Review of Reviews,  11 (1895), 328–29.

Against Compulsory Motherhood. Lady Henry Somerset Takes the Lead

Anon

Genre:

Abstract

Publications abstracted:

Isabella C Somerset Arena

Subjects:

Obstetrics, Human Development, Reading, Unbelief


    In considering 'prenatal impressions and influences', notes that the 'way in which Colonel Ingersoll became an Atheist [...] was clearly traceable to his mother's reading during the time immediately preceding his birth' (328).



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