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]