The Review of Reviews (1890–1912)
摘要
Amidst a flurry of signed welcoming notices from prominent public figures and declaring that “we believe in God, in England, and in Humanity!”, Stead launched, in January 1890, the Review of Reviews (RoR), his last major New Journalistic enterprise. The overarching values for this six-penny monthly survey of journal articles and world events were religion, patriotism, and the progress of humankind. Central to the aims of the RoR featured the endowment of Christian values in socio-political engagement, the fulfilment of what was frequently proclaimed as Britain’s divinely ordained imperial role, and the promotion of the reunion of Christianity. In recognition of this latter element, the RoR’s head office was named “Mowbray House,” after W. T. Mowbray, who, in 1873, founded the Home Reunion Society for the bringing together of the Christian churches.