This novelette is a scientist's vision of America in 2180. It is natural that we should be interested in looking ahead—not only into our own lives, because they, after ell, are very much limited—but into the life of the world, so to speak. That is limitless, as we count time. Besides looking into the future through the eyes of a scientist or perhaps a mechanic or architect, Miles J. Breuer looks into the future through the eyes of a doctor. And because he is particularly adept at putting his notes into literary form, he gives us a cleverly written story of absorbing interest and scientific value.
Miles John Breuer (1889 – 1945) was an American physician and science fiction writer of Czech origin. Although he had published elsewhere since the early 20th century, he is considered the part of the first generation of writers to appear regularly in the pulp science fiction magazines.