CONTENTS.

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1. A Farmer's Son With Progressive Tendencies[1]
2. The Outlines of a Great Problem[4]
3. An Advertisement Introduces the Heroine[9]
4. The Story of a Stone and What Came After[10]
5. Fairy Fern Cottage[27]
6. Fennimore Fenwick[34]
7. An Alaska Kindergarten[37]
8. An Interview With the "Fairies"[41]
9. The Problem vs. A Good Man Who Is As Rich As He Is Noble[49]
10. The Reaping of the Death Angel[53]
11. The Martina Mine[58]
12. Spirit and Mortal—Father and Daughter[61]
13. Questions and Answers[63]
14. The Ethics of Planetary Evolution[71]
15. The Co-operative Farm As a Factor in Social Evolution[75]
16. Fillmore and Fern[87]
17. Solaris Farm[93]
18. Club Life at Solaris[112]
19. Fenwick Hall[121]
20. The Beginning of a New Era[133]
21. His Wooing Prospers While Our Hero Enjoys His First Vacation[141]
22. A Surprise Party and Reception Combined[150]
23. Formation of Popular Science Clubs[160]
24. A Twentieth Century Love Letter[162]
25. The Reply[171]
26. Fern Fenwick Arrives at Solaris[179]
27. The Festival[185]
28. The Oration[187]
29. The Story of Gilbert Gerrish; or, the Strength Of the Weakest Unit [216]
30. Our Hero and Heroine Discuss Agricultural Statistics[227]
31. The Discussion Grows More Interesting[248]
32. Social Solutions[256]
33. Solaris Scrip[270]
34. The Insurance Offered by Co-operative Farming[273]
35. The Mothers' Club[287]
36. The Co-operative Farm as a Factor in the Capital and Labor Problem[299]
37. The Co-operative Farm Triumphant[313]
38. The Kindergarten at Solaris[327]
39. An Unexpected Visitor[346]
40. The Coming Era of Good Roads[362]
41. Co-operative Ethics[371]
42. Rural Life Under the Reign of Co-operation[387]
43. A Twentieth Century Honeymoon[416]
44. The New Crusade[423]

SOLARIS FARM.

A STORY OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

CHAPTER I.

A FARMER'S SON WITH PROGRESSIVE TENDENCIES.