Review of Reviews

British journal

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The Review of Reviews was a British monthly journal founded in 1890 by journalist William Thomas Stead. It was a more limited version of Reader's Digest. Stead used the journal's pages for crusades on various causes, including British-Russian friendship, ending child prostitution, criminal code reform, and international peace. He also wrote on spiritualism and other subjects. The journal ceased publication in 1936.12

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William Thomas Stead
…the monthly journal he founded, Review of Reviews. He was known for his crusades in the journal’s pages on behalf of such diverse causes as British-Russian friendship, ending child prostitution, the reform of England’s criminal codes, and the maintenance of international peace. As editor and publisher of the Review of…
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…the monthly journal he founded, Review of Reviews. He was known for his crusades in the journal’s pages on behalf of such diverse causes as British-Russian friendship, ending child prostitution, the reform of England’s criminal codes, and the maintenance of international peace. As editor and publisher of the Review of…
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