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2 unusual facts about Review of Reviews


Review of Reviews

Stead was an early supporter and speaker of the language Esperanto and devoted one page to its promulgation in every issue.

His essay "How the Mail Steamer Went Down in Mid Atlantic" (1886) is considered his first prediction of the sinking of the RMS Titanic; his novel From the Old World to the New (1892) was the second prediction.



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Francis Trevelyan Miller

Notable works from him including several books about the American Civil War, such as The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten Volumes (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912).

William Thomas Stead

Stead was an Esperantist, and often supported Esperanto, the international language, in a monthly column in Review of Reviews.