"Lady Warwick, Mr. Wells, and Mr. Taylor ... are to be regarded jointly as the general editors."--Pref. note Prefatoy note.--The past and the great state, by H.G. Wells.--The great state and the country-side, by the Countess of Warwick.--Work in the great state, by L.G. Chiozza Money.--The making of new knowledge by Sir Ray Lankester.--Health and healing in the great state, by C.J. Bond.--Law and the great state, by E.S.P. Haynes.--Democracy and the great state, by Cecil Chesterton.--Women in the great state, by Cicely Hamilton.--The artist in the great state, by Roger Fry.--The present development of the great state, by G.R.S. Taylor.--A picture of the church in the great state, by the Rev. Conrad Noel.--The growth of the great state, by Herbert Trench.--The tradition of the great state, by H.P. Vowles