BOOKS BY H. G. WELLS SOCIAL FORCES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. Crown 8vo, _net_ $2.00 PASSIONATE FRIENDS. Ill’d. 8vo _net_ 1.35 ANN VERONICA. Ill’d. Post 8vo 1.50 THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Post 8vo 1.50 THE FUTURE IN AMERICA. Ill’d. 8vo _net_ 2.00 THE INVISIBLE MAN. Post 8vo 1.00 THIRTY STRANGE STORIES. Post 8vo 1.50 WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES. Ill’d. Post 8vo 1.50 ANTICIPATIONS. Post 8vo _net_ 1.80 SOCIALISM AND THE GREAT STATE (Wells and 8vo _net_ 2.00 others). HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y. SOCIAL FORCES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA BY H. G. WELLS AUTHOR OF “THE FUTURE IN AMERICA” “SOCIALISM AND THE GREAT STATE” ETC. [Illustration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMXIV COPYRIGHT 1914, BY HARPER & BROTHERS PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED APRIL, 1914 0–0 CONTENTS PAGE THE COMING OF BLÉRIOT 1 MY FIRST FLIGHT 9 OFF THE CHAIN 17 OF THE NEW REIGN 25 WILL THE EMPIRE LIVE? 38 THE LABOUR UNREST 50 SOCIAL PANACEAS 94 SYNDICALISM OR CITIZENSHIP? 102 THE GREAT STATE 112 THE COMMON SENSE OF WARFARE 155 THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL 173 THE PHILOSOPHER’S PUBLIC LIBRARY 199 ABOUT CHESTERTON AND BELLOC 205 ABOUT SIR THOMAS MORE 214 TRAFFIC AND REBUILDING 219 THE SO-CALLED SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY 224 DIVORCE 242 THE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE EMPIRE 255 THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD 268 DOCTORS 275 AN AGE OF SPECIALISATION 281 IS THERE A PEOPLE? 287 THE DISEASE OF PARLIAMENTS 293 THE AMERICAN POPULATION 321