Chapter III: Shorter Extracts (3)

=A Modern Outlook. Studies of English and American Tendencies.= _By_ J. A. HOBSON. Crown 8vo. =5s. net.=

CONTENTS

LIFE AND LETTERS

The Lost Art of Conversation—Co-Partnership in Nature—The
Population Question among Books—The Compensations of
Stupidity—A Go as-you-please Philosophy—A Plea for
Controversy—A Puritan Document—The Grip of the Specialist—The
Confession of Mr Wells—To the Memory of Thomas Paine—The Case
of Samuel Butler.

THE WOMAN OF THE FUTURE

The Woman of the Future—The Sex War—The Alarm of Motherhood—The
Business of Marriage.

AMERICAN TRAITS

The Genius of Lincoln—The Autocrat—A Critic of America—The
American Woman—The Spirit of American Humour—Is America Heading
for Aristocracy?—The Romance of America—The Boom-Child.

THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE

The Church for the People—An Anglican Bishop—The Faith of Free
Thought—The Churches and the Social Soul.

OF POLITICS

The Sovranty of Society—The Wild Man—Agitation—The Game of
Efficiency—The Politician’s Soul—Our Lost Romance—The Two
Englands—The Sacred Rage of the People.

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things.’—_Spectator._

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