TENDENCIES 1

2. THE OUTLINES OF A GREAT PROBLEM 4

3. AN ADVERTISEMENT INTRODUCES THE HEROINE 9

4. THE STORY OF A STONE AND WHAT CAME AFTER 10

5. FAIRY FERN COTTAGE 27

6. FENNIMORE FENWICK 34

7. AN ALASKA KINDERGARTEN 37

8. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE "FAIRIES." 41

9. THE PROBLEM VS. A GOOD MAN WHO IS AS RICH AS
HE IS NOBLE 49

10. THE REAPING OF THE DEATH ANGEL 53

11. THE MARTINA MINE 58

12. SPIRIT AND MORTAL--FATHER AND DAUGHTER 61

13. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 63

14. THE ETHICS OF PLANETARY EVOLUTION 71

15. THE CO-OPERATIVE FARM AS A FACTOR IN SOCIAL EVOLUTION 75

16. FILLMORE AND FERN 87

17. SOLARIS FARM 93

18. CLUB LIFE AT SOLARIS 112

19. FENWICK HALL 121

20. THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA 133

21. HIS WOOING PROSPERS WHILE OUR HERO ENJOYS HIS
FIRST VACATION 141

22. A SURPRISE PARTY AND RECEPTION COMBINED 150

23. FORMATION OF POPULAR SCIENCE CLUBS 160

24. A TWENTIETH CENTURY LOVE LETTER 162

25. THE REPLY 171

26. FERN FENWICK ARRIVES AT SOLARIS 179

27. THE FESTIVAL 185

28. THE ORATION 187

29. THE STORY OF GILBERT GERRISH; OR, THE STRENGTH OF
THE WEAKEST UNIT 216

30. OUR HERO AND HEROINE DISCUSS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 227

31. THE DISCUSSION GROWS MORE INTERESTING 248

32. SOCIAL SOLUTIONS 256

33. SOLARIS SCRIP 270

34. THE INSURANCE OFFERED BY CO-OPERATIVE FARMING 273

35. THE MOTHERS' CLUB 287

36. THE CO-OPERATIVE FARM AS A FAC