[B] Written originally as a lecture to be delivered in America.
INDEX
Adult learning, spread of, [167]
Aircraft as a means of quick travel, [48]
in future wars, [9]
Air transport a problem for Europe, [58]
possibilities of future, [66]
"All-red air routes," [67]
America and the League of Nations, [15], [28], [47]
generalized history teaching in, [108]
her part in European reconstruction, [62]
locomotion in, [49], [52]
political unity of, [60]
(see also United States)
American social system, comparisons, [2]
Americans, patriotism of, [69]
Anthology and a modernized Bible, [125]
Apocrypha, the, and a modernized Bible, [119] et seq.
Arithmetic, a wrong way of teaching, [149]
Austria after the war, [44]
Belloc, Hilaire, [178]
Bible, the, a criticism of, [98] et seq.
and the theory of origin, [103]
English translation of, [107]
its effect upon civilization, [101]
redundancy in, [99]
rules of health in, [111]
why it has lost hold on the people, [101]
Bible of Civilization, the, [95] et seq.
need for frequent revision, [136]
what it will contain, [105] et seq.
Biology, Huxley's system of, [171]
study of, [151], [152]
Bolshevik propaganda, suppression of, [175]
Bolshevism and the overthrow of Russia, [44]
Books and mentality, [183]
Boundary question in Europe, [54], [59], [61], [62]
Bradlaugh, Charles, lectures of, [171]
Breasted, Professor, works of, [108]
Breeding, points required in, [140]
Britain, national egotism of, [72]
British Civil Air Transport Committee, [48], [66]
British Empire, the, a prime necessity for security of, [65]
a wrong conception of, [64]
an ocean state, [65]
its failure with reconstruction, [28-9]
British monarchy, the, lost opportunities of, [29]
Browning, Oscar, [108]
Canonical books and the Bible of Civilization, [119]
Chinese discovery of gunpowder, [6]
Christianity, [23]
spread of, in Western Europe, [78]
Cinematograph, the, as an aid to teaching, [80], [161]
Civilization, adjustment of political ideas necessary for, [46]
effect of the Bible on, [101]
impotence of, [1]
the Bible of, [95] et seq.
the war and, [43] et seq.
College stage of education, [168]
changed conditions of, [180]
how it could be improved, [172]
problem of its extension, [177]
Comenius, political and educational ideas of, [95], [97], [138]
Committees, good work by, [107]
Communism and property, [115]
Communists, Russian, and the Press, [186]
Connecticut, State of, the Bible as its only law, [98]
Conscience the basis of moral life, [20]
Contemporary problems, complexity of, [3]
Cosmogony of the Bible, the, [103-4]
Customs, the, and European travel, [56]
Declaration of Independence, [63], [107]
Denmark, present-day conditions in, [45]
Disarmament, ineffectual movements for, [13]
Discovery, the age of, [6]
Education a fundamental difficulty, [155]
chief end of, [25]
degradation of, [105]
in the world state, [20], [90]
necessary basis of, [103]
neglect of language teaching, [145]
past and present, [79], [104]
primary obstacle to, [153]
progressive character of, [166], [183]
reorganization of, needed, [158], [165]
Educational organization, a review of, [139]
need of, [194]
England before and after the war, [45]
Epics and a modernized Bible, [125]
Eugenic literature, [140], [141]
Europe, and the League of Nations, [47]
boundary question of, [54], [59], [61], [62]
in the seventeenth century, [96]
problem of air transport, [58]
propaganda of patriotism in, [72]
results of political disunion, [54]
slow economic recovery of, [59]
European travel, preparations needed for, [55]
Evening continuation and technical schools, [169]
Exchange, fluctuating nature of, [56], [57]
Federal World State, an approaching reality, [80]
Forecasts, a Book of, and the modernized Bible, [132]
Foresight, need of, [133]
France, national egotism of, [72]
post-war decadence in, [45]
Frontiers and the possibility of war, [59]
Geography, improved method of teaching, [151]
Germany, ebb in civilization in, [45]
intensive nationalist education in, [72]
Gladstone, Mr., a speech by, [171]
Gramophones as aids to school teaching, [160]
Gunpowder, discovery of, [6]
Hamsun's Growth of the Soil, [124]
Health and the citizen, [111]
Hebrew Bible, the, [110]
Henley, a poem by, [127]
Herbert, Auberon, lectures by, [171]
Higher education, a false conception of, [181]
Historical books, value of illustrations and maps in, [110]
History, and national egotism, [73]
cardinal experiences in, [1]
History of the Ancient World, [108]
History teaching in schools, unsatisfactory nature of, [151]
Holland, post-war condition of, [45]
Human brotherhood, gospel of, [24]
Human disorder, the key to, [192]
Human outlook, the, [1]
Human society, ancient and modern, [5]
needs reconstruction, [11]
Human unity and a world state, [75]
Hungary, post-war desolation in, [44]
Huxley, Professor, author's tribute to, [170]
his system of teaching geography, [151]
Illustrations, need of, in books, [110]
Independent nationality, need for, [76]
Individualists and property, [115]
Industrialism, modern, [114]
Intellectuals, their estimate of man, [14]
International mind, an, [73]
International problem of to-day, [46]
Ireland, after-effects of war in, [45]
condition of (1640-1650), [96]
Islam, lasting unity of, [79]
spread of, in seventh century, [23]
Italy, after the war, [45]
forbids export of works of art, [117]
Judd, Professor, [171]
Kipling, Rudyard, [15]
Komensky (see Comenius)
Labour problems, the Bible and, [114]
Labour trouble, and from what it springs, [116], [117]
Language teaching, a necessary part of education, [145]
suggested use of gramophones for, [160]
twofold object of, [147]
League of Nations, the, [13], [17]
and the boundary question, [62]
educational value of its propaganda, [75]
ineffectiveness of, [5], [37], [41], [47], [76]
President Wilson and, [15], [28]
Lectures as basis of instruction, [178]
Lenin and Russia, [44]
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, [126]
Locomotion and methods of communication, [48], [52], [53]
Machinery, in a world state, [91]
Magna Carta, [107]
Man, his plain duty, [38]
social nature of, [19]
Mankind, influence of surroundings on, [18]
probable future of, [1] et seq.
Mathematics, teaching of, [149]
Mediæval and Modern History, [108]
Mediæval and Modern Times, [108]
Mental life, schooling and the, [142]
Mesopotamia, irrigation system of, [6]
Military class, mischief of a, [29]
Milton's defence of free speech, [128]
Missouri, establishment of, [49]
Money, Sir Leo, his Triumph of Nationalization, [187]
Morris, William, lectures by, [171]
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, [48]
National independence, meaning of, [59]
Newspapers, [183]
evolution of, [184]
journalistic demoralization, [187], [188]
Novels, and a modernized Bible, [123]
Ocean transport, importance of, [65]
Organized education, the key to human disorder, [192]
Organized solidarity and modern communities, [102]
Original Sin, the factor of, [105]
Outline of History, Wells's, [107], [108]
Passports, delays attendant on, [55]
Patriotism, a unity-destroying propaganda of, [72]
aggressive, dangers of, [39]
American, [69]
true and false conceptions of, [68], [69]
Peace Ministry, functions of a, [87]
Philosophical works and a modernized Bible, [124]
Physiography, Huxley and, [151]
Physiology, value of study of, [151]
Pilgrim Fathers, the, and the Bible, [110]
Plays and a modernized Bible, [123]
Political reconstruction, accompaniments of, [25]
Politicians, their need of foresight, [133]
Politics in a world state, [81], [93]
Prayer Book, the, [107]
Press, the, demoralization of, [187-8]
freedom of, [185]
Government control of, [186], [187]
Printing and the community, [7]
Progress, arrest of, [1]
Property, class war and, [196]
labour trouble and, [116], [117]
problems of, [114]
rights and duties of, [115]
Puritanism in the seventeenth century, [97]
Quakers, the, foundation of, [97]
Radiogram, the, and its results, [6]
Railways, American, [49] et seq., [65]
Readjustment of political ideas, [46] et seq., [68]
Religion and the political and social outlook, [23], [79]
universalist in theory, [81]
Religious instruction and discussion barred by colleges, [175]
Revolutions and how produced, [27]
Robinson, Professor, [108]
Roman Empire, the, rise and fall of, [53]
Russia, Bolshevism in, [44]
the Press in, [186]
vexatious delays in a journey to, [56] et seq.
St. Petersburg before and after the war, [43], [44]
Schoolhouse, an ordinary, and an ideal, [158-9]
Schooling of the world, the, [139] et seq.
and what should be taught, [143]
why so often a failure, [153]
Schools and the development of education, [25]
of a world state, [90]
Science teaching under difficulties and a suggested remedy, [161]
Scotland after the war, [45]
Sea power and the submarine, [66]
Semaphores, [48]
Sexual morality, need for, [112]
Shakespear and the Bible of Civilization, [122]
Social nature of man, [19]
Sovereign states, incoherent nature of, [31]
Steamboats, American, [49], [65]
Stopes, Dr. Marie, [113]
Submarine, the, and sea power, [66]
Sweden, before and after the war, [45]
Teachers, lack of, and the reason, [153]
Teaching and the future of mankind, [37]
Teaching power and how it might be economized, [156] et seq.
Technical study, specialized, [182]
Telegraphy, development of, [6], [48]
Thirty Years War, the, [96]
Tolstoi's War and Peace, [124]
Trade problems, the Bible and, [114]
Transport and the international problem, [46]
Travel, inconveniences of European, [55] et seq.
United States, the government of, [47], [83]
growth of, [49-50]
political system of, [27]
(see also America)
University, the, and adult learning, [168]
Vienna threatened by the Turk, [96]
Wales, Prince of, world tour of, [29], [84]
War, a ruling and constructive idea, [4]
abolition of, and what it means, [5]
frequent recurrence of, [3]
military science in, [8]
Washington, George, and his successors, [83]
Webster, Dr. Hutton, historical summaries of, [108]
Wells, H. G., as educationist, [155]
college life of, [170]
his Outline of History, [107], [108]
ideals of, [42]
serves on British Civil Air Transport Committee, [48], [66]
views on teaching of history, [151]
Wilson, President, and the League of Nations, [15], [28]
World control, and what it means, [14], [17]
World History, a suggested, [109]
World peace, American and European view of, [61]
World state, the, cult of, [35]
enlargement of patriotism to, [68]
fundamental ideas of, [37]
government of, [82] et seq.
life in, [88] et seq.
meaning of, [82]
project of, [42] et seq.
the Council and its functions, [85]
World, the, as a university, [168]
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