Excerpt from Looking Forward: The Phenomenal Progress of Electricity in 1912 When in the consideration of the welfare of all nations of the earth a book is written like Bellamy's Looking Backward, the people of the world not only admire the author's prophecies, but they try to bring about those conditions which are of daily help in the pur suit of happiness and prosperity. The last generation has brought about many new conditions in our daily living. The dawn of another generation has introduced to the peo ple conveniences never before enjoyed in any part of. The world. It is, therefore, preeminently fitting that all the citizens of the earth should prepare for the year 1912. On the morning of Decoration Day in that year, those living shall witness the end of a quarter of a century, counting from the year of Bellamy's book in 1887. The purpose of the author in writing this book, looking forward, was to attract the attention of the people to the many evidences of ideal conditions which now exist, that were prophesied by Bellamy; also to present to the people the many evidences of other new condi tions destined to greatly favor the domestic, social and industrial relations of the people in the pursuit of their daily vocations. It was the intention, likewise, to impress upon the readers not only the marvelous progress of electricity, but the very great share which the electrical industry and its representatives have taken in the endeavor to bring about improved conditions for the people in general. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.