In the Fourth Year by H.G. Wells

The story takes place in a future where humanity has colonized other planets and formed the United Earth Government to maintain order. The protagonist, a young man from Mars, returns to his home planet after being educated on Earth. He becomes disillusioned with the Martian society's stagnation and decides to take action to reform it.

By H.G. Wells · First published 1920 · Genre: Political, Non-fiction, Essay · 11 chapters

Contents

• The Way to Concrete Realization
• The League Must be Representative
• The Necessary Powers of the League
• The Labour View of Middle Africa
• Getting the League Idea Clear in Relation to Imperialism
• The War Aims of the Western Allies
• The Future of Monarchy
• The Plain Necessity for a League
• Democracy
• The Recent Struggle for Proportional Representation in Great Britain
• The Study and Propaganda of Democracy

More by H.G. Wells

• The Wild Asses of the Devil (1946)
• Ugh-Lomi and Uya (1946)
• The First Horseman (1946)
• The Fight in the Lion's Thicket (1946)
• The Croquet Player (1937)
• The Time Machine (1895)
• The Reign of Uya the Lion (1946)
• Star-Begotten (1946)
• All works by H.G. Wells