Chapter XXXI. Seven Centuries in Asia (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)

§ 1. Justinian the Great 614 § 2. The Sassanid Empire in Persia 616 § 3. The decay of Syria under the Sassanids 619 § 4. The first message from Islam 623 § 5. Zoroaster and Mani 624 § 6. Hunnish peoples in Central Asia and India 627 § 7. The great age of China 630 § 8. Intellectual fetters of China 635 § 9. The travels of Yuan Chwang 642 LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Life in the Early Palæozoic 11 Time-chart from Earliest Life to 40,000,000 Years Ago 14 Life in the Later Palæozoic Age 19 Australian Lung Fish 26 Some Reptiles of the Late Palæozoic Age 27 Astronomical Variations Affecting Climate 33 Some Mesozoic Reptiles 40 Later Mesozoic Reptiles 42 Pterodactyls and Archæopteryx 45 Hesperornis 48 Some Oligocene Mammals 53 Miocene Mammals 58 Time-diagram of the Glacial Ages 60 Early Pleistocene Animals, Contemporary with Earliest Man 64 The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus 65 The Riddle of the Piltdown Sub-Man 71 Map of Europe 50,000 Years Ago 77 Neanderthal Man 78 Early Stone Implements 81 Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age 82 Cro-magnon Man 87 Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palæolithic Age 89 Reindeer Age Articles 90 A Reindeer Age Masterpiece 93 Reindeer Age Engravings and Carvings 94 Diagram of the Estimated Duration of the True Human Periods 97 Neolithic Implements 107 Restoration of a Lake Dwelling 111 Pottery from Lake Dwellings 112 Hut Urns 115 A Menhir of the Neolithic Period 128 Bronze Age Implements 132 Diagram Showing the Duration of the Neolithic Period 133 Heads of Australoid Types 139 Bushwoman 141 Negro Types 142 Mongolian Types 143 Caucasian Types 144 Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago 145 The Swastika 147 Relationship of Human Races (Diagrammatic Summary) 149 Possible Development of Languages 155 Racial Types (after Champollion) 163 Combat between Menelaus and Hector 176 Archaic Horses and Chariots 178 The Cradle of Western Civilization 185 Sumerian Warriors in Phalanx 189 Assyrian Warrior (temp. Sargon II) 193 Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D. 196 The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map) 202 Boats on Nile about 2500 B.C. 211 Egyptian Ship on Red Sea, 1250 B.C. 212 Ã?gean Civilization (Map) 214 A Votary of the Snake Goddess 215 American Indian Picture-Writing 225 Egyptian Gods—Set, Anubis, Typhon, Bes 236 Egyptian Gods—Thoth-lunus, Hathor, Chnemu 239 An Assyrian King and His Chief Minister 243 Pharaoh Chephren 248 Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief) 249 Pharaoh Akhnaton 251 Egyptian Peasants (Pyramid Age) 257 Brawl among Egyptian Boatmen (Pyramid Age) 260 Egyptian Social Types (From Tombs) 261 The Land of the Hebrews 280 Aryan-speaking Peoples 1000-500 B.C. (Map) 301 Hellenic Races 1000-800 B.C. (Map) 302 Greek Sea Fight, 550 B.C. 303 Rowers in an Athenian Warship, 400 B.C. 306 Scythian Types 319 Median and Second Babylonian Empires (in Nebuchadnezzarâ?Ts Reign) 321 The Empire of Darius 329 Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map) 333 Athenian Foot-soldier 334 Persian Body-guard (from Frieze at Susa) 338 The World According to Herodotus 341 Athene of the Parthenon 348 Philip of Macedon 368 Growth of Macedonia under Philip 371 Macedonian Warrior (bas-relief from Pella) 373 Campaigns of Alexander the Great 381 Alexander the Great 389 Break-up of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire 393 Seleucus I 395 Later State of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire 398 The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C. 405 The Known World, about 250 B.C. 406 Isis and Horus 413 Serapis 414 The Rise of Buddhism 419 Hariti 428 Chinese Image of Kuan-yin 429 The Spread of Buddhism 432 Indian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva 437 Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa 439 The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C. 446 Early Latium 447 Burning the Dead: Etruscan Ceremony 449 Statuette of a Gaul 450 Roman Power after the Samnite Wars 451 Samnite Warriors 452 Italy after 275 B.C. 453 Roman Coin Celebrating the Victory over Pyrrhus 455 Mercury 457 Carthaginian Coins 468 Roman As 471 Rome and its Alliances, 150 B.C. 481 Gladiators 489 Roman Power, 50 B.C. 506 Julius Cæsar 512 Roman Empire at Death of Augustus 518 Roman Empire in Time of Trajan 524 Asia and Europe: Life of the Period (Map) 544 Central Asia, 200-100 B.C. 547 Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D. 555 Eastern Roman Empire 561 Constantinople (Maps to show value of its position) 563 Galilee 571 Map of Europe, 500 A.D. 608 The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids 620 Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia 622 Ephthalite Coin 629 Chinese Empire, Tang Dynasty 633 Yuan Chwangâ?Ts Route from China to India 643

THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON By H. G. Wells 1901

CONTENTS PAGE I. MR. BEDFORD MEETS MR. CAVOR AT LYMPNE 1 II. THE FIRST MAKING OF CAVORITE 28 III. THE BUILDING OF THE SPHERE 41 IV. INSIDE THE SPHERE 54 V. THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON 61 VI. THE LANDING ON THE MOON 70 VII. SUNRISE ON THE MOON 77 VIII. A LUNAR MORNING 85 IX. PROSPECTING BEGINS 92 X. LOST MEN IN THE MOON 107 XI. THE MOONCALF PASTURES 115 XII. THE SELENITE'S FACE 132 XIII. MR. CAVOR MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS 140 XIV. EXPERIMENTS IN INTERCOURSE 152 XV. THE GIDDY BRIDGE 161 XVI. POINTS OF VIEW 178 XVII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAVE OF THE MOON BUTCHERS 191 XVIII. IN THE SUNLIGHT 207[vi] XIX. MR. BEDFORD ALONE 221 XX. MR. BEDFORD IN INFINITE SPACE 238 XXI. MR. BEDFORD AT LITTLESTONE 249 XXII. THE ASTONISHING COMMUNICATION OF MR. JULIUS WENDIGEE 271 XXIII. AN ABSTRACT OF THE SIX MESSAGES FIRST RECEIVED FROM MR. CAVOR 277 XXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SELENITES 289 XXV. THE GRAND LUNAR 316 XXVI. THE LAST MESSAGE CAVOR SENT TO THE EARTH 340 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "I was progressing in great Leaps and Bounds" Frontispiece "He gesticulated with his Hands and Arms" To face page 6 "I looked back at his receding Figure" "" 11 "I sat across the Edge of the Manhole and looked down into the Black Interior" "" 54 "We watched intensely" "" 87 "I realised my Leap had been too Violent" "" 101 "Insects," murmured Cavor, "Insects" "" 130 "There the Thing was, looking at Us" "" 137 "Bedford," he whispered, "there's a sort of Light in front of Us" "" 177 "The nearer I struggled, the more awfully remote it seemed" "" 236 "They carried Him into Darkness" "" 292 The Grand Lunar "" 322

THE FUTURE IN AMERICA A SEARCH AFTER REALITIES By H.G. Wells 1906 CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. The Prophetic Habit of Mind 1 II. Material Progress 21 III. New York 35 IV. Growth Invincible 49 V. The Economic Process 68 VI. Some Aspects of American Wealth 88 VII. Certain Workers 104 VIII. Corruption 116 IX. The Immigrant 133 X. State-Blindness 152 XI. Two Studies in Disappointment 167 XII. The Tragedy of Color 185 XIII. The Mind of a Modern State 203 XIV. Culture 223 XV. At Washington 236 The Envoy 254 ILLUSTRATIONS FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Frontispiece

ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE

STATE STREET, CHICAGO

WESTERN FARMERS STILL OWN THEIR FARMS

PLUMP AND PRETTY PUPILS OF EXTRAVAGANCE

NEW YORK'S CROWDED, LITTERED EAST SIDE

BREAKER BOYS AT A PENNSYLVANIA COLLIERY

INTERIOR OF A NEW YORK OFFICE BUILDING

WHERE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ARE AMERICANIZED

HARVARD HALL AND THE JOHNSON GATE, CAMBRIDGE

A BIT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

IN THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY

THE WAR THAT WILL END WAR By H. G. Wells CONTENTS I Why Britain went to War 9

II The Sword of Peace 16

III Hands off the People's Food 23

IV Concerning Mr. Maximilian Craft 32

V The Most Necessary Measures in the World 40

VI The Need of a New Map of Europe 50

VII The Opportunity of Liberalism 60

VIII The Liberal Fear of Russia 69

IX An Appeal to the American People 80

X Common Sense and the Balkan States 89

XI The War of the Mind 97