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"This is a scientific fantasy set forth in a curious document by a man of the future looking backward, and recounting the history of humanity's sojourn inside the earth on the eve of his departure from it. This mighty conception is illuminated by the remarkable drawings of Mr. Vassos, whose art is so peculiarly adapted to the projection of the human mind into these limitless realms"--Jacket.

Hailed as a masterpiece of psychological insight by doctors and the general public alike, this 1931 creation by a leading Art Deco designer offers striking depictions of 24 common fears.

"A brilliant and satirical comment upon the dynamic forces in American civilization that have made it unique and dangerous to itself. In short sketches viibrating with a sharp staccato tempo, symbolic of an American riviting machine, Mr. Vassos makes living things of electricity, advertising, skyscrapers, the subway, prohibition, the radio, psychologia, air conquest, sports, the movies, the tabloids, modern art, etc. -- Dust jacket.