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Finkelstein discusses the literary field represented and promoted by the Edinburgh publishers William Blackwood and Sons. He also examines Joseph Conrad's periodical publishing career with the Blackwood's and his subsequent move between 1897 and 1903 from personal dealings with the Blackwood firm to financial management by his literary agent J. B. Pinker. William Blackwood and Sons was a family firm founded in 1804 in Edinburgh Scotland to publish Scottish-based authors and a range of prose and fiction, which had risen to become one of the major players in the British literary market in 1870s. Under the guidance of John Blackwood it had encouraged and developed the careers of Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, and Laurence Oliphant, among others; run strong lists in history, ecclesiastical, and educational areas; and become identified with a conservative imperialism that embraced patriotism, honor, civil justice, and the preservation of the political status quo.

Stape reviews The Professional Literary Agent in Britain, 1880-1920 by Mary Ann Gillies.

Fine reviews Thinking Critically About Research on Sex and Gender by Paula J. Caplan & Jeremy B. Caplan, The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine, The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women, and The Real Gender Gap by Susan Pinker, and Sex Differences; Summarizing More Than A Century of Scientific Research by Lee Ellis et al.