Science in the 19th Century Periodical

The Review of Reviews [1st]

Introductory Essay
Volume 13  (January to June 1896)

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 40.

The Jealousy of the Male Monopolist

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Medical Practitioners, Gender, Conservatism

Institutions mentioned:

Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians
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Royal College of Surgeons Royal College of Surgeons
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 44.

Animals as Criminals

Anon

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Publications abstracted:

Guglielmo Ferrero Ferrero, Guglielmo (1871–1942) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Soul, Crime, Anthropomorphism


    Notes that following on from the earlier debate over 'whether animals have souls' conducted by Anna Kingsford Kingsford (née Bonus), Mrs Anna (1846–88) ODNB
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, the current article, written by 'a pupil of Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD
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, sets forth some of the evidence which goes to prove that animals are capable of crime'.



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 57.

Darwin Against Wallace and Weismann. A Paper by Professor Romanes

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

George J Romanes Romanes, George John (1848–94) DSB
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Darwinism, Heredity, Evolution

People mentioned:

Charles R Darwin, Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB
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Alfred R Wallace, Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 60.

"Is Life Worth Living?". "Yes, If —". By Professor James

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William James James, William (1842–1910) DSB
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, International Journal of Ethics International Journal of Ethics (1890–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Agnosticism, Scientific Naturalism, Ethics


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 64–65.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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, Medical Treatment


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 67.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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:

Animal Behaviour, Evolution, Descent


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 73.

"Borderland": New Series

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

photo.

Subjects:

Psychical Research, Quackery

People mentioned:

Francis Schlatter, Schlatter, Francis (1856–96?) RLIN
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Sara A Underwood Underwood (née Francis), Sara A (b. 1838) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 75–84.

The Book of the Month. Mr. Maitland's Life of Anna Kingsford, Apostle and Avenger

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Maitland 1896 Maitland, Edward 1896. Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, 2 vols, London: G. Redway
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Subjects:

Supernaturalism, Psychical Research, Periodicals, Medical Practitioners, Gender, Vivisection, Soul, Mesmerism


    Notes that the more mystical elements of the book are dealt with 'at considerable length in the new number of Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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', to which 'all readers who wish to know about' such matters are referred, and promises that into 'those lofty and mystic, not to say misty regions, I do not take the readers of this REVIEW Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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' (75). Describes how, when she was a young medical student in Paris, Anna Kingsford's Kingsford (née Bonus), Mrs Anna (1846–88) ODNB
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'antipathy to vivisection became a consuming passion' (80). After various experiments with hypnotism, she also became convinced that one 'can kill with the will', and she came to believe that, in this way, she 'had slain Claude Bernard Bernard, Claude (1813–78) DSB
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and Paul Bert Bert, Paul (1833–86) DSB
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. She did her worst to slay Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis (1822–95) DSB
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. He became very ill; but he recovered, and she died' (83). Also records that Kingsford 'proposed to Madame Blavatsky Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn (1831–91) ODNB
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a scheme for uniting a number of occultists in a band for the purpose of exercising their will-power on the vivisectors with a view to [their] destruction'. Concludes that this is 'one of the weirdest and most bewildering books that I have read for many a long day'. (84)



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 90–92.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Wells 1895c, Wells, Herbert George 1895c. The Stolen Bacillus: And Other Incidents, London: Metheun & Co.
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Housman 1896 Housman, Clemence 1896. The Were-Wolf, London: J. Lane at the Bodley Head; Chicago: Way and Williams
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Subjects:

Science Fiction, Invention, Imagination, Monstrosities


    Explains that in his works of science fiction Herbert G Wells's Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB
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'method is calmly to impose just as much pure invention into the picturesque side of research as it will bear without transcending the region of the apparently possible' (90).



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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 99–101.

To All English-speaking Folk

W T Stead, Hon. Sec. National Social Union Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB
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Genre:

Editorial

Subjects:

Steam-power, Electricity, War, Fear


    Pleads that all possible steps must be taken to avoid 'a fratricidal war between one hundred millions of English-speaking folk' on the two sides of the Atlantic (99), and warns that the 'shrinkage of the world beneath the potent hands of Electricity and Steam [...] render friction at many points inevitable in a constantly increasing ratio' (100).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 102–13.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Imperialism, Disease, Sanitation


    Reports the successful completion of the British expedition to Coomassie in West Africa, but advises that it 'would be well if Mr. Chamberlain Chamberlain, Joseph ('Joe') (1836–1914) ODNB
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could devise some method of overcoming the malaria of the West Coast as expeditiously as he has overwhelmed the opposition of King Prempeh Prempeh, King of Ashanti (d. 1931) CBD
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. Every precaution was taken to guard the expedition against the attack of fever, but, notwithstanding the employment of all the resources of modern sanitary science, the fell disease smote more than one member of the expedition' (112).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 144–48.

The Anglo-American Household. Some Notes of Family Jars, Past and Present

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry L Nelson Nelson, Henry Loomis (1846–1908) WBI
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, Harper's New Monthly Magazine Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1850–99) Harper's Monthly Magazine (1899–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Natural Imperialism, Hunting, Extinction, Commerce


    Denies the charge made in the article that 'Canada, backed by England, is responsible for the extirpation of the seal in [the] Behring Sea', and instead insists that 'Nothing more opposed to our interest could hardly be imagined, for out of 142,000 seal skins taken, 138,000 are made up in London' (148).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 159.

Musical Pictures

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Mrs Watts Hughes Hughes, Mrs Watts (fl. 1890–91) RLIN
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, Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Relevant illustrations:

eng. [2]

Subjects:

Music, Sound, Mathematics, Wonder


    Explains the 'fascinating [...] and extraordinary way in which musical notes make geometrical and other pictures', and directs readers interested in this 'astonishing [...] modus operandi' to a 'fully illustrated paper-covered volume Hughes, Mrs Watts [1891]. Voice Figures, London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney
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' by Mrs Hughes.



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 160.

Is Mankind Growing Same?

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William A Knight Knight, William Angus (1836–1916) WBI
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, Mind Mind (1876–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Progress, Evolution, Race


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 161.

Is Cycling Bad for Women? What a Professor of Gynaecology Thinks

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry J Garrigues Garrigues, Henry Jacques (1831–1913) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Gender, Health, Obstetrics, Fear


    Recommends 'the upright posture as against the curved or bent, as hygienically and medically the best', and dismisses fears that 'the enlargement of muscle consequent on cycling might take place where it would aggravate the ordeal of maternity'.



Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 163.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Demetrius C Boulger Boulger, Demetrius Charles (1853–1928) WBI
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Hospitals, Medical Treatment, Vaccination


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 167.

Sociology at Chicago

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Lester F Ward Ward, Lester Frank (1841–1913) WBI
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, William I Thomas Thomas, William Isaac (1863–1947) WBI
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, American Journal of Sociology American Journal of Sociology (1985–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Sociology, Neurology, Anatomy, Measurement

People mentioned:

Paul Topinard Topinard, Paul (b. 1830) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 175–76.

The New Photographic Marvel: The Röntgen Rays. Photographing Through Matter with Invisible Light

Anon

Genre:

Introduction; Reportage

Relevant illustrations:

photo. [2]

Subjects:

Wonder, Photography, Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics, Nomenclature, Metallurgy, Medical Treatment, Theory

People mentioned:

James C Maxwell, Maxwell, James Clerk (1831–79) DSB
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Heinrich R Hertz Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf (1857–94) DSB
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    The brief introduction states that a 'scientific friend of mine has written at my request the following description' of the 'scientific sensation of the month': the 'final establishment [...] that it is possible to photograph objects without exposing the sensitive plate to the light'. Describes how 'a peculiar kind' of the cathode rays first produced by Phillip Lenard Lenard, Philipp (1862–1947) DSB
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has been used by Wilhelm C Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB
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to create 'shadow photographs' of objects such as coins that were at the time obscured by 'a volume of a thousand pages, [...] a pack of playing cards, an inch of fir plank or of vulcanised rubber, and—much less easily—through glass'. (175) These 'X-rays, as he designates them', have been used by Röntgen to discern 'internal flaws in metals', and, in addition, 'a Vienna surgeon Exner, Siegmund (1846–1926) RLIN
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has located a grain of shot in a hand, and has successfully examined a fractured bone in a foot' (175–76). Insists, however, that although the 'discovery will undoubtedly lend itself to the most fruitful and wide application', its 'theoretical bearing is far more important' (176).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 182–84.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Romanes 1896 Romanes, Ethel 1896. The Life and Letters of George John Romanes, London: Longmans, Green
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Religion, Gender


    Praises Ethel Romanes Romanes (née Duncan), Ethel (1856–1927) ODNB
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for having 'wisely let her husband, as far as was possible, "especially in matters scientific, speak for himself"' (183).



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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 229.

Electrical and Water Power

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

John McGhil McGhil, Mr John (fl. 1896) RR1/13/3a/1
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, Samuel Webber Webber, Samuel (fl. 1874–90) RLIN
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 230.

Nansen and the North Pole

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Physical Geography, Navigation

People mentioned:

Fridtjof Nansen Nansen, Fridtjof (1861–1930) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 230.

Photographing the Unseen

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Alan A C Swinton Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell (1863–1930) ODNB
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, Cornhill Magazine Cornhill Magazine (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Photography, Light, Electromagnetism


    Announces that the 'best article upon this subject that has appeared in any of the magazines appears in the February number of the REVIEW OF REVIEWS Review of Reviews (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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' [see Anon, 'The New Photographic Marvel: The Röntgen Rays. Photographing Through Matter with Invisible Light', Review of Reviews, 13 (1896), 175–76].



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 242.

Sixty Years of Progress. A Glowing Review of the Queen's Reign

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Progress, Railways, Steam-power, Steamships, Electricity


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 248.

The Winter Birds of New England

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

New England Magazine New England Magazine (1886–1900+) RLIN
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Relevant illustrations:

eng. [3]

Subjects:

Natural History, Ornithology


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 248.

["Germinal Selection"]

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB
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, Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Genetics


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 252.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William J Corbet Corbet, William Joseph (1824–1909) WIVP
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Mental Illness, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 255.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

William T Sedgwick Sedgwick, William Thompson (1855–1921) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Sanitation, Public Health, Bacteriology


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 257–58.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Jean A Gaudry Gaudry, Jean Albert (b. 1827) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Palaeontology, Creationism


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 260–66.

Anglo-American Reunion. International Response to the Appeal for Arbitration

Anon

Genre:

Editorial; Letter

Subjects:

War, Internationalism, Scientific Practitioners, Astronomy


    Reprints several letters from well-known supporters of the attempts at arbitration to prevent a war between Britain and America, including one from J Norman Lockyer Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman (1836–1920) DSB ODNB
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who states that 'All Englishmen of Science, especially of Astronomical Science, are united by the closest ties of sympathy with their more than cousins across the Atlantic. We have the same aims, and we work together. I have the honour of including among my friends on the other side such earnest workers as Langley Langley, Samuel Pierpont (1834–1906) DSB
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, Holden Holden, Edward Singleton (1846–1914) WBI
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, Young Young, Charles Augustus (1834–1908) DSB
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and many others I might name, and I am certain they feel as I do that war is unthinkable as between two members of the same family' (262).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 277–80.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sully 1895, Sully, James 1895. Studies of Childhood, London: Longmans, Green
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Burnett 1895, Burnett, James Compton 1895. Delicate, Backward, Puny, and Stunted Children: Their Developmental Defects, and Physical, Mental and Moral Peculiarities Considered as Ailments Amenable to Treatment by Medicines, London: The Homeopathic Publishing Co.
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Smith 1896 Smith, Gerard 1896. Our Growing Children: With Special Reference to the Physical Education of the Weakly, London: Bale
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Subjects:

Human Development, Psychology, Disability, Disease


    Asserts that 'Nothing more important or more interesting to the ordinary reader has been published in the way of science for many months' than James Sully's Sully, James (1842–1923) ODNB
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'reasoned plea for the closer and more intelligent study of child-psychology. Addressed more particularly to parents and young teachers, its language is never unduly scientific [...]. Here certainly is a book which it behoves every parent to read, and not to read lightly' (279).



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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 287–99.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Mesmerism


    Notes that the passing of the Diseases of Animals Bill means that 'Foreign beef and mutton henceforth are not to enter Britain on four legs', which is a considerable 'gain to the cause of humanity' because it will put an end to 'the hideous horrors of the cattle-ships'. Observes, however, that the legislation will be 'naturally resented by the exporters across the Atlantic', and suggests that 'Some day, when it is possible to hypnotise cattle and sheep into insensibility for a fortnight, the prohibition may be reconsidered'. (298)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 321.

Why the Nicaragua Canal Will Never be Made

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Joseph Nimmo Nimmo, Joseph (1837–1909) RLIN
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Commerce, Statistics


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 325.

British Guiana: Religion and Climate

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

David P Chalmers Chalmers, Sir David Patrick (1829–99) WBI
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, Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Imperialism, Climatology


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 326–27.

Children as Humorists. Some Good Stories by Mr. Sully

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

James Sully Sully, James (1842–1923) ODNB
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, National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984
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Subjects:

Human Development, Psychology, Amusement


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 332.

The Worth of War Out-worn. A Study in Evolution

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Nathaniel S Shaler Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate (1841–1906) DSB
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Evolution, Progress, War


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 332.

[Sketch of Lord Armstrong's Life]

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineers, Invention, Serendipity

People mentioned:

William G Armstrong Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810–1900) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 333.

[The Secret of Youth in Age]

Anon

Genre:

Editorial, Announcement

Subjects:

Health, Ageing, Heterodoxy

People mentioned:

Sebastiano Fenzi Fenzi, Sebastiano (1822–1901) WBI
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 336.

The Problem of Domestic Service Viewed Scientifically

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Jane Addams Addams, Jane (1860–1935) CBD
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, American Journal of Sociology American Journal of Sociology (1985–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Scientism, Sociology, Gender


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 336.

A Lady in West African Swamps

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Mary H Kingsley Kingsley, Mary Henrietta (1862–1900) ODNB
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, Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Exploration, Gender, Collecting, Imperialism


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 337.

The Mysteries of Black Magic. Startling Story by a Pupil of Lord Lytton's

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Magic, Supernaturalism, Psychical Research

People mentioned:

Edward G E L B Lytton (1st Baron Lytton) Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–73) ODNB
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Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 345.

[A Typewriter Made Ready for the Battlefield for the First Time in the History of Warfare]

Anon

Genre:

Announcement

Subjects:

Military Technology

Institutions mentioned:

Remington Typewriter Company, New York Remington Typewriter Company, New York, firm
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 348.

Borderland

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Psychical Research


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 354–60.

The Institute of France. The Celebration of Its Centenary

G M M M, G M
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Genre:

Essay

Subjects:

Institutions, Politics


    Traces the history and describes the current organisation of the five separate academies that make up the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, Paris
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, noting that during the revolutionary era of the 1790s it was recognised that the old royal 'Academy of Science Académie des Sciences, Paris
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had rendered good services to the Revolution with regard to "l'argenterie des églises supprimées, et la production du saltpêtre", etc.', although the revolutionary Convention was nevertheless still bent on 'reducing the Academies to free societies' (356).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 374–76.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Wells 1896 Wells, Herbert George 1896. The Island of Doctor Moreau, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Science Fiction, Monstrosities, Breeding, Sex


    Exclaims that 'No one admires the peculiar genius of Mr. Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB
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more than I. He is a born psychic, with a marvellous gift of realistically rendering his psychic experiences'. Warns, however, that 'the frontispiece alone of his new story is enough to keep it out of circulation. The law against sex intercourse with animals may be, and is, unduly severe, but it is an offence against humanity to represent the result of the intermingling of man and beast. In Mr. Wells's story the hybrid monsters are not begotten: they are represented as the possible outcome of vivisectional experiment. But the result in the picture is exactly that which would follow as the result of the engendering of human and animal. It is loathsome' (374).



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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 383–93.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Imperialism, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Disease


    Reports that the 'rinderpest, which is sweeping its deadly way through the herds of the dominions, is necessitating stringent measures of pole-axe isolation' (387), and observes that 'the cattle disease will prove a far more miserable curse to South Africa then either the despotism of the Boers, the impatience of Dr. Jameson Jameson, Sir Leander Starr, 1st Baronet (1853–1917) ODNB
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, or the rebellion of the Matabele'. It has already necessitated the imposition of 'a strict quarantine blockade' along the frontier of the Transvaal. (388)



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 418.

The Deadly Lamp

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Henry C Marillier Marillier, Henry Currie (1865–1951) ODNB
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Accidents, Industrial Chemistry, Invention


    Discusses the alarming number of exploding oil-lamps, and notes that there is 'a good man in Newcastle who has invented a powder, which he maintains will render the oil absolutely non-explosive. He sent me the powder a long time ago to be tested, but I have not yet had time to attend to it. It would be interesting to know how far inventors have succeeded in rendering this useful illuminant free from danger'.



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 421.

"Wickedness is Man's Best Strength". A Blast Against the Monstrous Regimen of Virtue

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Edward Newman Newman, Edward (fl. 1896) RR1/13/5a/3
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, Free Review Free Review (1893–97) University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Philosophy, Ethics, Natural Law, Biology, Darwinism, Mental Illness


    Claims that Friedrich W Nietzsche Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844–1900) CBD
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'bases his argument against altruism on biology. He treats it as an attempt to fly in the face of natural selection'. Insists, however, that this 'sort of "reasoning" leads to where Nietzsche has himself arrived—to the madhouse', and notes the 'paradox that this truculent champion of egoism is now entirely dependent on the altruistic care of the community'.



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 422.

A Dual Water Supply for Cities

Anon

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Abstract

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S P Axtell Axtell, S P (fl. 1896) RR1/13/5a/4
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, Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Engineering, Hydrography


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 433.

Nursing and Stimulants. What the Temperance Hospital has Proved

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:

Medical Practitioners, Hospitals, Narcotics, Temperance


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 436.

The Modern Pilgrim's Progress. The Story of Mr. Romanes's Conversion

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Scientific Practitioners, Unbelief, Religion

People mentioned:

George J Romanes Romanes, George John (1848–94) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 437.

Food and Labour Force: Is the Stomach the Best Savings Bank?

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Francesco S Nitti Nitti, Francesco Saverio (1868–1953) WBI
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, Economic Journal Economic Journal (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Nutrition, Political Economy


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 437.

Professor Röntgen Interviewed

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

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

Laboratories, Physics, Scientific Practitioners

People mentioned:

Wilhelm C Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 437.

Plea for a Gigantic Geography of the British Isles

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Hugh R Mill Mill, Hugh Robert (1861–1950) 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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Subjects:

Mapping, Physical Geography

Institutions mentioned:

Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 438–39.

Horseless Carriages. A History and a Prophecy

Anon

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Abstract

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Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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, Burleigh F Spalding Spalding, Burleigh Folsom (1853–1934) WBI
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, Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Machinery, Technology, Transport, Government, History of Science

People mentioned:

Nicolas J Cugnot Cugnot, Nicolas Joseph (1725–1804) CBD
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 440.

Cycling for Women. By a Doctor

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

William H Fenton Fenton, William Hugh (1854–1928) WBI
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Gender, Health


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 441.

The Story of English Gardening

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Russell M Garnier Garnier, Russell Montague (fl. 1892–1908) RLIN
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, Economic Review Economic Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Horticulture, Botany


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 441.

Why Muzzle Dogs? Muzzle Cats Rather!

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

George Whitfield Whitfield, George (fl. 1896) RR1/13/5a/13
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, Free Review Free Review (1893–97) University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Animal Behaviour, Disease, Government


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 445.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henry H Ellis Ellis, Henry Havelock (1859–1939) ODNB
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, Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Experimental Psychology, Imagination | Mapping, Physical Geography

People mentioned:

Élisée Reclus Reclus, Élisée (1830–1905) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 447–48.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB
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, Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Theosophy, Geology, Biogeography


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 448–49.

The New Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

O Winter Winter, O (fl. 1896) WIVP
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, New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Medical Practitioners | Photography, Technology


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 452–53.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Arthur W Wright Wright, Arthur Williams (1836–1915) WBI
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, Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 454–55.

The Quarterly Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

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

Photography, Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics, Illustration, Periodicals | Natural History, Ornithology

People mentioned:

Wilhelm C Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 460.

The Death of Count Mattei: A Passing Retrospect

Anon

Genre:

Obituary, Editorial

Subjects:

Disease, Medical Treatment, Homeopathy, Heterodoxy, Medical Practitioners, Truth, Hospitals


    Concedes, 'I have done few things that brought me more denunciation and involved me in more expense than the attempt to get at the truth about these remedies. Sometimes I feel disposed to regret that I yielded to the urgent entreaties of Mrs. Booth Booth (née Mumford), Catherine (1829–90) ODNB
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on her death-bed. But now and again I get letters' from cancer sufferers who have been helped by Cesare Mattei's Mattei, Cesare (1809–96) WBI
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alleged remedies 'that justify my belief that I was not misled when I made my pilgrimage to Bologna' [see Anon, 'Can Cancer be Cured? A Visit to Count Mattei: His Challenge to the Faculty. With Letters from Prof. Huxley, Prof. Tyndall, Sir Morell Mackenzie, Prof. Ray Lankester, and Others', Review of Reviews, 3 (1891), 34–51]. Informs readers that there is still 'a Mattei home at Earl's Court, London, where a small hospital has been established. Sir Henry Tyler Tyler, Sir Henry Whatley (1827-1908) WBI
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paid the first cost of one half of it, and still supports one half of the patients'.



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 469–71.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Gordon 1896 Gordon, William John [1896]. Our Country's Butterflies & Moths and How to Know Them: A Guide to the Lepidoptera of Great Britain, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
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Natural History


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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 479–87.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary

Subjects:

Transport, Machinery, Technology, Industry, Political Economy, Bacteriology, Electricity, Sanitation, Magic


    Remarks on the revival of economic confidence in the City of London, noting that the 'cycle industry has at last been firmly established on the Stock Exchange Stock Exchange
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, and if Parliament Houses of Parliament
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will but pass the Bill authorising the use of horseless carriages, there would be another great stimulus given to a form of enterprise, that could hardly fail to give new life to many a district which by the growth of great towns and great railways are left stranded high and dry' (485–86). Also reports that in 'the ceaseless battle which mankind wages with the invisible bacteria that are now held responsible for all manner of diseases, it would seem that electricity is destined to give the victory to man. By passing a current of electricity through sea-water, or through any water to which salt has been added, it is possible to destroy the bacteria which swarm sometimes to the extent of 10,000,000 per cubic centimetre. An experimental plant has been put up at Maidenhead, where the Maidenhead sewage has been treated with extraordinary results. If electrozone—for such is the name of the electrified sea-water—really accomplishes all that is planned for it, all existing disinfectants, from carbolic acid downwards, will vanish into limbo, and our cities will find the difficulty of dealing with their sewage vanished as by a stroke of a magician's wand' (486–87).



Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 491–507.

Character Sketch. M. Émile Zola, Author of "Rome"

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Biography

Subjects:

Heredity, Degeneration


    Asserts that Émile Zola Zola, Èmile (1840–1902) CBD
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is 'the great prophet-priest' of the doctrine of heredity, which views man as being 'overwhelmed by monsters, which issue from the immensity of the past in order to reduce to impotent despair the generation of the present'. In all his novels, and the "Rougon-Macquart" series in particular, Zola describes the 'same appalling tragedy' of individuals and families 'throttled by the ever-constricting folds of what may be described as the antenatal influences of heredity and suggestion, reinforced enormously by the not less potent forces of environment and tradition'. (491) Notes that Zola 'prepared for his great work [i.e. the "Rougon-Macquart" novels] by reading up the question of heredity, finding [...] Doctor Lewis's Lewis, John Benjamin (1832–1914) WBI RLIN
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work on the law of natural heredity particularly useful'. At this time the 'doctrine was much talked about and little understood', and Zola's 'theory was that if men knew how to master the influence of heredity, they would become rulers of the destiny of the human race'. (498) Comments that 'No one more than he has dwelt upon the terrible living power of heredity, the resurrection of the dead of yesterday in the men of to-day', but Zola's deterministic conclusions are 'not good news for the toil-worn, sin-laden, pain-scourged children of men' (507).



Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 513.

George Henry Lewes. As Mrs. Lynn Linton Knew Him

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Eliza L Linton Linton, Eliza Lynn (1822–98) ODNB
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, Woman at Home Woman at Home (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Physiology, Morality, Gender

People mentioned:

George H Lewes Lewes, George Henry (1817–78) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 515.

[Systematic Experiment and Observation Superseding Old Methods in Psychology]

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Psychological Review Psychological Review (1894–1900) RLIN
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Subjects:

Psychology, Experiment, Observation, Laboratories, Universities

Institutions mentioned:

University of Chicago University of Chicago
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 525.

The Character of Lord Kelvin

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Donald Macleod Macleod, Donald (1831–1916) WBI
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, Good Words Good Words (1860–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Scientific Practitioners, Physics, Religion

People mentioned:

William Thomson Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 527.

The Famous Woman Traveller. An Interview with Miss Kingsley

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Sarah A Tooley Tooley, Sarah A (fl. 1885) WBI
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, Young Woman Young Woman (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Exploration, Travel, Gender, Physical Geography, Imperialism

People mentioned:

Mary H Kingsley Kingsley, Mary Henrietta (1862–1900) ODNB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 530.

The Food We Eat. How to Make the Most of It

Anon

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Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Wilbur O Atwater Atwater, Wilbur Olin (1844–1907) DSB
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, Review of Reviews (American Edition) Review of Reviews (American Edition)(1890–97) American Monthly Review of Reviews(1897–1900+) BUCOP
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Relevant illustrations:

eng.

Subjects:

Nutrition, Physiological Chemistry, Domestic Economy


Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 532–33.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Frederick J Waldo Waldo, Frederick Joseph (1852–1933) WBI
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, David Walsh Walsh, David (fl. 1896) WIVP
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, Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Public Health


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 533–34.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

George Harley Harley, George (1829–96) ODNB
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, Percy A Hurd Hurd, Sir Percy Angier (1864–1950) WBI
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, Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Disease, Pathology | Telegraphy, Politics, Imperialism


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 539–40.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Camille Flammarion Flammarion, Camille (1842–1925) DSB
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, Charles S Minot Minot, Charles Sedgwick (1852–1914) WBI
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, North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory
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Subjects:

Astronomy, Extra-Terrestrial Life, Evolution, Imagination | Microscopy, Microbiology, Vitalism


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 540.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Professor Brixley Brixley, Prof (fl. 1896) RR1/13/6b/11
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, Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Light, Electromagnetism, Ether, Physics, Spiritualism

People mentioned:

Wilhelm C Röntgen Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923) DSB
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Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 542–43.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Henri Dehérain Dehérain, Henri (1867–1941) WBI
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, Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Agriculture, Experiment


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 544.

Points for Sociologists

Anon

Genre:

Review, Abstract

Publications reviewed:

Walter F Willcox Willcox, Walter Francis (b. 1861) WBI
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, American Journal of Sociology American Journal of Sociology (1985–1900+) BUCOP
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Subjects:

Population, Gender


Review of Reviews,  13 (1896), 563–66.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Le Plongeon 1896, Le Plongeon, Augustus 1896. Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx, New York: published by the author
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Nordau 1896 Nordau, Max Simon 1896. Paradoxes, London: William Heinemann
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Subjects:

Archaeology, Discovery, Heterodoxy, Degeneration


    Remarks that it will be 'interesting to see how the scholars take Dr. Le Plongeon's Le Plongeon, Augustus (1826–1908) RLIN
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discoveries, which are sufficiently momentous and astonishing in all conscience, buttressed up as they are by a mass of evidence from old inscriptions'. Reminds readers that these discoveries have already been 'described at considerable length [...] in the REVIEW of last September' [see Anon D R O'Sullivan, 'A Fairy Tale of Central American Travel. How Cain and Abel were Found in the Lost Atlantis', Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 271–81]. (564) Also notes that the 'Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD
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"boom" has rather worked itself out' (565).



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