_The publisher has to acknowledge his indebtedness to Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. Ltd., the publishers of the original edition of this work, for permission kindly granted to include in this new edition several copyright pictures with their accompanying text._ Suppose the great-grandfather of anybody could step down from his picture-frame and stalk abroad, his descendant would be eager to hear his opinion of the world we live in. Most of us would like to know what the men of the _Past_ would say of the _Present_. If some old philosopher, for instance SOCRATES, exchanging robes for modern clothes, lest he should be followed by the boys and taken up by the police, could revisit this earth, …
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