"An Englishman Looks at the World: Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters" by H. G. Wells is a 1914 essay collection containing 26 journalistic pieces written between 1909 and 1914. The collection reflects Wells's turn from novel-writing to journalism, which began in the years before the outbreak of the Great War. Wells organized the essays thematically, inserting a fanciful "synopsis" after the table of contents conveying his view and inspiration.