Published 1890-1936. Monthly, 6d. Founded, published and edited by the entrepreneurial journalist W. T. Stead, this \u2018scissors-and-paste\u2019 publication aimed to \u2018sift through the mass of periodical literature for those articles that merited republishing\u2019. It was meant to be \u2018a digest of the heterogeneous content of the periodicals\u2019 and as such is particularly valuable as an index to historical discourse in the periodical press. (See DNCJ<\/em>, where all quotations appear, for further information and references to additional sources.)<\/p>\n\t Review of Reviews Published 1890-1936. Monthly, 6d. Founded, published and edited by the entrepreneurial journalist W. T. Stead, this \u2018scissors-and-paste\u2019 publication aimed to \u2018sift through…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17296,"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/17296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdh.rula.info\/hbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\n \u201cThe Science of History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 2, no. 7: (July 1890): 49.\n Subtitled \u2018Must it be based on statistics?\u2019 the article reports an essay by Henri Berr in Nouvelle Revue. <\/i>Berr discusses the new approach to history as more of a science than accounts of great men and heroes.\n \u201cThe Teaching of History in America.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 3, no. 15: (March 1891): 264.\n Reports on an article by John Jay in Magazine of American History <\/i>on the importance of teaching American history in the United States. Comments on reluctance of Australian authorities to teach history because of doctrinal differences.\n \u201cHow to Teach History in Schools.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 3, no. 18: (June 1891): 584.\n Discusses the teaching of history in elementary school in both Britain and its colonies and compares it to the German approach. Reports an article by Lucy Maynard Salmon in Educational Review, <\/i>“The Teaching of History in Elementary School”. Quotes Cecil Rhodes on the failure to teach history in the Australian colony of Victoria\u202f:”an efficacious means of securing the damnation of the soul of the colony.”.\n \u201cA Plea for English History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (December 1891): 613.\n Reports an article by the Rev. Dr. Jessop in Nineteenth Century <\/i>which comments on the lack of attention to the study of history in England.\n \u201cThe Christmas Tree and Its History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 5, no. 25: (January 1892): 58.\n Summarizes an article (by Alexander Tills in Nord und Sud<\/i>) which discusses the origins and evolutions of the tradition.\n \u201cThe History of the Alphabet.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 5, no. 27: (March 1892): 282.\n Reports on a review (by G. Balbert) in Revue des Deux Mondes<\/i> of a book by Phillipe Berger entitled Histoire de l\u2019\u00e9criture dans l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9; briefly discusses the origins and usefulness of the Phoenician alphabet.\n \u201cThe Early History of Journalism.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 5, no. 29: (May 1892): 490.\n Reports on a review in Revue des Deux Mondes <\/i>(by G. Valbert) of Zenker\u2019s book. Discusses various candidates for the title of founder of journalism, as well as some of the earliest known newspapers, and the censorship of the medium.\n \u201cA Model of Objective History-Writing.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (December 1892): 583.\n Paragraph on Ludwig Bamberger\u2019s A Model of Objective History-writing<\/i>., the subject of which is Arthur Chuquet and his work on the French revolution. From Deutsche Rundschan.<\/i>\n \u201cOn the Teaching of History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (December 1892): 561.\n Reports on the publication, in Longman\u2019s Magazine, <\/i>of Froude\u2019s inaugural lecture as Regius Professor at Oxford. Also notes that Mark Reid (in Macmillan\u2019s Magazine) <\/i>has commented on Froude\u2019s refusal to admit women to his lectures.\n \u201cThe History of \u2018The Chiltern Hundreds\u2019.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (February 1894): 164.\n Discusses an article in Quarterly Review<\/i> about the stewardships of Britain and specifically, the \u2018convenient fiction\u2019 of the Chiltern Hundreds with respect to the resignation of Members of Parliament.\n \u201cThe Most Notable Sayings in English History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (May 1894): 530.\n Reports on a Leisure Hour <\/i>contest seeking \u2018wise sayings connected with historical events.\u2019 Both first and second prizes in the May number were won by women. Identifies the top seven, beginning with Cromwell, \u2018Put your trust in God, but keep your powder dry.\u2019\n \u201cHow to Study History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (September 1896): 224.\n Reports on an article in Contemporary Review<\/i> by Roland K Wilson, about the question \u2018should history be taught backwards\u2019. In five points, the proposition is described as useful for pedagogy but not for literary works of history, such as that of Gibbon.\n \u201cHow English History Is Not Taught.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (June 1897): 565.\n Comments on a lecture by Miller Maguire, reported in the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution<\/i>. Includes an excerpt and discusses the inadequacy of the teaching of history in Britain, especially with respect to the Empire and colonies and about military achievements.\n \u201cThe Poets\u2019 History of England.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (August 1897): 176.\n Announcement of a contest in which readers suggest poems about British history to create a compilation of historical poems. \u00a310 in prizes (5, 3, 2) .\n \u201cThe Poets\u2019 History of England.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (October 1897): 389.\n A competition was announced in the August issue. Here the editor awards prizes to the best of almost 30 lists sent in. A Welsh reader, T. C. Phillips, sent in a list of 260 poems annotated with dates of both the author and the event discussed. Third prize went to H. W. V. Temperley of Cambridge (the historian was 18 at the time).\n \u201cHistory of the Commonwealth.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (November 1897): 527.\n The \u2018Notable Books\u2019 column notices the second volume of Samuel Rawson Gardiner\u2019s History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate<\/i> (Longman).\n \u201cHumours of History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (February 1898): 189.\n \u2018Some Noteable Books of the Month\u2019 very briefly notices this book by Arthur Moreland (reprinted from the Morning Leader) <\/i>of 120 drawings in pen and ink.\n \u201cHow Animals Have Made History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (June 1898): 579.\n Reports on an article in Nouvelle Revue <\/i>by Rodocanachi, about the influence of various animals throughout the history of the world. Offers various anecdotes.\n \u201cMacaulay\u2019s History of England.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (September 1898): 313.\n The \u2018Some Notable Books of the Month\u2019 column notes the \u2018republication . . . in a new form\u2019 by Longman, in the \u2018Albion Macaulay\u2019 edition at 3s6d. The type and price are commended but the loss of \u2018side-headings\u2019 is regretted.\n \u201cSnapshots of French History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (November 1899): 524\u201325.\n Comments on The Memoirs of Victor Hugo<\/i> (Heinemann), noting that the work is more of a snapshot of French history in the early 19th century than a memoir of one man.\n \u201cSouth Africa: Its History, Heroes, and Wars.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 22, no. 0: (July 1900): 92.\n Brief comment on the English edition (by Horace Marshall & Son) of William Douglas Mackenzie\u2019s book (already noticed in its American edition). States that this work is very useful as it presents its subject with clarity and in a well-balanced manner. Also notes with approval that the author credits missionaries with the creation and development of South Africa.”A most useful book.”.\n \u201cThe World\u2019s History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 0, no. 0: (December 1901): 650.\n Brief comment on the first of six volumes of Helmholtz\u2019s book (published in English by Heinemann with an introduction by James Bryce).\n \u201cSacred Song in History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 29, no. 169: (January 1904): 82.\n A brief notice states that Ellen M. M\u2019Dougall\u2019s book, Songs of the Church, with Stories of Their Writers <\/i>(Charles H. Kelly), is interesting and original; also discusses the content of Rowland E. Prothero\u2019s book, The Psalms in Human Life <\/i>(John Murray).\n \u201cModern History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 29, no. 172: (April 1904): 395.\n The column \u2018Other Books of the Month\u2019 reports admiringly on Spencer Walpole\u2019s The History of Twenty-Five Years <\/i>(Longman).\n \u201cModern History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 29, no. 174: (June 1904): 617.\n The column \u2018Some Leading Books of the Month\u2019 includes books on India, Japan, Afghanistan and Servia.\n \u201cHistory from Advertisements.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 31, no. 181: (January 1905): 60.\n Reports on an article in Nord und S\u00fcd<\/i> (by Otto von Linde) giving an account of the 18th-century conjurer Gustav Katterfelto. Linde\u2019s study was based primarily upon advertisements in the London dailies.\n \u201cLocal History in Our Schools.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 31, no. 183: (March 1905): 283.\n Discusses an article in the Contemporary Review <\/i>by Patrick Geddes, on \u2018Civic Education and City Development\u2019 which observed that children could and should learn history through civic buildings. The editor suggests the publication of a \u2018simply but vividly-written primer, with pictures\u2019 for each large city. Geddes also recommended photography as an exercise for the study of history and cities.\n \u201cA Plea for the Study of Local History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 32, no. 187: (July 1905): 64.\n Brief notice of an article by Ramsay Muir in University Review, <\/i>“a wise and cogent plea for the study of local history”; applauds the Victoria County histories and notes the successful school in Liverpool.\n \u201cHistory in Pageant.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 35, no. 208: (April 1907): 411.\n Anticipating a Pageant of Kings and Queens to occur at Oxford in June 1907, the Pall Mall Gazette <\/i>has published an article by Dion Clayton Calthrop on clothes and colour in history.\n \u201cLord Acton\u2019s History Assailed.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 35, no. 209: (May 1907): 525.\n The \u2018leading Articles in the Reviews\u2019 column discusses an Edinburgh Review<\/i> critique of Lord Acton\u2019s recent lectures on modern history.\n \u201cThe Most Calamitous Event in History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 35, no. 209: (May 1907): 502.\n Discusses two articles about the French Revolution. First in Atlantic Monthly, <\/i>by Goldwin Smith, then in Revue des Deux Mondes <\/i>by Henri Taine. Both are described as being occasioned by the call for a 3rd edition of A. H. Beesly\u2019s Life of Danton.<\/i>\n \u201cOutline Maps for Teaching History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 37, no. 221: (May 1908): 522.\n Favourable comment on a set of charts produced by George Pringle and H. R. Morris, which \u2018do for the teaching of history what the atlas does for the teaching of geography.\u2019 The maps are published at Stead\u2019s Publishing House.\n \u201cThe Feuilleton and Its History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 39, no. 229: (January 1909): 58.\n Reports on an article in Velhagen<\/i>, in which Tony Kellen discusses the history of this component of the French newspaper in the contexts of both France and Germany.\n \u201cHistory Day by Day and Every Day.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 40, no. 237: (September 1909): 297\u2013300.\n A four-page article by the Editor (i.e. W. T. Stead) about publications in two different media which are \u2018for sale in my publishing house.\u2019 First noticed is the schoolmaster F. W. Green\u2019s book, History Day by Day<\/i>, a calendar of events in British history. Second is a series of portrait postcards, the article entitled \u2018An Historical Portrait Gallery in Every House.\u2019 Stead explains that he has purchased several of a French series, which he describes as:”an attempt to utilise the postcard as a kind of popular Valhalla or memorial temple of the illustrious dead.” They range from Julius Caesar to the end of the 19th century. He has imported sets of cards from France and sells them at a shilling a dozen throughout the world. Set side-by-side they make \u2018an effective frieze\u2019. 16 of the cards are reproduced.\n \u201cThe History of Football.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 42, no. 249: (September 1910): 251.\n In the column \u2018Leading Articles in the Reviews\u2019 appears a report on an article by Percy S. T. Jones published in The State of South Africa. <\/i>Discusses the history of football from the middle ages to the present.\n \u201cHow Mark Twain Came to Read History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 45, no. 265: (January 1912): 49.\n The \u2018Leading Articles\u2019 column reports on an article in Harper\u2019s <\/i>by A.B. Paine, which is about Mark Twain\u2019s reading habits and how his interest in historical writing was awakened by a chance encounter with a scrap of narrative about Joan of Arc.\n \u201cA History of Socialism in England.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 47, no. 278: (February 1913): 221\u201322.\n Review of Max Beer\u2019s Geschichte des Sozialismus in England<\/i> ( by J.H.W. Dietz, Stuttgart). Judges the work to be scientific and systematic, accurate and comprehensive, and written with a clear and crisp style. An English translation is desirable but \u2018some chapters would have to be re-written and adapted to English views.\u2019\n \u201cChanges of Climate and History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 47, no. 278: (February 1913): 207.\n Brief excerpt from an article in the American Historical Review<\/i> by Ellsworth Huntington, about the effects of climate on history.\n \u201cHistory and Literature.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 49, no. 290: (February 1914): 140.\n Comments on an article by Theodora Stead in the English Historical Review <\/i>about \u2018the social contract in the 11th century\u2019 — that is, a study of an 11th-century monk, Manegold of Lautenbach.\n \u201cHistory and Biography.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 49, no. 294: (June 1914): 505\u20136.\n A subheading of \u2018Books in Brief\u2019 covering several works on various historical topics (War office; G. H. Putnam\u2019s memoirs; biography of John Edward Ellis, M.P.; hermits; philosophy of William James; highways and byways in Shakespeare).\n \u201cThe Fables of History.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 50, no. 296: (August 1914): 140.\n Under the general title \u2018History or Hearsay?\u2019 this item reports on an article by James Westfall Thompson in The North American Review <\/i>entitled \u2018The Mendacity of History\u2019. Examples include the concept of the Bastille as \u2018the last home of an infamous feudalism.\u2019 A second article, \u2018Bacon Belittled\u2019 reports on an article in The Philosophical Review <\/i>by Lynn Thorndike, which diminishes Francis Bacon\u2019s reputation for achievement.\n \u201cAncient History, Or Modern Geography?\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 53, no. 315: (March 1916): 226.\n Reports on an article in Nineteenth Century<\/i> by Harry Johnston, on \u2018Education and the Public Services\u2019. The present war is going badly because young Germans have been better educated than young Englishmen. Ancient history, and the classics generally, should be abandoned in favour of French, geography, office skills and science subjects.\n \u201cHistory and Science.\u201d Review of Reviews<\/i>, 53, no. 316: (April 1916): 376.\n Discusses two works on historical topics (The Last King of New France<\/i>, The Greeks Triumphant<\/i>), followed by works on science.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"