A penetrating study of the herd, or conventional, morality of the day, prophesying a Puritan revival in morals, with intolerance and heresy-hunting. This will lead to the Americanization of England and a great increase in irregular sexual relationships. In the end a new religious revival is foreseen.
Lycurgus, or the Future of Law. By E. S. P. Haynes, author of “Concerning Solicitors,” etc.
An analysis of the present condition of Law in England, dealing with legislation, the law-courts, criminal law, family law, land-laws, costs, international law, individual liberty, and such subjects.
Prometheus, or Biology and the Advancement of Man. By H. S. Jennings, Professor of Zoology, Johns Hopkins University.
A lucid summary of the recent striking advances in biological knowledge, genetics, and the theory of evolution, with numerous concrete illustrations. The conclusions are applied to the problem of improvement in the human race.
Timotheus, the Future of the Theatre. By Bonamy Dobrée, author of “Restoration Drama,” etc.
Traces the possible developments of the theatre, not only along mechanical lines, but upon those which playwrights, actors, and psychologists might achieve, were their idiosyncracies given scope. The whole forms a comment on the theatre of to-day.
Pygmalion, or the Doctor of the Future. By R. Mcnair Wilson, M.D.
The author foresees an evolution in the personality of the doctor, who will become less of a scientist, more of a humanist, and use every spiritual agency, as well as every practical measure, to restore the human body and soul to health.
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