Wells begins with Blériot’s flight across the Channel and his own first trip in an aeroplane, then turns to the questions of his age: the new reign, the survival of the British Empire, labour unrest, socialism, and the arguments of Chesterton and Belloc. Each essay presses for clear thinking about a world changing faster than its institutions.
Lively prewar journalism from 1914 that shows Wells the social prophet at full stretch. Download the free EPUB.