News from Nowhere

NEWS FROM NOWHERE
OR
AN EPOCH OF REST
BEING SOME CHAPTERS FROM
A UTOPIAN ROMANCE

BY
WILLIAM MORRIS,
AUTHOR OF 'THE EARTHLY PARADISE.'

TENTH IMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1908

All rights reserved

First printed serially in the Commonweal, 1890.

Thence reprinted at Boston, Mass., 1890.

First English Edition, revised, Reeves & Turner, 1891.

Reprinted April, June 1891; March 1892.

Kelmscott Press Edition, 1892.

Since reprinted March 1895; January 1897; November 1899; August 1902; July 1905; January 1907; and January 1908.

Contents

Chapter I: DISCUSSION AND BED
Chapter II: A MORNING BATH
Chapter III: THE GUEST HOUSE AND BREAKFAST THEREIN
Chapter IV: A MARKET BY THE WAY
Chapter V: CHILDREN ON THE ROAD
Chapter VI: A LITTLE SHOPPING
Chapter VII: TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Chapter VIII: AN OLD FRIEND
Chapter IX: CONCERNING LOVE
Chapter X: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chapter XI: CONCERNING GOVERNMENT
Chapter XII: CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENT OF LIFE
Chapter XIII: CONCERNING POLITICS
Chapter XIV: HOW MATTERS ARE MANAGED
Chapter XV: ON THE LACK OF INCENTIVE TO LABOUR IN A COMMUNIST SOCIETY
Chapter XVI: DINNER IN THE HALL OF THE BLOOMSBURY MARKET
Chapter XVII: HOW THE CHANGE CAME
Chapter XVIII: THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LIFE
Chapter XIX: THE DRIVE BACK TO HAMMERSMITH
Chapter XX: THE HAMMERSMITH GUEST-HOUSE AGAIN
Chapter XXI: GOING UP THE RIVER
Chapter XXII: HAMPTON COURT AND A PRAISER OF PAST TIMES
Chapter XXIII: AN EARLY MORNING BY RUNNYMEDE
Chapter XXIV: UP THE THAMES THE SECOND DAY
Chapter XXV: THE THIRD DAY ON THE THAMES
Chapter XXVI: THE OBSTINATE REFUSERS
Chapter XXVII: THE UPPER WATERS
Chapter XXVIII: THE LITTLE RIVER
Chapter XXIX: A RESTING-PLACE ON THE UPPER THAMES
Chapter XXX: THE JOURNEY'S END
Chapter XXXI: AN OLD HOUSE AMONGST NEW FOLK
Chapter XXXII: THE FEAST'S BEGINNING—THE END

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