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GENERAL EDITOR＇S FOREWORD 7

PREFACE 11

INTRODUCTION，by One of the Last Men 15

Ⅰ BALKAN EUROPE 21

1 The European War and After 21

2 The Anglo-French War 23

3 Europe after the Anglo-French War 31

4 The Russo-German War 37

Ⅱ EUROPE＇S DOWNFALL 42

1 Europe and America 42

2 The Origins of a Mystery 46

3 Europe Murdered 51

Ⅲ AMERICA AND CHINA 55

1 The Rivals 55

2 The Conflict 63

3 On an Island in the Pacific 67

Ⅳ AN AMERICANIZED PLANET 75

1 The Foundation of the First World State 75

2 The Dominance of Science 78

3 Material Achievement 81

4 The Culture of the First World State 84

5 Downfall 93

Ⅴ THE FALL OF THE FIRST MEN 98

1 The First Dark Age 98

2 The Rise of Patagonia 102

3 The Cult of Youth 106

4 The Catastrophe 112

Ⅵ TRANSITION 120

1 The First Men at Bay 120

2 The Second Dark Age 129

Ⅶ THE RISE OF THE SECOND MEN 132

1 The Appearance of a New Species 132

2 The Intercourse of Three Species 138

3 The Zenith of the Second Men 143

Ⅷ THE MARTIANS 151

1 The First Martian Invasion 151

2 Life on Mars 153

3 The Martian Mind 160

4 Delusions of the Martians 164

Ⅸ EARTH AND MARS 169

1 The Second Men at Bay 169

2 The Ruin of Two Worlds 176

3 The Third Dark Age 184

Ⅹ THE THIRD MEN IN THE WILDERNESS 189

1 The Third Human Species 189

2 Digressions of the Third Men 195

3 The Vital Art 200

4 Conflicting Policies 205

Ⅺ MAN REMAKES HIMSELF 209

1 The First of the Great Brains 209

2 The Tragedy of the Fourth Men 214

3 The Fifth Men 221

4 The Culture of the Fifth Men 225

Ⅻ THE LAST TERRESTRIALS 233

1 The Cult of Evanescence 233

2 Exploration of Time 238

3 Voyaging in Space 243

4 Preparing a New World 249

ⅩⅢ HUMANITY ON VENUS 255

1 Taking Root Again 255

2 The Flying Men 259

3 A Minor Astronomical Event 269

ⅪⅤ NEPTUNE 273

1 Bird＇s-Eye View 273

2 Da Capo 275

3 Slow Conquest 279

ⅩⅤ THE LAST MEN 284

1 Introduction to the Last Human Species 284

2 Childhood and Maturity 290

3 A Racial Awakening 294

4 Cosmology 304

ⅩⅥ THE LAST OF MAN 313

1 Sentence of Death 313

2 Behaviour of the Condemned 315

3 Epilogue 321