SOCIALISM AND THE FAMILY _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ THE PLATTNER STORY, AND OTHERS. TALES OF SPACE AND TIME. THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER STORIES. TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM. THE TIME MACHINE. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. THE INVISIBLE MAN. THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. THE FOOD OF THE GODS. THE SEA LADY (Methuen). WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES. IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET. LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM. KIPPS. ANTICIPATIONS. MANKIND IN THE MAKING. A MODERN UTOPIA. THE FUTURE IN AMERICA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOCIALISM AND THE FAMILY By H. G. WELLS _Author of “In the Days of the Comet,” “A Modern Utopia,” “Anticipations,” etc._ LONDON A. C. FIFIELD, 44, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1906 _All rights reserved_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOCIALISM AND THE FAMILY _These are two papers written by Mr. H. G. Wells. The first was read to the Fabian Society in October, 1906, under the title of “Socialism and the Middle Classes.” The second appeared first in the “Independent Review.” Together they state pretty completely the attitude of Modern Socialism to family life._ I In this paper I am anxious to define and discuss the relationship between three distinct things: (1) Socialism, i.e. a large, a slowly elaborating conception of a sane and organized state and moral culture to replace our present chaotic way of living, (2) the Socialist movement, and (3) the Middle Classes.