Religion, science and money.. The Three Cities

Some novels are written for entertainment, and some are written to benefit and disseminate principles and ideas. The art of novels is a psychological art whose beauty and influence depend on its good writing, gentle style, and careful study of the human being's interior, morals, and environment.
This book, "Religion, Science, and Money," is the first of these novels, and its subject is known from its title. The translator says, "We have called it here (a novel) as a way of leniency because it is a social philosophical study into the relationships of money, science, and religion, and it is what they call in Europe the "social issue," and it is of first importance to them because their civilization depends on it."