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Institutions mentioned:

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 485.

The Bibliothèque Universelle and Its Editor

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Bibliothèque Universelle Bibliothèque Britannique (1796–1815) Bibliothèque Universelle des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, et Arts (1816–35) Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève (1836–57) Bibliothèque Universelle, Revue Suisse et Étrangère. (1858–1878) Bibliothèque Universelle et Revue Suisse (1879–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Periodicals, Publishing, Science Communication, Internationalism

People mentioned:

Marc-Auguste Pictet Pictet, Marc-Auguste (1752–1825) DSB
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Publications cited:

Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles (1846–1900+) BUCOP
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 492–95.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Phillips 1894, Phillips, Mrs. Arthur 1894. The Birth of a Soul: A Psychological Study, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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Flammarion 1894, Flammarion, Camille 1894. Popular Astronomy: A General Description of the Heavens, trans. from the French with the author's sanction by J. Ellard Gore, London: Chatto & Windus
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Frankland 1894, Frankland, Percy Faraday 1894. Our Secret Friends and Foes: Expanded from Lectures Delivered Before Popular Audiences in London, Edinburgh, and Elsewhere, 2nd edn, Romance of Science, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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Stables 1894 Stables, Gordon 1894. The Mother's Book of Health and Family Adviser, London: Jarrold & Sons
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Subjects:

Psychology, Psychical Research, Soul, Astronomy, Popularization, Bacteriology, Microbiology, Health, Human Development


    Advises that 'should you lean towards the meritoriously psychological, you have but to read' the new novel by Mrs Arthur Phillips Phillips, Mrs Arthur (1822?–76) RLIN
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(493).



Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 505–07.

The Classification of Literature. Wanted: A New Catalogue

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Disciplinarity, Boundary Formation, Nomenclature, Travel, Sociology


    Examines the new system 'known as the Decimal Classification, invented by Mr. Melvil Dewey Dewey, Melvil (1851–1931) CBD
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', pointing out the many inconsistencies that it cannot resolve. With books on 'geography, topography, voyages, [and] travel', for example, 'it is almost impossible to define what they cover. Much geology, natural history, with other important subjects, might well be hidden away under any one of these kindred terms'. Suggests that most 'tedious of all are the subjects included under the general term "Sociology"', and notes that 'there was a curious classification of science and sociology by Dr. Boleslas [i.e. Boleslaw] Limanowski Limanowski, Boleslaw (1835–1935) WBI
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in the Revue Internationale de Sociologie Revue Internationale de Sociologie (1893–1900+) BUCOP
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, July–August. It was called the philosophical classification; and it would certainly require some careful study on the part of those who would master its philosophy'. (505)



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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 559.

Those Mahatmas—Query?

Anon

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Westminster Gazette Westminster Gazette (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Lucifer Lucifer (1887–97) Theosophical Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Charlatanry, Truth, Controversy

People mentioned:

Annie Besant, Besant (née Wood), Annie (1847–1933) ODNB
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Henry S Olcott, Olcott, Henry Steel (1832–1907) WBI
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William Q Judge Judge, William Quan (1851–96) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 562.

The Spread and Cure of Diphtheria. The Story of Antitoxin

Anon

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Edward C R Roose Roose, Edward Charles Robson (1848–1905) ODNB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Discovery, Medical Treatment, Vaccination


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 563.

Diminishing the Death Rate. What New York Babies Owe to Sterilised Milk

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Nathan Straus Straus, Nathan (1848–1931) RLIN
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Public Health, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 563.

How to Prevent Blindness Among Children. Suggestions from Our Municipalities

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Charlotte Smith Smith, Miss Charlotte (fl. 1894) RR1/10/6a/4
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, Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Public Health, Disability, Vaccination

Institutions mentioned:

Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
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Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 557.

Mr. Kidd Overhauled. By Professor Henry Sidgwick

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Henry Sidgwick Sidgwick, Henry (1838–1900) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Sociology, Evolution, Progress

Publications cited:

Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co.
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 586.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

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Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu Leroy-Beaulieu, Anatole (b. 1842) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Sociology


Review of Reviews,  10 (1894), 598–600.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Doyle 1894 Doyle, Arthur Conan 1894. Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life, London: Methuen
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners, Disease, Sex, Heredity


    Pronounces Arthur C Doyle's Doyle, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan (1859–1930) ODNB
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new collection of medical stories 'a daring book; for more than one of the stories have motives which but a year or two back would have been held taboo in English fiction'. Indeed, Doyle 'greatly daring, essays to treat the theme of a man who almost on the eve of his wedding finds that he has from his grandfather [...] much the same heritage [i.e. syphilis] as fell to the lot of Oswald in "Ghosts" Ibsen, Henrik 1890. Ghosts; An Enemy of the People; The Wild Duck, Ibsen's Prose Dramas [2], Authorised English edn, London: W. Scott
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. (599)



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