THE SUCCESSOR TO "LOOKING BACKWARD."
EQUALITY. By Edward Bellamy. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
"The book is so full of ideas, so replete with suggestive aspects, so rich in quotable parts, as to form an arsenal of argument for apostles of the new democracy. . . . The humane and thoughtful reader will lay down 'Equality and regard the world about him with a feeling akin to that with which the child of the tenement returns from his 'country week' to the foul smells, the discordant noises, the incessant strife of the wonted environment. Immense changes are undoubtedly in store for the coming century. The industrial transformations of the world for the past hundred years seem to assure for the next hundred a mutation in social conditions commensurately radical. The tendency is undoubtedly toward human unity, social solidarity. Science will more and more make social evolution a voluntary, self-directing process on the part of man."—Sylvester Baxter, in the Review of Reviews.
"'Equality' is a greater book than 'Looking Backward,' while it is more powerful; and the smoothness, the never-failing interest, the limpid clearness and the simplicity of the argument, and the timeliness, will make it extremely popular. Here is a book that every one will read and enjoy. Rant there is none, but the present system is subjected to a searching arraignment. Withal, the story is bright, optimistic, and cheerful."—Boston Herald.
"Mr. Bellamy has bided his time—the full nine years of Horace's counsel. Calmly and quietly he has rounded out the vision which occurred to him. . . . That Mr. Bellamy is earnest and honest in his convictions is evident. That hundreds of earnest and honest men hold the fame convictions is also evident. Will the future increase, or decrease, the number?"—New York Herald.
"So ample was Mr. Bellamy's material, so rich is his imaginative power, that 'Looking Backward' scarcely gave him room to turn in. . . . The betterment of man is a noble topic, and the purpose of Mr. Bellamy's 'Equality' is to approach it with reverence. The book will raise many discussions. The subject which Mr. Bellamy writes about is inexhaustible, and it has never-failing human interest."—New York Times.
"'Equality' deserves praise for its completeness. It shows the thought and work of years. It apparently treats of every phase of its subject. . . . Altogether praiseworthy and very remarkable."—Chicago Tribune.
"There is no question at all about the power of the author both as the teller of a marvelous story and as the imaginative creator of a scheme of earthly human happiness. 'Equality' is profoundly interesting in a great many different ways."—Boston Daily Advertiser.
"A vastly interesting work, and those who feel in the air the coming of great social, industrial, and economical changes, whether they hope for or fear them, will find 'Equality' the most absorbing reading. The ready sale of the first installment of the book shows how real and general the concern in these questions has grown to be."—Springfield Republican.
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