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Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999

Looking Forward: A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999

by Arthur Bird

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Author
Bird, Arthur
Title
Looking forward : a dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999
Credits
Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
CB: History: History of civilization
Subject
Twentieth century -- Forecasts
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 50148
Release Date
October 6, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.The American Colossus.
  4. 4.Under The Eagle’s Wing.
  5. 5.The Cuban Question Settled.
  6. 6.Keynote of American Expansion.
  7. 7.Centennial Celebration of Manila 1998.
  8. 8.England’s Valued Friendship.
  9. 9.Our Foreign Relations in 1999.
  10. 10.The Fate of Spain.
  11. 11.The Annihilation of Spain.
  12. 12.Europe in 1999.
  13. 13.England’s Domain in 1999.
  14. 14.Back in God’s Country Again.
  15. 15.Our Army and Navy in 1999.
  16. 16.Removal of The Capital.
  17. 17.Ærial Navigation Solved.
  18. 18.MID-AIR COLLISION!
  19. 19.CLOUD-BOUND.
  20. 20.AIR SHIP MISSING.
  21. 21.The Age of Electricity.
  22. 22.Electrical Navigation.
  23. 23.Wireless Telegraphy.
  24. 24.Cremation Becomes a Law.
  25. 25.Newspapers in 1999.
  26. 26.FAILED TO BEAT THE RECORD.
  27. 27.SUB-MARINE RAILWAY ACCIDENT!
  28. 28.MARINE SPIDER CRIPPLED.
  29. 29.AMERICOMANIACS.
  30. 30.MESSAGE FROM MARS.
  31. 31.AIR SHIP MISSING.
  32. 32.RETURNS TO BABYHOOD.
  33. 33.BUYING UP TITLES.
  34. 34.IT STILL INTOXICATES.
  35. 35.CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
  36. 36.Twentieth Century Inventions.
  37. 37.THE UNIQUE MECHANICAL FIGURE THAT DOES EVERYTHING BUT FEED ITS OWNER. — Mechanism of the Valet. — An Automatic Bath.
  38. 38.The Fine Arts in 1999.
  39. 39.Improvements of The Age.
  40. 40.Arbitration.
  41. 41.Improved Social Conditions.
  42. 42.The Negro Question Settled .
  43. 43.Conclusion.
  44. 44.Table of Contents
  45. 45.Colophon — Availability — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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