Wells, Winston Churchill, Harry Johnston, George Orwell, Susan Isaacs, A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, and Michael Foot. The Outcast (1875) Reade's other secularist work, The Outcast (1875), is a short novel about a young man who must deal with being rejected by his religious father and the death of his wife. References in literature Reade is quoted in one of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes adventures, The Sign of the Four. In the second chapter, Holmes recommends The Martyrdom of Man to Dr. Watson as 'one of the most remarkable [books] ever penned.' He remarks subsequently in chapter ten: "Winwood Reade is good upon the subject," said Holmes. "He remarks that, while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant. So says the statistician". Works (1859). Charlotte and Myra: A Puzzle in Six Bits. (1860). Liberty Hall, Oxon. (A Novel) (1861). The Veil of Isis or Mysteries of the Druids. The Druids. Druidism in Rustic Folklore. Druidism in the Emblems of Freemasonry. Druidism in the Ceremonies of the Church Of Rome. Rites And Ceremonies Of The Druids. Vestiges Of Druidism. The Destruction Of The Druids. Priestesses Of The Druids – Pamphlet. (1864). Savage Africa. (1865). See-Saw: A Novel (Written under the pseudonym Francesco Abati). (1872). The Martyrdom of Man. (1873). African Sketch-Book. (1874). The Story of the Ashantee Campaign. (1875). The Outcast. (1972). Religion in History. References External links Works by William Winwood Reade, at JSTOR Works by William Winwood Reade, at Hathi Trust Winwood Reade's "The Martyrdom of Man": The Boys' Book of All Knowledge? Lincoln Allison, University of Warwick Winwood Reade: The Literary Explorer The active life: the explorer as biographical subject, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Darwin Correspondence Project Correspondence between William Winwood Reade and Charles Darwin 1838 births 1875 deaths 19th-century British journalists 19th-century Scottish historians British male journalists British people of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War Critics of Christianity Explorers of Africa Freethought writers Scottish war correspondents