A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980s at war with its modernizing neighbors.
New Introduction by Martin Gardner..
Graham Robertson. 7 illustrations by W.
Chesterton\'s splendid storytelling gifts and his sympathies for the plight of small nations trying to remain independent are strongly in evidence.
A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980s at war with its modernizing neighbors