A Year of Prophesying

About this eBook

Author

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

Title

A year of prophesying

Original Publication

United States: The Macmillan Company,1925.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

Great Britain -- History -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69752

Release Date

January 9, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A YEAR OF PROPHESYING
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.FOREWORD
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.I THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE FEDERATION OF MANKIND
8. 8.II THE BEAUTY OF FLYING
9. 9.III THE TRIUMPH OF FRANCE
10. 10.IV THE SINGAPORE ARSENAL
11. 11.V THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AGAIN
12. 12.VI THE AVIATION OF THE HALF-CIVILISED
13. 13.VII WILL GERMANY BREAK INTO PIECES?
14. 14.VIII THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
15. 15.IX WINSTON
16. 16.X THE OTHER SIDE IN FRANCE
17. 17.XI THE LAST OF THE VICTORIANS
18. 18.XII POLITICS AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE
19. 19.XIII THE RE-EMERGENCE OF MR. LLOYD GEORGE
20. 20.XIV SPAIN AND ITALY WHISPER TOGETHER
21. 21.XV LATIN AMERICA AND THE LEAGUE
22. 22.XVI COSMOPOLITAN AND INTERNATIONAL
23. 23.XVII THE PARLIAMENTARY TRIANGLE
24. 24.XVIII MODERN GOVERNMENT: PARLIAMENT AND REAL ELECTORAL REFORM
25. 25.XIX SCRAPPING THE GOLD STANDARD
26. 26.XX THE HUB OF EUROPE: CZECHO-SLOVAKIA AND FRANCE
27. 27.XXI THE MANDARINS AT THE GATE: THE REVIVAL OF THE OLD LEARNING
28. 28.XXII LENIN: PRIVATE CAPITALISM AGAINST COMMUNISM
29. 29.XXIII THE FANTASIES OF MR. BELLOC AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD
30. 30.XXIV A CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL SCHEME FOR BRITAIN: A TENTATIVE FORECAST
31. 31.XXV PORTUGAL AND PROSPERITY: THE BLESSEDNESS OF BEING A LITTLE NATION
32. 32.XXVI RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: THE PRACTICAL PROBLEM
33. 33.XXVII THE LABOUR PARTY ON TRIAL: THE FOLLY OF THE FIVE CRUISERS
34. 34.XXVIII DICTATORS OR POLITICIANS? THE DILEMMA OF CIVILISATION
35. 35.XXIX YOUTH AND THE VOTE: THE REJUVENESCENCE OF THE WORLD
36. 36.XXX OLIVE BRANCHES OF STEEL: SHOULD THE ANGELS OF PEACE CARRY BOMBS?
37. 37.XXXI THE CASE OF UNAMUNO: THE FEEBLE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS
38. 38.XXXII AN OPEN LETTER TO ANATOLE FRANCE ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY
39. 39.XXXIII THE EUROPEAN KALEIDOSCOPE: THE GERMAN WILL IN DEFAULT
40. 40.XXXIV CHINA: THE LAND OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT
41. 41.XXXV AIR ARMAMENT: THE SUPREMACY OF QUALITY
42. 42.XXXVI LABOUR POLITICIANS: THE EVAPORATION OF THE INTELLIGENZIA
43. 43.XXXVII CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS AND THEIR RELATION TO CURRENT POLITICS
44. 44.XXXVIII THE WEMBLEY EMPIRE: AN EXHIBITION OF LOST OPPORTUNITIES
45. 45.XXXIX THE EXTINCTION OF PARTY GOVERNMENT
46. 46.XL THE SERFDOM OF IGNORANCE: THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO KNOWLEDGE
47. 47.XLI BLINKERS FOR FREE YOUTH: YOUNG AMERICA ASKS TO HEAR AND SEE
48. 48.XLII THE LAWLESSNESS OF AMERICA AND THE WAY TO ORDER
49. 49.XLIII THE SHABBY SCHOOLS OF THE PIOUS: DRAINS AND THE ODOUR OF SANCTITY
50. 50.XLIV THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF INDIA: DIVORCE OR LEGAL SEPARATION
51. 51.XLV THE SPIRIT OF FASCISM: IS THERE ANY GOOD IN IT AT ALL?
52. 52.XLVI THE RACE CONFLICT: IS IT UNAVOIDABLE?
53. 53.XLVII THE SCHOOLS OF A NEW AGE: A FORECAST
54. 54.XLVIII THE IMPUDENCE OF FLAGS: OUR POWER RESOURCES AND MY ELEPHANTS, WHALES, AND GORILLAS
55. 55.XLIX HAS COMMUNISM A FUTURE? THE POSSIBILITY OF A SOCIALIST RENASCENCE
56. 56.L THE LITTLE HOUSE: AS IT WAS, IS NOW, AND APPARENTLY EVER WILL BE
57. 57.LI THE TRIVIALITY OF DEMOCRACY AND THE FEMININE INFLUENCE IN POLITICS
58. 58.LII SEX ANTAGONISM: AN UNAVOIDABLE AND INCREASING FACTOR IN MODERN LIFE
59. 59.LIII LIVING THROUGH: THE TRUTH ABOUT AN INTERVIEW
60. 60.LIV THE CREATIVE PASSION
61. 61.LV AFTER A YEAR OF JOURNALISM: AN OUTBREAK OF AUTO-OBITUARY — Transcriber’s Notes

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