Front matter
Reading edition
FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
A SEARCH AFTER REALITIES
BY
H.G. WELLS
AUTHOR OF "ANTICIPATIONS" "THE WAR OF THE WORLDS" "THIRTY STRANGE STORIES" ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1906
Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published November, 1906.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. The Prophetic Habit of Mind 1
II. Material Progress 21
III. New York 35
IV. Growth Invincible 49
V. The Economic Process 68
VI. Some Aspects of American Wealth 88
VII. Certain Workers 104
VIII. Corruption 116
IX. The Immigrant 133
X. State-Blindness 152
XI. Two Studies in Disappointment 167
XII. The Tragedy of Color 185
XIII. The Mind of a Modern State 203
XIV. Culture 223
XV. At Washington 236
The Envoy 254