Science in the 19th Century Periodical

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Volume 12 (July to December 1895)

Issue [1] (July 1895)

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Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 3–13.

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The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Relevant illustrations:	map; photo.
Subjects:	Engineering, War, Military Technology, Steamships, Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Popularization, Controversy
Records the official opening of the Kiel Canal Kiel Canal, Germany Close View the register entry >> in Germany, 'a great engineering feat, which may exercise incalculable influence upon the history of the world'. The canal 'only cost eight millions to build' but will 'be equivalent to the doubling of the fighting force of the German navy, and may at the same time so facilitate the dispatch of a German expedition from the Baltic to the North Sea and the Channel, as to affect decisively the fortunes of some future war'. The opening was commemorated by a 'gathering of the warships of the world in Kiel Harbour', each ship being 'armed to the teeth with the latest appliances of science for the purpose of destruction'. (3) Also reports the death, after a 'long and lingering illness', of Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>, 'the man who of all others was best known to the public as an exponent of modern science'. Over the last few decades 'the names of Huxley and Tyndall Tyndall, John (1820–93) DSB Close View the register entry >> always were the first to rise to the mind [...] when men talked of science'. Indeed, 'Others may have made greater discoveries, and there may be many who would be considered much more important by the scientific experts; but to the man in the street Huxley and Tyndall were the great Twin Brethren of modern science, and what they said was regarded very much as the law and the testimony on the matter in discussion'. Huxley was 'a rare "slogger", and whenever he took off his coat [...] the public always gathered around the ring, knowing they would have some rare sport', and his 'death leaves a gap among our modern men which no one at present seems qualified to fill'. (13)

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 25.

[A Bathymetrical Survey of the English Lakes]

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Hugh R Mill Mill, Hugh Robert (1861–1950) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physical Geography, Geology, Hydrography, Measurement

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 30.

A Penny-a-Word Cablegrams to America

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John H Heaton Heaton, Sir John Henniker, 1st Baronet (1848–1914) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Telegraphy

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 37–38.

Some Impressions and Opinions: By M. Alphonse Daudet and Others

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Robert H Sherard Sherard, Robert Harborough (b. 1861) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heredity, Mental Illness
People mentioned:	Alphonse Daudet Daudet, Alphonse (1840–97) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 43.

Ideals of Sanitary Reform: What Sir Benjamin Richardson Wants

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sanitation, Public Health, Hospitals

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 44.

The Physiology of Recreation. A Plea for Healthy Games

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charles Roberts Roberts, Charles (d. 1901) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physiology, Health

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 44.

French Surgery

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Pierre Delbet Delbet, Pierre (1861–1957) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Revue de Paris Revue de Paris (1894–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Surgery, Hospitals, Fear, Anaesthesia, Antiseptics

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 46.

Eucalyptus Oil and Fever

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	J Brendon Curgenven Curgenven, John Brendon (b. 1831) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Hospitals, Antiseptics, Sanitation
See also:	Anon, 'Who Will Deliver Us From Infection? Eucalyptus as a Substitute for the Hospital', Review of Reviews, 7 (1893), 282

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 49.

What Psychical Research Has Proved

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	John G F Raupert Raupert, John Godfrey Ferdinand (1858–1929) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Humanitarian Humanitarian (1892–99) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Truth

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 57.

The Model Laundry, and How It Works

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Machinery, Invention
Notes that 'London contains the leading laundries of the world, even Parisian exquisites sending their linen to be washed here'.

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 60–61.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Grant Allen Allen, Grant (Charles Grant Blairfindie) (1848–99) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heredity, Nutrition
People mentioned:	August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 63.

The Arena

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Margaret B Peeke Peeke (née Peck), Margaret Bloodgood (1838–1908) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Spiritualism

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 72.

Women as the Destroyers of Birds. A Plea for the Bird of Paradise

Anon

Genre:	Announcement, Editorial
Subjects:	Natural Imperialism, Gender, Ornithology
Institutions mentioned:	Society for the Protection of Birds Society for the Protection of Birds Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 86–88.

A Baby Exchange

Anon

Genre:	Announcement, Editorial
Subjects:	Breeding, Population
Claims to 'have received several letters from people in various parts of the country, from people who want babies and from persons who have babies to dispose of' (86).
See also:	Anon, 'Wanted, a Baby!', Review of Reviews, 11 (1895), 561

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 89–91.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Allen 1895a, Allen, Grant 1895a. The Story of the Plants, Library of Useful Stories, London: G. Newnes Close View the register entry >> Clodd 1895a, Clodd, Edward 1895a. A Primer of Evolution, New York; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Close View the register entry >> Jackson 1895, Jackson, Frederick George 1895. The Great Frozen Land (Bolshaia Zemelskija Tundra): Narrative of a Winter Journey Across the Tundras and a Sojourn Among the Samoyads, London; New York: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >> Lyde 1895, Lyde, Lionel William 1895. Man on the Earth: A Course in Geography, London: Blackie and Son Close View the register entry >> Besant 1895, Besant, Annie 1895. The Self and its Sheaths: Four Lectures Delivered at the Nineteenth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th, 1894, Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society Close View the register entry >> Wells 1895a Wells, Herbert George 1895a. The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany, Philosophy, Heredity, Darwinism, Human Species, Archaeology, Exploration, Physical Geography, Theosophy, Science Fiction, Time, Futurism, Degeneration, Entropy
Suggests that although the new novel by Herbert G Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB Close View the register entry >> has already appeared serially, 'it more than bears re-reading—it welcomes it'. Indeed, the book is full of 'qualities so novel and ingenious that [it] is sure to make a sensation', and the whole 'unusually exciting' tale is 'admirably done, in a manner worthy of Poe Poe, Edgar Allan (1809–49) CBD Close View the register entry >>, and marks Mr. Wells as a writer who will have to be reckoned with' (91).

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Issue [2] (August 1895)

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Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 99–111.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Prognostication, Politics, Physical Geography, Societies
People mentioned:	Henry M Stanley, Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841–1904) ODNB Close View the register entry >> Élisée Reclus, Reclus, Élisée (1830–1905) DSB Close View the register entry >> Arminius Vámbéry, Vámbéry, Arminius (1832–1913) CBD Close View the register entry >> David Urquhart Urquhart, David (1805–77) ODNB Close View the register entry >>
Comments that the 'only prediction' of the crushing majority achieved by the Conservatives at the recent general election was 'one obtained by no process of calculation, but by a communication which came by the much decried way of Borderland prophecy [...]. My hand was writing automatically very shortly after the close of the General Election of 1892. I naturally asked whether anything was known as to what would happen. I say nothing as to the alleged agency which gave the answer, beyond remarking that it did not profess to be either a Mahatma or my own sub-consciousness. The answer was clear and definite. My hand wrote that the Home Rule Bill, which had not then been framed, would be rejected, [and] that Mr. Gladstone Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–98) ODNB Close View the register entry >> would go [...]. I claim no authority for this prediction; I simply mention it as a communication which, although written automatically in 1892, was more in accord with the facts as they turned out than any forecast of our astutest politicians' (101–04). Also records that the 'geographers of the world are [...] sitting in Conference in London during the daytime, and amusing themselves at night in attending conversaziones, receptions, and all other junketings which a great capital can offer and geographers accept'. The sixth International Geographical Congress International Geographical Congress Close View the register entry >>, organized by Hugh R Mill Mill, Hugh Robert (1861–1950) ODNB Close View the register entry >> and John S Keltie Keltie, Sir John Scott (1840–1927) ODNB Close View the register entry >> for the Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society Close View the register entry >>, is being held at the Imperial Institute Imperial Institute Close View the register entry >> in South Kensington, 'a building whose obvious utility would be enhanced if it were run more as if it were an Imperial Institute and less as a commercial speculation'. (111)

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 144.

Professor Huxley

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Edward B Tylor Tylor, Sir Edward Burnett (1832–1917) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , William L Courtney Courtney, William Leonard (1850–1928) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Peter C Mitchell Mitchell, Sir Peter Chalmers (1864–1945) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism, Anthropology
People mentioned:	Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 146.

A Man Who Never Knew Pain

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Charles A Strong Strong, Charles Augustus (1862–1940) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Physiological Review Physiological Review (cited 1895) RR1-12-2a-3 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Neurology, Anaesthesia, Mental Illness

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 151.

What is Jarrah?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William Robinson Robinson, William (1838–1935) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute Journal of the Royal Colonial Institute (1869–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Botany, Imperialism

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 152.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Edmund Ledger Ledger, Edmund (1841–1913) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Naturalism, Ethics \| Astronomy, Matter Theory
People mentioned:	Herbert Spencer, Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> Arthur J Balfour Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930) ODNB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 152–53.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Andrew Lang Lang, Andrew (1844–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Christianity

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 152–53.

Engineering

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Frank J Sprague Sprague, Frank Julian (1857–1934) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Railways, Electricity

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 158.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Zoology, Genetics, Darwinism, Theory, Error
Publications cited:	Bateson 1894, Bateson, William 1894. Materials for the Study of Variation Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species, London and New York: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >> Beddard 1892 Beddard, Frank Evers 1892. Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating to the Colours and Markings of Animals, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; New York: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 158.

The Geographical Journal

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	James T Bent Bent, James Theodore (1852–97) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Hugh R Mill Mill, Hugh Robert (1861–1950) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Geographical Journal Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1855–92) Geographical Journal, including Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society (1893–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Exploration, Ethnography, Imperialism \| Physical Geography, Geology, Hydrography, Measurement

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 159–60.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Max S Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt, Theodore (1858–1919) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Louis Robinson Robinson, Louis (b. 1857) WBI Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Degeneration \| Evolution, Sociology, Progress, Religion \| Evolution, Animal Behaviour
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894 Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 160.

The Forum

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Max S Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Degeneration, Periodicals

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 163.

The Free Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	John M Robertson Robertson, John Mackinnon (1856–1933) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Free Review Free Review (1893–97) University Magazine and Free Review (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Freethought
Publications cited:	Podmore 1894 Podmore, Frank 1894. Apparitions and Thought-Transference: An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy, Contemporary Science Series [26], London: Walter Scott Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 165.

Borderland

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	[Ada M G Freer] Spoer (née Freer), Ada M Goodrich (1857–1931) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , William T Stead Stead, William Thomas (1849–1912) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Astrology
People mentioned:	Richard Bland Bland, Richard (of 31 Francis Street, Hull) (fl. 1893) RR1/7/5a/9 Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 183–85.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Nordau 1895b, Nordau, Max Simon 1895b. The Conventional Lies of Our Civilization, London: William Heinemann Close View the register entry >> Dixon 1895, Dixon, Charles 1895. The Migration of British Birds: Including Their Post-glacial Emigrations as Traced by the Application of a New Law of Dispersal; Being a Contribution to the Study of Migration, Geographical Distribution, and Insular Faunas, London: Chapman and Hall Close View the register entry >> Beddard 1895, Beddard, Frank Evers 1895. A Text-book of Zoogeography, Cambridge Natural Science Manual, Cambridge Biological Series, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Close View the register entry >> Macpherson, Stuart-Wortley and Shand 1895 Macpherson, Hugh Alexander, Stuart-Wortley, Archibald John and Shand, Alexander Innes 1895. The Pheasant: Natural History; Shooting; Cookery, Fur and Feather Series, London: Longmans, Green and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Degeneration, Reading, Ornithology, Biogeography, Natural Law, Textbooks, Natural History, Hunting
Comments on 'the Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD Close View the register entry >> "boom" which followed the appearance of "Degeneration" Nordau, Max Simon 1895a. Degeneration, London: Heinemann Close View the register entry >>', and suggests that his new volume is 'as strenuous and fearless as the most sensation-loving reader could desire', although the indictment that it makes against modern civilization is 'generally wrong-headed' (183).

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Issue [3] (September 1895)

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Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 193–201.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Transport, Machinery, Gender, Progress
Reports that the 'rage for cycling continues to spread and increase' especially among women, and remarks that 'Among all the agencies which have been influential in humanising women,—that is to say, giving them a share of the common life with its common humanities, with its weariness, thirst, hunger and adventures and general commingling with the common life of our common world, the cycle stands easily first' (201).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 218.

Facts About Fur

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Norman Hurst Hurst, Mr Norman (fl. 1895) RR1/12/3a/2 Close View the register entry >> , Minister Minister (1895) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Husbandry, Natural Imperialism, Commerce

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 222.

How Water Makes Land

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William H Wheeler Wheeler, William Henry (1832–1915) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physical Geography, Hydrography

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 224.

Is Crime Beneficial? "Probably". Answers Dr. Lombroso

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Nouvelle Revue Nouvelle Revue (1879–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Crime, Sociology, Darwinism
Claims that 'there is already a school of thinkers, of which M. Dourckeim Durkheim, Émile (1858–1917) CBD Close View the register entry >> [i.e. Durkheim] is the exponent, who have proclaimed the necessity and usefulness of crime. The Darwinian theory declares that no institution or organ could possibly survive unless it possessed a special utility'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 225.

The Cultivation of Invention

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William H Smyth Smyth, William Henry (b. 1855) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Invention, Education

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 226.

The Naval War of the Future. A Dream of Automatic War

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	James Eastwick Eastwick, James (b. 1850) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, War, Steamships, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 229.

The Harnessing of Niagara. By One Who Has Done it

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	George Forbes Forbes, George (1849–1936) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh Monthly Magazine (1817) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics, Controversy, Expertise, Psychical Research
Notes that 'Lord Kelvin Thomson, Sir William (Baron Kelvin of Largs) (1824–1907) DSB Close View the register entry >>, although the oldest and most scientific friend [of Forbes], threw the whole weight of his authority, not once or twice, but repeatedly, when he was not asked, against the adoption of the alternating in place of the continuous current. Lord Kelvin [...] it may be remembered was equally sceptical concerning psychic phenomena'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 231.

The Perils of Cycling. By Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Transport, Machinery, Health

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 232.

A Statistic of Comparative Morality

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Medical Magazine Medical Magazine (1892–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Statistics, Morality, Sex, Disease

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 233.

The Shifting Fashions of Collecting

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Cassell's Family Magazine Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper (1853–67) Cassell's Magazine (1867–74) Cassell's Family Magazine (1874–97) Cassell's Magazine of Fiction (1897–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Collecting, Natural History
People mentioned:	Johann C C Jamrach Jamrach, Johann Christian Carl (1815–91) ODNB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 234.

The Riddle of Human Existence

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Goldwin Smith Smith, Goldwin (1823–1910) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Human Species, Evolution, Sociology, Progress, Religion, Christianity, Ethics
Publications cited:	Kidd 1894, Kidd, Benjamin 1894. Social Evolution, London: Macmillan & Co. Close View the register entry >> Drummond 1894, Drummond, Henry 1894. The Lowell Lectures on the Ascent of Man, London: Hodder and Stoughton Close View the register entry >> Balfour 1895 Balfour, Arthur James 1895. The Foundations of Belief: Being Notes Introductory to the Study of Theology, London: Longmans, Green, & Co. Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 234.

By Balloon to the North Pole

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Flora Klickmann Klickmann (afterwards Henderson-Smith), Flora (1867–1958) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Windsor Magazine Windsor Magazine (1895–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Exploration, Travel, Aeronautics

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 238.

Is There Such a Thing as Time?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	James L McIntyre McIntyre, James Lewis (b. 1868) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Mind Mind (1876–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Time, Philosophy, Psychology

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 245.

Can White Men Colonise the Tropics?

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Frederick Boyle Boyle, Frederick (b. 1841) WBI Close View the register entry >> , New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Race, Imperialism, Acclimatization
Boyle maintains that 'the finest races in the world live in the hottest countries. There is no finer race than the Sikhs, or more full of physical vitality than our friend Fuzzywuzzy of the Soudan'.

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 247–48.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	August F L Weismann Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834–1914) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Heredity, Evolution, Controversy, Creation
People mentioned:	Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 248.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Ethics, Unbelief, Controversy
Publications cited:	Haeckel 1894 Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August 1894. Monism as Connecting Religion and Science: The Confession of Faith of a Man of Science, trans. from the German by J. Gilchrist, London: A. and C. Black Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 251.

The Westminster Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Jane A Simpson Simpson (née Heavisides), Jane Ann (fl. 1895) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Westminster Review Westminster Review (1846–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physiology, Lecturing, Gender
People mentioned:	Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 257.

Poetry in the Periodicals

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Donald McCaig McCaig, Donald (1823–1905) RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Canadian Magazine Canadian Magazine (1871–72) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Microbiology

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 264.

The Rights of the Unborn

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin O Flower Flower, Benjamin Orange (1858–1918) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Arena Arena (1889–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Obstetrics, Human Development, Reading, Reasoning
Calls for 'a great crusade against the crass apathy which is shown by men and women to the rights of the unborn generation', and recounts how a mother who 'became engrossed in Herbert Spencer's Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> writings' during pregnancy produced a 'child [who] reflects the mother's mental condition in a most striking manner' and is 'one of the finest reasoners I have known among children'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 266.

Baby and Matrimonial Exchange

Anon

Genre:	Announcement, Editorial
Subjects:	Breeding, Population, Sex, Morality, Instinct, Gender
Warns that illegitimate babies cannot be considered for exchange because 'the establishment of an agency by means of which the children of illicit unions can be provided for would tend to weaken one of the deterrents which at present serve to keep down the percentage of illegitimacy'. Also suggests that 'instead of lavishing their affection upon pups and cats [...] childless women should take' surplus babies 'and rear them as their own'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 267–70.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Roscoe 1895, Roscoe, Henry Enfield 1895. John Dalton and the Rise of Modern Chemistry, Century Science Series, London: Cassell and Company Close View the register entry >> Markham 1895, Markham, Clements Robert 1895. Major James Rennell and the Rise of Modern English Geography, Century Science Series, London: Cassell and Company Close View the register entry >> Hudson 1895 Hudson, William Henry 1895. British Birds: With a Chapter on Structure and Classification by Frank E. Beddard, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Chemistry, Physical Geography, Ornithology, Natural History, Illustration

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 271–81.

A Fairy Tale of Central American Travel. How Cain and Abel were Found in the Lost Atlantis

Anon / D R O'Sullivan O'Sullivan, D R () WIVP
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Genre:	Introduction; Essay
Relevant illustrations:	photo. [9]
Subjects:	Human Species, Archaeology, Discovery, Heterodoxy, Imposture, Publishing, Race, Comparative Philology, Cosmogony, Creation
Publications cited:	[Le Plongeon 1896] Le Plongeon, Augustus 1896. Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx, New York: published by the author Close View the register entry >>
Prints an 'anticipatory account of a work' that 'at present only exists in MS.', but 'which, when it does appear, will undoubtedly create a profound sensation'. There is, indeed, 'a certain pleasurable feeling in publishing so ingenious and audacious a speculation' as that of the American archaeologists Augustus Le Plongeon Le Plongeon, Augustus (1826–1908) RLIN Close View the register entry >> and Alice D Le Plongeon Le Plongeon, Alice Dixon (1851–1910) RLIN Close View the register entry >>, who claim to have discovered incontrovertible evidence in the Yucatan region of Mexico that 'America is the real cradle of the race, and that Europe, Asia, and Africa must humbly fall in behind their elder sister'. According to the Le Plongeons, 'Egypt [...] was colonised from Yucatan [...] the ancient Egyptian mysteries were transplanted bodily from Yucatan; and the Greek alphabet is simply a Yucatanese version of the destruction of the lost Atlantis'. Admits, however, that 'speaking seriously, the sooner M. Le Plongeon gets the results of his astonishing researches published, with all the illustrations, diagrams, and confirmatory matter, the better. At present the reader will half suspect that he is being made the victim of a stupendous practical joke'. (271)

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Issue [4] (October 1895)

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Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 289–99.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Subjects:	Anthropology, Darwinism, Ethnography, Imperialism
Reports that the 'British Association British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >> met this year at Ipswich. Sir Douglas Galton Galton, Sir Douglas Strutt (1822–99) ODNB Close View the register entry >>, the President, delivered the inaugural address, which called for little remark', and the 'meeting, on the whole, was somewhat commonplace', although 'it was relieved by one or two papers of somewhat sensational interest' (297). These were an account of 'the cannibals of West Africa from a somewhat sympathetic point of view', which seemed to suggest that 'the cosmic forces which lead to the survival of the fittest would tell in favour of the cannibals of [a] tribe', and William M F Petrie's Petrie, Sir (William Matthew) Flinders (1853–1942) ODNB Close View the register entry >> protest against 'the excessive zeal shown by some civilized people in thrusting their opinions down the throats of every race with whom they come in contact', which 'led to quite a demonstration against clothes' (297–98).

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 303–17.

Character Sketch. Khama, Chief of the Bamangwato

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Biography
Subjects:	Heredity, Race, Christianity, Anthropology, Superstition
Details how Chief Khama Khama, Chief of the Bamangwato (c. 1830–1923) RLIN Close View the register entry >> of the Bamangwato people in Southern Africa, was 'the son of a chieftain in whose veins ran the blood of unbroken series of generations of savages', but has now become 'an African illustration that while heredity is strong, it is not invincible' (303). Shaking off the shackles of 'the hereditary paganism' that he inherited from his forefathers, Khama rejected the superstition of savage beliefs and managed to turn himself into 'a gentleman and a Christian', and even his fellow African Chiefs now recognise that 'Khama's heart [is] white—a quality which he certainly did not inherit from sire or grandsire' (303–04).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 324.

The Taming of Wild Elephants

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Karl Hagenbeck Hagenbeck, Karl (1844–1913) WBI Close View the register entry >> , English Illustrated Magazine English Illustrated Magazine (1883–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Animal Behaviour

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 325.

The Naval Warfare of the Future. An Imaginary Portrait of a Sea-fight

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	James Eastwick Eastwick, James (b. 1850) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Military Technology, War, Steamships, Futurism

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 328.

The Morality of Nature. A Vindication of the Cosmic Forces

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	James T Bixby Bixby, James Thompson (1843–1921) WBI Close View the register entry >> , New World New World (1892–1900) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Evolution, Ethics, Natural Law, Morality
People mentioned:	Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 331.

Professor Huxley. Reminiscences by Friends

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William H Flower Flower, Sir William Henry (1831–99) DSB ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Richard H Hutton Hutton, Richard Holt (1826–97) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Forum Forum (1886–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Scientific Naturalism
People mentioned:	Thomas H Huxley Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 338.

Some Famous Female Criminals. By Major Griffiths, Inspector of Prisons

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Arthur G F Griffiths Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick (1838–1908) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Crime, Gender, Chemistry
Explains that 'Very sly, slow things, with circumspect eyes, are women, and when they take to murdering, it is usually by way of poison'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 338.

The Late Louis Pasteur

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Revue Illustrée Revue Illustrée (1899–1900) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Scientific Practitioners, Bacteriology, Nationalism
People mentioned:	Louis Pasteur Pasteur, Louis (1822–95) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 340–41.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Alfred R Wallace Wallace, Alfred Russel (1823–1913) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Sound, Instinct

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 341–42.

The New Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Henry C Marillier Marillier, Henry Currie (1865–1951) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , New Review New Review (1889–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Machinery, Technology, Transport

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 342–43.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Clements R Markham Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1830–1916) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Exploration, Physical Geography, Commerce

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 344.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Frances P Cobbe Cobbe, Frances Power (1822–1904) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Vivisection, Ethics

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 346–47.

The Educational Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Joseph LeConte LeConte, Joseph (1823–1901) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Educational Review Education (1890–91) Educational Review (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Evolution, Education, Religion

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 347.

American Journal of Sociology

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	American Journal of Sociology American Journal of Sociology (1985–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Periodicals, Sociology, Boundary Formation
People mentioned:	Albion W Small Small, Albion Woodbury (1854–1926) WBI Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 348.

Borderland

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Borderland Borderland (1893–97) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Psychical Research, Astrology
People mentioned:	George Wilde Wilde, Mr George (inventor and astrologer, of Railway Terrace, Brighouse, Yorks.) (fl. 1895) RR1/11/6/14 Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 353.

The Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Century Magazine Century (1871–77) Scribner's Monthly (1877–81) Century Magazine (1881–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Degeneration, Error
People mentioned:	Max S Nordau Nordau, Max Simon (originally Südfeld) (1849–1923) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 367–74.

The Book of the Month. "Trilby" by George Du Maurier

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Du Maurier 1894 Du Maurier, George 1894. Trilby, 3 vols, London: Osgood, McIlvaine and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Mesmerism, Fear
Reports the '"Trilby" boom' currently sweeping across America (367), and remarks that 'If Mr. Du Maurier's Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (1834–96) ODNB Close View the register entry >> purpose had been to create a shudder, he might, without going beyond the authentic records of hypnotic experiment, have obtained much more gruesome examples of the new witchcraft than the comparatively innocent practices of Svengali' (374).

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 374–77.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Wells 1895b, Wells, Herbert George 1895b. The Amazing Visit, London: Macmillan & Co.; New York: J. M. Dent & Co. Close View the register entry >> Lindsay 1895, Lindsay, B. 1895. An Introduction to the Study of Zoology, London, S. Sonnenschein Close View the register entry >> Clerke 1895, Clerke, Agnes Mary 1895. The Herschels and Modern Astronomy, The Century Science Series, London: Cassell and Company Close View the register entry >> Donaldson 1895, Donaldson, Henry Herbert 1895. The Growth of the Brain: A Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education, Contemporary Science Series 29, London: W. Scott Close View the register entry >> 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 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Science Fiction, Zoology, Taxonomy, Textbooks, Darwinism, Astronomy, Neurology, Education, Ornithology
Notes that the new book by Herbert G Wells Wells, Herbert George (1866–1946) ODNB Close View the register entry >> 'has little of the peculiar power of its predecessor' (375), and warns that 'Mr. Wells must take more time over his next book. I can't help feeling he hasn't made the best of an original idea' (376).

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Issue [5] (November 1895)

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Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 383–95.

The Progress of the World

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Editorial, News-Commentary
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	Gender, Medical Practitioners, Machinery, Technology, Transport, Nomenclature
Records how 'In Austria, for the first time, a woman has received a Government medical appointment'. However, 'Court Councillor Albert Albert, Eduard (1841–1900) WBI Close View the register entry >>, a distinguished surgeon of the University, has just issued a pamphlet entitled "Women and the Study of Medicine" Albert, Eduard 1895. Die Frauen und das Studium der Medicin, Vienna: A. Hölder Close View the register entry >>', in which he 'roundly declares that women are not fit for the medical profession', although 'For one who is so supremely confident in the innate superiority of his own sex, this animal of culture seems to be somewhat lacking in chivalry'. Also reports that the 'Motorcycle, as the horseless carriage is to be named in the future, has come to stay. At Tunbridge Wells an exhibition of these vehicles was given last month, and this month a great Motorcycle race at Chicago will bring the new vehicle still more prominently before the world. The horse has survived steam; will he be able to defy petroleum?'. (395)

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 399–407.

Character Sketch. Mr. Herbert Spencer. By One Who Knows Him

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Biography
Relevant illustrations:	photo.
Subjects:	Evolution, Darwinism, Philosophy, Nomenclature, Natural Law, Engineering, Geology, Creationism, Population, Embryology, Animal Development, Organicism, Biology, Physiological Psychology, Sociology, Publishing, Materialism, Superstition, Religion, Ethics, Reading
Insists that although Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> is not particularly familiar to 'the "man in the street" of our latter-day civilization', and it is 'in foreign nations, above all, that he is known and respected', his contribution to modern British thought has been enormous, and, indeed, 'unconsciously to ourselves, we are all Spencerians'. It is, after all, to Spencer that 'we owe distinctively the general doctrine of evolution as a whole: to Darwin Darwin, Charles Robert (1809–82) DSB Close View the register entry >> we owe only the minor principle of the origin of species by natural selection'. (399) Spencer even gave this particular principle 'the alternative name of "Survival of the Fittest", by which it is now perhaps even more familiar than by the one it received from its original sponsor', although Spencer himself has 'never accepted the all-sufficiency of natural selection' proclaimed by 'the younger and more dogmatic followers of Darwin' (403). Contends that 'evolutionism was not the work of a single mind, or even of a group of minds; it was a necessary moment and foregone conclusion in the slow unrolling of human thought with regard to the origin and system of the universe. It was itself evolved by slow degrees in a hundred minds; and each step in the process was almost necessarily implied by the various steps that had already preceded it' (401). Unlike all other evolutionary thinkers, however, Spencer provided 'a broad philosophical and organising mind capable of taking up these scattered strands, and weaving them into the tissue of a coherent system' (402). Recommends F Howard Collins' Collins, Frederick Howard (1857–1910) RLIN Close View the register entry >> Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy Collins, Frederick Howard 1889. An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy, with a preface by Herbert Spencer, London: Williams and Norgate Close View the register entry >> as 'a refresher or index', but insists that 'you must read the "Synthetic Philosophy" through, not once or twice, but "tearfully and prayerfully" many times over' in order to 'assimilate its inner meaning'. Also warns that 'If there is anything that you believe, and you don't want to be disturbed in your belief, my advice to you is—avoid Herbert Spencer. You will find your whole social, moral, religious, and political world turned topsy-turvy before your very eyes, and you will be compelled to think, whether you like it or lump it' (407). Nevertheless, Spencer is 'by no means a materialist. Though his attitude may best, perhaps, be described as one of ultimate Monism, he is, on the whole, rather more spiritual and ideal than material' (406).

Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 420.

Iceland and Its Wants

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Henry J Johnston-Lavis Johnston-Lavis, Henry James (d. 1914) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Scottish Geographical Magazine Scottish Geographical Magazine (1885–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physical Geography, Geology

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 425.

One Hundred and Twenty Miles an Hour. By an Electrical Bicycle Railway

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Lippincott's Monthly Magazine Lippincott's Monthly Magazine of Literature, Science and Education (1868–70) Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science (1871–85) Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (1886–1900+) WaterlooDirectory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Transport, Railways, Electricity

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 433.

Pasteur. Two Estimates: French and English

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Eugène M M, vicomte de Vogüé Vogüé, Eugéne Marie Melchior, vicomte de (1848–1910) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >> , Patrick Geddes Geddes, Sir Patrick (1854–1932) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , John A Thomson Thomson, Sir John Arthur (1861–1933) DNBS Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physiological Chemistry, Vitalism, Discovery, Scientific Practitioners, Bacteriology, Vaccination
People mentioned:	Louis Pasteur, Pasteur, Louis (1822–95) DSB Close View the register entry >> Claude Bernard Bernard, Claude (1813–78) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 437–38.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Evolution, 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 Close View the register entry >>
Institutions mentioned:	British Association for the Advancement of Science British Association for the Advancement of Science Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 439–40.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Karl Pearson Pearson, Karl (1857–1936) DSB Close View the register entry >> , James Sully Sully, James (1842–1923) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Thomas P Smith Smith, Thomas Parker (1836–1917) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Soul, Biology, Controversy \| Human Development, Psychology \| Nutrition
People mentioned:	St George J Mivart Mivart, St George Jackson (1827–1900) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 442.

The Edinburgh Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Edinburgh Review Edinburgh Review (1802–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural History, Collecting, Commerce

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 442.

Two Solid Quarterlies

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	George J Romanes Romanes, George John (1848–94) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Cesare Lombroso Lombroso, Cesare (1836–1909) CBD Close View the register entry >> , Paul Topinard Topinard, Paul (b. 1830) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Monist Monist (1890–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Darwinism, Evolution \| Human Development, Crime \| Descent, Taxonomy

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 443.

The Scottish Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Charles M Aikman Aikman, Charles Morton (fl. 1890–98) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Scottish Review Scottish Review (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Gas Chemistry, Discovery

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 444–45.

The North American Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Hiram S Maxim Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840–1916) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Cyrus Edson Edson, Cyrus (1857–1903) WBI Close View the register entry >> , G E Oliver Oliver, Mr G E (fl. 1895) RR1/12/5b/11 Close View the register entry >> , North American Review North American Review (1815–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Aeronautics, Machinery, Transport \| Microbiology, Disease, Socialism \| Energy, Electricity, Hydrography, Dynamics

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 445.

The Engineering Magazine

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Machinery, Race, Nationalism

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 447.

The Revue Des Deux Mondes

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Pierre E M Berthelot Berthelot, Pierre Eugène Marcellin (1827–1907) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Revue des Deux Mondes Revue des Deux Mondes (1831–1900+) BUCOP Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	History of Science, Steam-power, Engineering
People mentioned:	Denis Papin Papin, Denis (1647–c.1712) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 464–68.

Our Monthly Parcel of Books

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Ball 1895, Ball, Robert Stawell 1895. Great Astronomers, London: Isbister & Co. Close View the register entry >> Romanes 1892[–97], Romanes, George John 1892–97. Darwin, and After Darwin: An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions, 3 vols, London : Longmans, Green and Co. Close View the register entry >> Giles 1895, Giles, Arthur Edward 1895. Moral Pathology, Social Science Series 85, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Close View the register entry >> Chisholm, ed. 1895 Chisholm, George Goudie, ed. 1895. Longmans' Gazetteer of the World, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Astronomy, History of Science, Darwinism, Heredity, Utility, Morality, Pathology, Mapping, Physical Geography
Comments that the new gazetteer of the world edited by George G Chisholm Chisholm, George Goudie (1850–1930) WBI Close View the register entry >> is 'certainly the most exhaustive and reliable work of its kind that has appeared [...]. It is a huge book and an expensive one, but it is well worth the money it costs' (466).

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Issue [6] (December 1895)

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Section: Leading Articles in the Reviews

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 507.

The Tallest Men in the World

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	William J Gordon Gordon, William John (fl. 1880–1910) WBI RLIN Close View the register entry >> , Leisure Hour Leisure Hour (1852–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Measurement, Statistics, Class

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 515.

The Air Car. The Latest Revival of the Balloon

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Baden F S Baden-Powell Baden-Powell, Baden Fletcher Smyth (1860–1937) WBI Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Aeronautics, Transport, Military Technology

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 517.

Machinery and Labour

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Alexander E Outerbridge Outerbridge, Alexander Ewing (1850–1928) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Mechanics, Skill, Industry

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 524.

The Sheep-killing Parrot, or the Goblin Kea

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	English Illustrated Magazine English Illustrated Magazine (1883–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Relevant illustrations:	eng.
Subjects:	Ornithology, Natural History, Acclimatization, Hunting
Claims that the case of the kea, or New Zealand parrot, shows that 'feathered bipeds can become as depraved under evil environment as if they were bipeds of the non-feathered variety'. In the new environmental conditions created by the rapidly growing human population of New Zealand, the 'unfortunate kea' has had to 'become carnivorous under necessity' and 'kidney-fat was the apple that ruined the vegetarian of the New Zealand Eden'. The bird, moreover, has now become 'not only a carnivore, but is a very epicure among the carnivores', and has taken to attacking and eating sheep. Indeed, the 'rapacity' of the kea is 'gruesome', and in 'a single twelve months in a corner of one run these birds have destroyed over one thousand sheep. They have been known to kill as many as two hundred healthy sheep in a single night'. Suggests that 'those sportsmen who seek the wide world over for opportunities of congenial slaughter' should 'concentrate their efforts on the New Zealand parrot'.

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 525.

The Transmission of Electrical Power

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Alton D Adams Adams, Alton Dermont (b. 1864) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Engineering Magazine Engineering Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >> , Louis Bell Bell, Louis (1864–1923) WBI Close View the register entry >> , Cassier's Magazine Cassier's Magazine (1891–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Electricity, Engineering, Energy

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 525.

The Body as a Water Engine

Anon

Genre:	Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Benjamin W Richardson Richardson, Benjamin Ward (1828–96) DSB Close View the register entry >> , Longman's Magazine Longman's Magazine (1882–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Physiological Chemistry, Temperance

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 528–29.

Progress in Bibliography. Some New Schemes

Anon

Genre:	Reportage, Announcement
Subjects:	Publishing, Science Communication, Libraries
Reports the meeting of the International Conference of Bibliography International Conference of Bibliography Close View the register entry >> at Brussels where it was 'the question of science bibliographies that has been most debated. Probably the science world stands in greatest need of the assistance to be derived from catalogues and indexes, but the task of satisfying the various demands of scientists is no light one' (528). Gives further details of Herbert H Field's Field, Herbert Haviland (1868–1921) WBI Close View the register entry >> scheme for a bibliography of zoological literature, and notes that the 'only practical outcome' of the conference 'seems to be a few general rules for making references of medical subjects which Mr. James Blake Bailey Bailey, James Blake (1848–97) WBI Close View the register entry >>, Librarian to the Royal College of Surgeons Royal College of Surgeons Close View the register entry >>, drew up a few months ago' (529).

Section: The Reviews Reviewed

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 531–32.

The Nineteenth Century

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Isaac B Yeo Yeo, Isaac Burney (1835–1914) WIVP Close View the register entry >> , Nineteenth Century Nineteenth Century (1877–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Medical Practitioners, Professionalization, Status
People mentioned:	Léon Daudet Daudet, Léon (1867–1942) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 532–33.

The Fortnightly Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Ernest Newman Newman, Ernest (1868–1959) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Fortnightly Review Fortnightly Review (1865–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Genius
People mentioned:	Gustave Flaubert Flaubert, Gustave (1821–80) CBD Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 534.

The Contemporary Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	William H Mallock Mallock, William Hurrell (1849–1923) ODNB Close View the register entry >> , Contemporary Review Contemporary Review (1866–1900+) Waterloo Directory Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Evolution, Error, Sociology
People mentioned:	Herbert Spencer Spencer, Herbert (1820–1903) DSB Close View the register entry >>

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 535.

The National Review

Anon

Genre:	Review, Abstract
Publications reviewed:	Joseph M Granville Granville, Joseph Mortimer (1833–1900) WBI Close View the register entry >> , National Review National Review (1883–1900+) Sullivan 1984 Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Disease, Physiology, Medical Treatment

Review of Reviews, 12 (1895), 554–58.

The Gift Books of the Year: A Brief Survey

Anon

Genre:	Regular Feature, Abstract
Publications abstracted:	Pouchet 1895 Pouchet, Félix Archimède 1895. The Universe; or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little, 12th edn, 4 vols, London: Blackie and Son Close View the register entry >>
Subjects:	Natural History, Monographs, Reading, Gender
Recommends numerous books as Christmas presents for children, suggesting that 'a lad with a taste for natural history would revel in the new and handsomely illustrated edition of Dr. F. A. Pouchet's Pouchet, Félix-Archimède (1800–72) DSB Close View the register entry >>' classic account of the animal kingdom, the vegetable kingdom, geology, and the sidereal universe (558).

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