Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Looking forward

From an individual point of view, in the daily routine of life, a century appears to be an embryo-eternity. When time is gauged with clock like precision and to each minute is allotted its full value, a century assumes an unfathomable depth. But, in the cycles of time, a centu...

Chapters

25. CHAPTER XXV.

Kissing prohibited in the twentieth century. The curbing of the tongue. The National punishment for wife beaters. The passing of the tramp. New methods of salutation. Vegetarian...

14. CHAPTER XIV.

When the Stars and Stripes floated over the Entire Hemisphere in 1990 Washington, the National Capital, was removed to Mexico. The name of the new capital unchanged. Vera Cruz b...

15. CHAPTER XV.

Science obtains mastery over the "ethereal blue." Ærial navigation perfected in 1925. The name of New York city changed to that of Manhattan. Washington, in the State of Mexico,...

19. CHAPTER XIX.

No more grave robberies in the twentieth century. The old style of burial becomes a back number. Popular errors about Cremation removed. Undertakers at a discount. Costly funera...

17. CHAPTER XVII.

Strange and novel uses to which electricity was applied in 1999. Hydrophobia banished from the earth. The relations of Creditor and Debtor greatly improved. Electrical ocean, ri...

20. CHAPTER XX.

They are still progressive and enterprising as ever and constitute one of the bulwarks of American liberties. The Pneumatic tube postal service and swift delivery of mails. Four...

12. CHAPTER XII.

A Grand Constitution that could Govern the World. The American Flag must Rule the Western Hemisphere and None Save God can Prevent this. America's Perilous Over-confidence. Our...

23. CHAPTER XXIII.

The advantages of Electrical conveyances. No fire departments required and Insurance companies lose their grip. Tobacco chewing and spitting prohibited in public places. Cigaret...

18. CHAPTER XVIII.

The great advantages of wireless telegraphy in navigation. Ships are enabled to communicate with shore during voyages. Messages received and sent at any time en route. Collision...

5. CHAPTER V.

In the year 1999 the American possession of the Philippine islands was regarded throughout the United States of the Americas as a master stroke. Statesmen in that year asked the...

8. CHAPTER VIII.

The Invention of ærial warships. In 1924 an International Congress is held at Washington. Law passed prohibiting the use of ærial warships. Spain is first to violate the compact...

13. CHAPTER XIII.

Long before the advent of 1910 every trace of the bitter controversy that had so long disturbed American naval circles over the Sampson-Schley quarrel, had fortunately been effa...

2. CHAPTER II.

The Mighty Oregon and the Little Yankee Schooner met on the high seas. "Let us keep together for mutual protection." Mexico the first republic to join our union. The Central and...

16. CHAPTER XVI.

Ærial navigation shunned by many people in 1999. The great Age of Electricity. The Passing of the Horse. The noble beast loses its fetters and becomes a Household Pet. Steam eng...

9. CHAPTER IX.

Arrival of the "Death Angels" over Spain. Spaniards cross the Pyrenees into France. The doom of Weyler and his cohorts. "Remember the Maine." Madrid and the principal cities of...

10. CHAPTER X.

The Pope Casts his Lot in the New World. Complications in Europe Rendered his Residence in Rome Undesirable. No Refuge in Europe Available for his Holiness. Generous Offer of th...

24. CHAPTER XXIV.

It was not a complete but only a partial success. Certain international questions cannot be adjusted by arbitration. The losses of the American Civil War. Europe's terrible war...

1. CHAPTER I.

From an individual point of view, in the daily routine of life, a century appears to be an embryo-eternity. When time is gauged with clock like precision and to each minute is a...

26. CHAPTER XXVI.

Negroes in 1999 are transferred to their new reservation and permanent home in the State of Venezuela. The animosities between whites and blacks still existed in 1925. The negro...

4. CHAPTER IV.

The Awakening of America. Dewey the Idol of a great Nation. His immense responsibilities at a critical period of the war. In 1999 Manila is still on every tongue. Spain's bargai...

11. CHAPTER XI.

England Rules Supreme in Africa in 1999. Electric Railroads Built by American Engineers Cover the Dark Continent. France Suffers Two Waterloos. England's Rule in India Unshaken...

22. CHAPTER XXII.

The art of Color-photography perfected in 1920. The world's great artists witness the death-knell of art. The doom of cheap chromos. Nature paints her own matchless pictures. Th...

6. CHAPTER VI.

The American Victory at Manila was also an English Victory, so proud did our British cousins feel over it. Spain's bribe of the Philippines. France and Germany beg England to re...

7. CHAPTER VII.

Having clearly set forth in our earlier chapters the splendid proportions and the commanding position on this globe held by the United States of the Americas in 1999, it now bec...

21. CHAPTER XXI.

The Wonderful Automatic Valet,--a faithful servant and silent friend. A Balloon-car Accident,--twelve thrown out and killed. Excursion to the Moon. Woman Worship in France. Read...

3. CHAPTER III.

Cuba became part of the United States in 1910. The direct cause of the war of 1898 was the blowing up of the Maine. Through this premeditated and diabolical act, no less than 26...

27. CHAPTER XXVII.

In setting forth at length the glorious achievements of the twentieth century, the Author has no desire to rob our now closing nineteenth century of one iota of its brilliantly...