This study provides the first substantial history and analysis of the To-Day and To-Morrow series of 110 books, published by Kegan Paul Trench and Trübner (and E. P. Dutton in the USA) from 1923 to 1931, in which writers chose a topic, described its present, and predicted its future.

"Highly comprehensive and insightful, this landmark study offers a critical re-evaluation of modernism against the background of twentieth-century futurology." Maxim Shadurski, Modern Language Review