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## ANN VERONICA

## TONO-BUNGAY

## WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES

## THE WAR IN THE AIR.

## GOD THE INVISIBLE KING.

## THE NEW MACHIAVELLI.

## THE WORLD SET FREE.

## THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT.

## THE WHEELS OF CHANCE.

## THE SOUL OF A BISHOP.

## THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART.

## TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM.

## WAR AND THE FUTURE.

## FIRST AND LAST THINGS.

## MANKIND IN THE MAKING.

THE RED ROOM.

## THE TIME MACHINE

## THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

## THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

## DOOR IN THE WALL AND OTHER STORIES

## THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

## FLOOR GAMES

## LITTLE WARS

## IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET

## THE INVISIBLE MAN

MODERN UTOPIA

## THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY

## IN THE FOURTH YEAR

## WHAT IS COMING

## ENGLISHMAN

## LOVE

## THE FOOD GOD

## THE COUNTRY BLIND

## THE SLEEPER AWAKES

## THE STOLEN BACILLUS

## MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH

## NOCTURNE

## CERTAIN PERSONAL MATTERS

## ANTICIPATIONS

## BIOLOGY, PART 1 VERTEBRATA

## TALES OF SPACE AND TIME

## SELECT CONVERSATIONS WITH AN UNCLE

## PASSIONATE FRIENDS

## NEW WORLDS FOR OLD

## THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN

## UNDERGROUND MAN

## THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATION

## WONDERFUL VISIT

## THE MIND OF THE RACE

MARRIAGE

## HISTORY OF THE WORLD

## SEA LADY

## KIPPS

## THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS

THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE

## THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY

## THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

THIS MISERY OF BOOTS

## THE FUTURE IN AMERICA

## THE WAR THAT WILL END WAR

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

ANN VERONICA

A MODERN LOVE STORY

By H. G. Wells

“The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every
well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can
even ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge.”

CONTENTS

ANN VERONICA

CHAPTER THE FIRST
CHAPTER THE SECOND
CHAPTER THE THIRD
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
CHAPTER THE NINTH
CHAPTER THE TENTH
CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH
CHAPTER THE TWELFTH
CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH
CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH
CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH
CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH
CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH

TONO-BUNGAY

by H.G Wells

CONTENTS

WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES

By H. G. Wells

CHAPTER I.   INSOMNIA

CHAPTER II.   THE TRANCE

CHAPTER III.   THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER IV.   THE SOUND OF A TUMULT

CHAPTER V.   THE MOVING WAYS

CHAPTER VI.   THE HALL OF THE ATLAS

CHAPTER VII.   IN THE SILENT ROOMS

CHAPTER VIII.   THE ROOF SPACES

CHAPTER IX.   THE PEOPLE MARCH

CHAPTER X.   THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS

CHAPTER XI.   THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING

CHAPTER XII.   OSTROG

CHAPTER XIII.   THE END OF THE OLD ORDER

CHAPTER XIV.   FROM THE CROW’S NEST

CHAPTER XV.   PROMINENT PEOPLE

CHAPTER XVI.   THE AEROPHILE

CHAPTER XVII.   THREE DAYS

CHAPTER XVIII.   GRAHAM REMEMBERS

CHAPTER XIX.   OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW

CHAPTER XX.   IN THE CITY WAYS

CHAPTER XXI.   THE UNDER SIDE

CHAPTER XXII.   THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIII.     WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING

CHAPTER XXIV.   THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES

THE WAR IN THE AIR

By H. G. Wells

PREFACE TO REPRINT EDITION

THE WAR IN THE AIR

CHAPTER I. OF PROGRESS AND THE SMALLWAYS FAMILY

CHAPTER II. HOW BERT SMALLWAYS GOT INTO DIFFICULTIES

CHAPTER III. THE BALLOON

CHAPTER IV. THE GERMAN AIR-FLEET

CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC

CHAPTER VI. HOW WAR CAME TO NEW YORK

CHAPTER VII. THE “VATERLAND” IS DISABLED

CHAPTER VIII. A WORLD AT WAR

CHAPTER IX. ON GOAT ISLAND

CHAPTER X. THE WORLD UNDER THE WAR

CHAPTER XI. THE GREAT COLLAPSE

THE EPILOGUE

GOD THE INVISIBLE KING

by H. G. Wells

PREFACE

GOD THE INVISIBLE KING

CHAPTER THE FIRST

CHAPTER THE SECOND

CHAPTER THE THIRD

CHAPTER THE FOURTH

CHAPTER THE FIFTH

CHAPTER THE SIXTH

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH

THE COSMOGONY OF MODERN RELIGION

HERESIES; OR THE THINGS THAT GOD IS NOT

THE LIKENESS OF GOD

THE RELIGION OF ATHEISTS

THE INVISIBLE KING

MODERN IDEAS OF SIN AND DAMNATION

THE IDEA OF A CHURCH

THE NEW MACHIAVELLI

by H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

BOOK THE FIRST: THE MAKING OF A MAN

CHAPTER THE FIRST ~~ CONCERNING A BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN

CHAPTER THE SECOND ~~ BROMSTEAD AND MY FATHER

CHAPTER THE THIRD ~~ SCHOLASTIC

CHAPTER THE FOURTH ~~ ADOLESCENCE

BOOK THE SECOND: MARGARET

CHAPTER THE FIRST ~~ MARGARET IN STAFFORDSHIRE

CHAPTER THE SECOND ~~ MARGARET IN LONDON

CHAPTER THE THIRD ~~ MARGARET IN VENICE

CHAPTER THE FOURTH ~~ THE HOUSE IN WESTMINSTER

BOOK THE THIRD: THE HEART OF POLITICS

CHAPTER THE FIRST ~~ THE RIDDLE FOR THE STATESMAN

CHAPTER THE SECOND ~~ SEEKING ASSOCIATES

CHAPTER THE THIRD ~~ SECESSION

CHAPTER THE FOURTH ~~ THE BESETTING OF SEX

BOOK THE FOURTH: ISABEL

CHAPTER THE FIRST ~~ LOVE AND SUCCESS

CHAPTER THE SECOND ~~ THE IMPOSSIBLE POSITION

CHAPTER THE THIRD ~~ THE BREAKING POINT

THE WORLD SET FREE

H.G. WELLS

We Are All Things That Make And Pass,
Striving Upon A Hidden Mission,
Out To The Open Sea.

Frederick Soddy’s

‘Interpretation Of Radium’

This Story,
Which Owes Long Passages To The Eleventh Chapter Of That Book,
Acknowledges And Inscribes Itself

PREFACE

PRELUDE	THE SUN SNARERS
CHAPTER THE FIRST	THE NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY
CHAPTER THE SECOND	THE LAST WAR
CHAPTER THE THIRD	THE ENDING OF WAR
CHAPTER THE FOURTH	THE NEW PHASE
CHAPTER THE FIFTH	THE LAST DAYS OF MARCUS KARENIN

THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT

by H. G. Wells

1915

THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT

THE PRELUDE

ON FEAR AND ARISTOCRACY

THE STORY

CHAPTER THE FIRST ~~ THE BOY GROWS UP

CHAPTER THE SECOND ~~ THE YOUNG MAN ABOUT TOWN

CHAPTER THE THIRD ~~ AMANDA

CHAPTER THE FOURTH ~~ THE SPIRITED HONEYMOON

CHAPTER THE FIFTH ~~ THE ASSIZE OF JEALOUSY

CHAPTER THE SIXTH ~~ THE NEW HAROUN AL RASCHID

THE WHEELS OF CHANCE;

A BICYCLING IDYLL

By H.G. Wells

1896

I. THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN THE STORY

III

IV. THE RIDING FORTH OF MR. HOOPDRIVER

V. THE SHAMEFUL EPISODE OF THE YOUNG LADY IN GREY

VI. ON THE ROAD TO RIPLEY

VII.

VIII.

IX. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WAS HAUNTED

X. THE IMAGININGS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER'S HEART

XI. OMISSIONS

XII. THE DREAMS OF MR. HOOPDRIVER

XIII. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER WENT TO HASLEMERE

XIV. HOW MR. HOOPDRIVER REACHED MIDHURST

XV. AN INTERLUDE

XVI. OF THE ARTIFICIAL IN MAN, AND OF THE ZEITGEIST

XVII. THE ENCOUNTER AT MIDHURST

XXIV. THE MOONLIGHT RIDE

XXV.

XXVI. THE SURBITON INTERLUDE

XXVII. THE AWAKENING OF MR. HOOPDRIVER

XXVIII. THE DEPARTURE FROM CHICHESTER

XXIX. THE UNEXPECTED ANECDOTE OF THE LION

XXX. THE RESCUE EXPEDITION

XXXI.

XXXII. MR. HOOPDRIVER, KNIGHT ERRANT

XXXIII. THE ABASEMENT OF MR. HOOPDRIVER

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII. IN THE NEW FOREST

XXXVIII. AT THE RUFUS STONE

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI. THE ENVOY

THE SOUL OF A BISHOP

By H. G. Wells

THE SOUL OF A BISHOP

CHAPTER THE FIRST	THE DREAM
CHAPTER THE SECOND	THE WEAR AND TEAR OF EPISCOPACY
CHAPTER THE THIRD	INSOMNIA
CHAPTER THE FOURTH	THE SYMPATHY OF LADY SUNDERBUND
CHAPTER THE FIFTH	THE FIRST VISION
CHAPTER THE SIXTH	EXEGETICAL
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH	THE SECOND VISION
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH	THE NEW WORLD
CHAPTER THE NINTH	THE THIRD VISION

THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART

By H. G. Wells

1922

THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART

CHAPTER THE FIRST

CHAPTER THE SECOND

CHAPTER THE THIRD

CHAPTER THE FOURTH

CHAPTER THE FIFTH

CHAPTER THE SIXTH

CHAPTER THE SEVENTH

CHAPTER THE EIGHTH

CHAPTER THE NINTH

1. THE CONSULTATION

2. LADY HARDY

3. THE DEPARTURE

4. AT MAIDENHEAD

5. IN THE LAND OF THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLES

6. THE ENCOUNTER AT STONEHENGE

7. COMPANIONSHIP

8. FULL MOON

9. THE LAST DAYS OF SIR RICHMOND HARDY

TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM

By H. G. Wells

1. FILMER

2. THE MAGIC SHOP

3. THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS

4. THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT

5. MR. SKELMERSDALE IN FAIRYLAND

6. THE STORY OF THE INEXPERIENCED GHOST

7. JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD

8. THE NEW ACCELERATOR

9. MR. LEDBETTER'S VACATION

10. THE STOLEN BODY

11. MR. BRISHER'S TREASURE

12. MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART

13. A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON

WAR AND THE FUTURE

Italy, France and Britain at War

by H. G. Wells

THE PASSING OF THE EFFIGY

THE WAR IN ITALY (AUGUST, 1916)

I. THE ISONZO FRONT

II. THE MOUNTAIN WAR

III. BEHIND THE FRONT

THE WESTERN WAR (SEPTEMBER, 1916)

I. RUINS

II. THE GRADES OF WAR

III. THE WAR LANDSCAPE

IV. NEW ARMS FOR OLD ONES

V. TANKS

HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE WAR

I. DO THEY REALLY THINK AT ALL?

II. THE YIELDING PACIFIST AND THE CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

III. THE RELIGIOUS REVIVAL

IV. THE RIDDLE OF THE BRITISH

V. THE SOCIAL CHANGES IN PROGRESS

VI. THE ENDING OF THE WAR

FIRST AND LAST THINGS

A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE

By H.G. Wells

INTRODUCTION.

BOOK THE FIRST. — METAPHYSICS.

1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.

1.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY.

1.3. THE WORLD OF FACT.

1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT.

1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION.

1.6. EMPTY TERMS.

1.7. NEGATIVE TERMS.

1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC.

1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.

1.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS.

1.11. BELIEFS.

1.12. SUMMARY.

BOOK THE SECOND — OF BELIEFS

2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH.

2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD.

2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION.

2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.

2.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE.

2.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES.

2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE.

2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND.

2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE.

2.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT.

2.11. THE SYNTHESIS.

2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.

2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY.

2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS.

2.15.

BOOK THE THIRD — OF GENERAL CONDUCT

3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF.

3.2. WHAT IS GOOD?

3.3. SOCIALISM.

3.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM.

3.5. HATE AND LOVE.

3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY.

3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.

3.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES.

3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER.

3.10. ASSOCIATIONS.

3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.

3.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS.

3.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH.

3.18. WAR AND COMPETITION.

3.19. MODERN WAR.

3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES.

3.21. ON FORGETTING, AND THE NEED OF PRAYER,
READING, DISCUSSION AND WORSHIP

3.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY.

3.23. ON DEBTS OF HONOUR.

3.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE.

3.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE.

3.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY.

3.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE.

3.28. SEX.

3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.

3.30. CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE THING THAT IS.

3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS.

BOOK THE FOURTH — SOME PERSONAL THINGS.

4.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE.

4.2. THE NATURE OF LOVE.

4.3. THE WILL TO LOVE.

4.4. LOVE AND DEATH.

4.5. THE CONSOLATION OF FAILURE.

4.6. THE LAST CONFESSION.

MANKIND IN THE MAKING

PREFACE

MANKIND IN THE MAKING

I. THE NEW REPUBLIC

II. THE PROBLEM OF THE BIRTH SUPPLY

III. CERTAIN WHOLESALE ASPECTS OF MAN-MAKING

IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MIND AND LANGUAGE

V. THE MAN-MAKING FORCES OF THE MODERN STATE

VI. SCHOOLING

VII. POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES

VIII. THE CULTIVATION OF THE IMAGINATION

IX. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION

X. THOUGHT IN THE MODERN STATE

XI. THE MAN’S OWN SHARE

APPENDIX

THE TIME MACHINE

An Invention

H. G. Wells

I	Introduction
II	The Machine
III	The Time Traveller Returns
IV	Time Travelling
V	In the Golden Age
VI	The Sunset of Mankind
VII	A Sudden Shock
VIII	Explanation
IX	The Morlocks
X	When Night Came
XI	The Palace of Green Porcelain
XII	In the Darkness
XIII	The Trap of the White Sphinx
XIV	The Further Vision
XV	The Time Traveller’s Return
XVI	After the Story
	Epilogue

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

By H. G. Wells

BOOK ONE.—THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS

I. THE EVE OF THE WAR

II. THE FALLING STAR.

III. ON HORSELL COMMON.

IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS.

V. THE HEAT-RAY.

VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD.

VII. HOW I REACHED HOME.

VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT.

IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS.

X. IN THE STORM.

XI. AT THE WINDOW.

XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON.

XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE.

XIV. IN LONDON.

XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY.

XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON.

XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”.

BOOK TWO.—THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS

I. UNDER FOOT.

II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE.

III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT.

VI. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE.

V. THE STILLNESS.

VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS.

VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL.

VIII. DEAD LONDON.

IX. WRECKAGE.

X. THE EPILOGUE.

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

by H. G. Wells

INTRODUCTION

I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE “LADY VAIN”

II. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE

III. THE STRANGE FACE

IV. AT THE SCHOONER'S RAIL

V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO

VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN

VII. THE LOCKED DOOR

VIII. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA

IX. THE THING IN THE FOREST

X. THE CRYING OF THE MAN

XI. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN

XII. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW

XIII. THE PARLEY

XIV. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS

XV. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK

XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD

XVII. A CATASTROPHE

XVIII. THE FINDING OF MOREAU

XIX. MONTGOMERY'S BANK HOLIDAY

XX. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK

XXI. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK

XXII. THE MAN ALONE

THE DOOR IN THE WALL

And Other Stories

By H. G. Wells

THE DOOR IN THE WALL AND OTHER STORIES

THE DOOR IN THE WALL

THE STAR

A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON

THE CONE

A MOONLIGHT FABLE

THE DIAMOND MAKER

THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS

THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

By H.G. Wells

Chapter 1 — Mr. Bedford Meets Mr. Cavor at Lympne

Chapter 2 — The First Making of Cavorite

Chapter 3 — The Building of the sphere

Chapter 4 — Inside the Sphere

Chapter 5 — The Journey to the Moon

Chapter 6 — The Landing on the Moon

Chapter 7 — Sunrise on the Moon

Chapter 8 — A Lunar Morning

Chapter 9 — Prospecting Begins

Chapter 10 — Lost Men in the Moon

Chapter 11 — The Mooncalf Pastures

Chapter 12 — The Selenite’s Face

Chapter 13 — Mr. Cavor Makes Some Suggestions

Chapter 14 — Experiments in intercourse

Chapter 15 — The Giddy Bridge

Chapter 16 — Points of View

Chapter 17 — The Fight in the Cave of the Moon Butchers

Chapter 18 — In the Sunlight

Chapter 19 — Mr. Bedford Alone

Chapter 20 — Mr. Bedford in Infinite Space

Chapter 21 — Mr. Bedford at Littlestone

Chapter 22 — The Astonishing Communication of Mr. Julius Wendigee

Chapter 23 — An Abstract of the Six Messages First Received from Mr. Cavor

Chapter 24 — The Natural History of the Selenites

Chapter 25 — The Grand Lunar

Chapter 26 — The Last Message Cavor sent to the Earth

FLOOR GAMES

Herbert George Wells

I.	The Toys To Have
II.	The Game Of The Wonderful Islands
III.	Of The Building Of Cities
IV.	Funiculars, Marble Towers, Castles And War Games, But Very Little Of War Games

LITTLE WARS

(A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty
and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books)

With an Appendix on Kriegspiel

H. G. Wells

I.	OF THE LEGENDARY PAST
II.	THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN LITTLE WARFARE
III.	THE RULES— The Country The Move Mobility of the Various Arms Hand-to-Hand Fighting and Capturing Varieties of the Battle-Game Composition of Forces Size of the Soldiers
IV.	THE BATTLE OF HOOK'S FARM
V.	EXTENSIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF LITTLE WAR
VI.	ENDING WITH A SORT OF CHALLENGE
	APPENDIX— LITTLE WARS AND KRIEGSPIEL

IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET

By H. G. Wells

IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET

PROLOGUE

THE MAN WHO WROTE IN THE TOWER

BOOK THE FIRST — THE COMET

CHAPTER THE FIRST — DUST IN THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER THE SECOND — NETTIE

CHAPTER THE THIRD — THE REVOLVER

CHAPTER THE FOURTH — WAR

CHAPTER THE FIFTH — THE PURSUIT OF THE TWO LOVERS

BOOK THE SECOND — THE GREEN VAPORS

CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE CHANGE

CHAPTER THE SECOND — THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER THE THIRD — THE CABINET COUNCIL

BOOK THE THIRD — THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER THE FIRST — LOVE AFTER THE CHANGE

CHAPTER THE SECOND — MY MOTHER’S LAST DAYS

CHAPTER THE THIRD — BELTANE AND NEW YEAR’S EVE

THE EPILOGUE

THE INVISIBLE MAN

A Grotesque Romance

By H. G. Wells

I The strange Man's Arrival

II Mr. Teddy Henfrey's first Impressions

III The thousand and one Bottles

IV Mr. Cuss interviews the Stranger

V The Burglary at the Vicarage

VI The Furniture that went mad

VII The Unveiling of the Stranger

VIII In Transit

IX Mr. Thomas Marvel

X Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping

XI In the "Coach and Horses"

XII The invisible Man loses his Temper

XIII Mr. Marvel discusses his Resignation

XIV At Port Stowe

XV The Man who was running

XVI In the "Jolly Cricketers"

XVII Dr. Kemp's Visitor

XVIII The invisible Man sleeps

XIX Certain first Principles

XX At the House in Great Portland Street

XXI In Oxford Street

XXII In the Emporium

XXIII In Drury Lane

XXIV The Plan that failed

XXV The Hunting of the invisible Man

XXVI The Wicksteed Murder

XXVII The Siege of Kemp's House

XXVIII The Hunter hunted

The Epilogue

THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY

By H. G. Wells

Chapter the First

Chapter the Second

Chapter the Third

Chapter the Fourth

Chapter the Fifth

Chapter the Sixth

Chapter the Seventh

Chapter the Eighth

Chapter the Ninth

Chapter the Tenth

IN THE FOURTH YEAR

ANTICIPATIONS OF A WORLD PEACE

By H. G. Wells

1918

CONTENTS

PREFACE

IN THE FOURTH YEAR

THE LEAGUE OF FREE NATIONS

I. — THE WAY TO CONCRETE REALIZATION

II. — THE LEAGUE MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE

III. — THE NECESSARY POWERS OF THE LEAGUE

IV. — THE LABOUR VIEW OF MIDDLE AFRICA

V. — GETTING THE LEAGUE IDEA CLEAR IN RELATION TO IMPERIALISM

' 1

' 2

' 3

VI. — THE WAR AIMS OF THE WESTERN ALLIES

VII. — THE FUTURE OF MONARCHY

VIII. — THE PLAIN NECESSITY FOR A LEAGUE

IX. — DEMOCRACY

X. — THE RECENT STRUGGLE FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

XI. — THE STUDY AND PROPAGANDA OF DEMOCRACY

WHAT IS COMING?

A Forecast of Things after the War

By H.G. Wells

1916

I. FORECASTING THE FUTURE

II. THE END OF THE WAR

III. NATIONS IN LIQUIDATION

IV. BRAINTREE, BOCKING, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD

V. HOW FAR WILL EUROPE GO TOWARD SOCIALISM?

VI. LAWYER AND PRESS

VII. THE NEW EDUCATION

VIII. WHAT THE WAR IS DOING FOR WOMEN

IX. THE NEW MAP OF EUROPE

X. THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND RUSSIA

XI. "THE WHITE MAN'S BURTHEN"

XII. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE GERMANS

AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD

Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters

By H.G. Wells

1914

AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD

THE COMING OF BLIRIOT

MY FIRST FLIGHT

OFF THE CHAIN

OF THE NEW REIGN

WILL THE EMPIRE LIVE?

THE LABOUR UNREST

SOCIAL PANACEAS

SYNDICALISM OR CITIZENSHIP

THE GREAT STATE

THE NORMAL SOCIAL LIFE

THE COMMON SENSE OF WARFARE

THE CONTEMPORARY NOVEL

THE PHILOSOPHER'S PUBLIC LIBRARY

ABOUT CHESTERTON AND BELLOC

ABOUT SIR THOMAS MORE

TRAFFIC AND REBUILDING

THE SO-CALLED SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY

DIVORCE

THE SCHOOLMASTER AND THE EMPIRE

THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD

DOCTORS

AN AGE OF SPECIALISATION

IS THERE A PEOPLE?

THE DISEASE OF PARLIAMENTS

THE AMERICAN POPULATION

THE POSSIBLE COLLAPSE OF CIVILISATION

THE IDEAL CITIZEN

SOME POSSIBLE DISCOVERIES

THE HUMAN ADVENTURE

LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM

By H. G. Wells

CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCES MR. LEWISHAM.

CHAPTER II. — “AS THE WIND BLOWS.”

CHAPTER III. — THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER IV. — RAISED EYEBROWS.

CHAPTER V. — HESITATIONS.

CHAPTER VI. — THE SCANDALOUS RAMBLE.

CHAPTER VII. — THE RECKONING.

CHAPTER VIII. — THE CAREER PREVAILS.

CHAPTER IX. — ALICE HEYDINGER.

CHAPTER X. — IN THE GALLERY OF OLD IRON.

CHAPTER XI. — MANIFESTATIONS.

CHAPTER XII. — LEWISHAM IS UNACCOUNTABLE.

CHAPTER XIII. — LEWISHAM INSISTS.

CHAPTER XIV. — MR. LAGUNE’S POINT OF VIEW.

CHAPTER XV. — LOVE IN THE STREETS.

CHAPTER XVI. — MISS HEYDINGER’S PRIVATE THOUGHTS.

CHAPTER XVII. — IN THE RAPHAEL GALLERY.

CHAPTER XVIII. — THE FRIENDS OF PROGRESS MEET.

CHAPTER XIX. — LEWISHAM’S SOLUTION.

CHAPTER XX. — THE CAREER IS SUSPENDED.

CHAPTER XXI. — HOME!

CHAPTER XXII. — EPITHALAMY.

CHAPTER XXIII. — MR. CHAFFERY AT HOME.

CHAPTER XXIV. — THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.

CHAPTER XXV. — THE FIRST BATTLE.

CHAPTER XXVI. — THE GLAMOUR FADES.

CHAPTER XXVII. — CONCERNING A QUARREL.

CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE COMING OF THE ROSES.

CHAPTER XXIX. — THORNS AND ROSE PETALS.

CHAPTER XXX. — A WITHDRAWAL.

CHAPTER XXXI. — IN BATTERSEA PARK.

CHAPTER XXXII. — THE CROWNING VICTORY.

THE FOOD OF THE GODS
AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH

By H.G. Wells

THE FOOD OF THE GODS.

BOOK I. — THE DAWN OF THE FOOD.

CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.

CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.

CHAPTER THE THIRD. — THE GIANT RATS.

CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — THE GIANT CHILDREN.

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON.

BOOK II — THE FOOD IN THE VILLAGE.

CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE COMING OF THE FOOD.

CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE BRAT GIGANTIC.

BOOK III. — THE HARVEST OF THE FOOD.

CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE ALTERED WORLD.

CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE GIANT LOVERS.

CHAPTER THE THIRD. — YOUNG CADDLES IN LONDON.

CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS.

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE GIANT LEAGUER.

THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

And Other Stories

By H. G. Wells

INTRODUCTION

I. — THE JILTING OF JANE.

II. — THE CONE.

III. — THE STOLEN BACILLUS.

IV. — THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID.

V. — IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY.

VI. — AEPYORNIS ISLAND.

VII. — THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES.

VIII. — THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS.

IX. — THE MOTH.

X. — THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST.

XI. — THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM.

XII. — UNDER THE KNIFE.

XIII. — THE SEA RAIDERS.

XIV. — THE OBLITERATED MAN.

XV. — THE PLATTNER STORY.

XVI. — THE RED ROOM.

XVII. — THE PURPLE PILEUS

XVIII. — A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

XIX. — THE CRYSTAL EGG.

XX. — THE STAR.

XXI. — THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES.

XXII. — A VISION OF JUDGMENT.

XXIII. — JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD.

XXIV. — MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART.

XXV. — A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON.

XXVI. — THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS.

XXVII. — THE NEW ACCELERATOR.

XXVIII. — THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT.

XXIX. — THE MAGIC SHOP.

XXX. — THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.

XXXI. — THE DOOR IN THE WALL.

XXXII. — THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND.

XXXIII. — THE BEAUTIFUL SUIT.

THE SLEEPER AWAKES

A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”

By H.G. Wells

1899

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

THE SLEEPER AWAKES

CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA

CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE

CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING

CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT

CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS

CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS

CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS

CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES

CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH

CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS

CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING

CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG

CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER

CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST

CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE

CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE

CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS

CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS

CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW

CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS

CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE

CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE

CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD

CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING

CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES

THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS

By H.G. Wells

1895

THE STOLEN BACILLUS

THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID

IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY

THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST

A DEAL IN OSTRICHES

THROUGH A WINDOW

THE TEMPTATION OF HARRINGAY

THE FLYING MAN

THE DIAMOND MAKER

AEPYORNIS ISLAND

THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON’S EYES

THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS

THE HAMMERPOND PARK BURGLARY

A MOTH—GENUS NOVO

THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST

MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH

By H. G. Wells

1916

NOCTURNE

By Frank Swinnerton

1917

INTRODUCTION BY H.G. WELLS

PART ONE

CHAPTER I: SIX O’CLOCK

CHAPTER II: THE TREAT

CHAPTER III: ROWS

CHAPTER IV: THE WISH

PART TWO

CHAPTER V: THE ADVENTURE

CHAPTER VI: THE YACHT

CHAPTER VII: MORTALS

CHAPTER VIII: PENALTIES

CHAPTER IX: WHAT FOLLOWED

CHAPTER X: CINDERELLA

PART THREE

CHAPTER XI: AFTER THE THEATRE

CHAPTER XII: CONSEQUENCES

CERTAIN PERSONAL MATTERS

By H.G. Wells

THOUGHTS ON CHEAPNESS AND MY AUNT CHARLOTTE 7

THE TROUBLE OF LIFE 12

ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE 18

THE HOUSE OF DI SORNO 22

OF CONVERSATION 27

IN A LITERARY HOUSEHOLD 32

ON SCHOOLING AND THE PHASES OF MR. SANDSOME 36

THE POET AND THE EMPORIUM 40

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS 45

THE LITERARY REGIMEN 49

HOUSE-HUNTING AS AN OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT 54

OF BLADES AND BLADERY 59

OF CLEVERNESS 63

THE POSE NOVEL 67

THE VETERAN CRICKETER 71

CONCERNING A CERTAIN LADY 76

THE SHOPMAN 80

THE BOOK OF CURSES 85

DUNSTONE'S DEAR LADY 90

EUPHEMIA'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT (this is illustrated) 94

FOR FREEDOM OF SPELLING 98

INCIDENTAL THOUGHTS ON A BALD HEAD 104
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OF A BOOK UNWRITTEN 108

THE EXTINCTION OF MAN 115

THE WRITING OF ESSAYS 120

THE PARKES MUSEUM 124

BLEAK MARCH IN EPPING FOREST 128

THE THEORY OF QUOTATION 132

ON THE ART OF STAYING AT THE SEASIDE 135

CONCERNING CHESS 140

THE COAL-SCUTTLE 145

BAGARROW 150

THE BOOK OF ESSAYS DEDICATORY 155

THROUGH A MICROSCOPE 159

THE PLEASURE OF QUARRELLING 164

THE AMATEUR NATURE-LOVER 164

FROM AN OBSERVATORY 174

THE MODE IN MONUMENTS 177

HOW I DIED 183

ANTICIPATIONS

OF THE
REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE
AND THOUGHT

By H. G. Wells

I. Locomotion in the Twentieth Century
II. The Probable Diffusion of Great Cities
III. Developing Social Elements
IV. Certain Social Reactions
V. The Life-History of Democracy
VI. War in the Twentieth Century
VII. The Conflict of Languages
VIII. The Larger Synthesis
IX. Faith, Morals, and Public Policy in The Twentieth Century
Erratum

TEXT-BOOK OF BIOLOGY

By H. G. Wells

With An Introduction by G. B. Howes,

Part 1.-- Vertebrata.


Introduction
Preface
The Rabbit--
1.	External Form and General Considerations
2.	The Alimentary Canal of the Rabbit
3.	The Circulation
4.	The Amoeba, Cells and Tissue
5.	The Skeleton
6.	Muscle and Nerve
7.	The Nervous System
8.	Renal and Reproductive Organs
9.	Classificatory Points
10.	Questions and Exercises
The Frog--
1.	General Anatomy
2.	The Skull of the Frog (and the Vertebrate Skull generally)
3.	Questions on the Frog
The Dog-Fish--
1.	General Anatomy
2.	Questions on the Dog-Fish
Amphioxus--
1.	Anatomy
2.	The Development of Amphioxus
3.	Questions on Amphioxus
Development--
	The Development of the Frog
	The Development of the Fowl
	The Development of the Rabbit
	The Theory of Evolution
	Questions on Embryology
Miscellaneous Questions--
Note on Making Comparisons--
Syllabus of Practical Work--
{Contents part 2}
Key for Dissection Sheets, and Abbreviations--

TALES OF SPACE AND TIME

By H. G. Wells

The Crystal Egg	1
The Star	35
A Story of the Stone Age	59
A Story of the Days to Come	165
The Man who could Work Miracles	325

SELECT CONVERSATIONS WITH AN UNCLE

(now extinct)

By H. G. Wells

OF CONVERSATION AND THE ANATOMY OF FASHION
THE THEORY OF THE PERPETUAL DISCOMFORT OF HUMANITY
THE USE OF IDEALS
THE ART OF BEING PHOTOGRAPHED
BAGSHOT'S MURAL DECORATIONS
ON SOCIAL MUSIC
THE JOYS OF BEING ENGAGED
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
ON A TRICYCLE
AN UNSUSPECTED MASTERPIECE
THE GREAT CHANGE
THE PAINS OF MARRIAGE

A MISUNDERSTOOD ARTIST

THE MAN WITH A NOSE

THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS

By H. G. WELLS

CHAP.
I. Mr. Stratton to his Son
II. Boyhood
III. Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian
IV. The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian
V. The War in South Africa
VI. Lady Mary Justin
VII. Beginning Again
VIII. This Swarming Business of Mankind
IX. The Spirit of the New World
X. Mary Writes
XI. The Last Meeting
XII. The Arraignment of Jealousy
ADVERTISEMENTS

NEW WORLDS FOR OLD

A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF MODERN SOCIALISM

By H. G. Wells

THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN

H. G. Wells

Introduces Lady Harman
The Personality of Sir Isaac
Lady Harman at Home
The Beginnings of Lady Harman
The World according to Sir Isaac
The Adventurous Afternoon
Lady Harman learns about Herself
Sir Isaac as Petruchio
Mr. Brumley is troubled by Difficult Ideas
Lady Harman comes out
The Last Crisis
Love and a Serious Lady

UNDERGROUND MAN

By Gabriel Tarde

(1843-1904)

INTRODUCTORY

I. PROSPERITY

II. THE CATASTROPHE

III. THE STRUGGLE

IV. SAVED

V. REGENERATION

VI. LOVE

VII. THE ÆSTHETIC LIFE

NOTE ON TARDE By JOSEPH MANCHON

THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION

By H. G. Wells

		PAGE
I.	The Probable Future of Mankind	1
II.	The Project of a World State	42
III.	The Enlargement of Patriotism to a World State	68
IV.	The Bible of Civilization; Part One	95
V.	The Bible of Civilization; Part Two	118
VI.	The Schooling of the World	139
VII.	College, Newspaper and Book	166
VIII.	The Envoy	193
	Index	199

THE WONDERFUL VISIT

By H. G. Wells

		page
I.	The Night of the Strange Bird	1
II.	The Coming of the Strange Bird	4
III.	The Hunting of the Strange Bird	8
IV.		11
V.		13
VI.	The Vicar and the Angel	17
VII.		28
VIII.		31
IX.	Parenthesis on Angels	35
X.	At the Vicarage	38
XI.		42
XII.		45
XIII.	The Man of Science	50
XIV.		55
XV.	The Curate	61
XVI.		66
XVII.		72
XVIII.	After Dinner	76
XIX.		86
XX.		88
XXI.		93
XXII.	Morning	97
XXIII.	The Violin	101
XXIV.	The Angel Explores the Village	106
XXV.		112
XXVI.		115
XXVII.		122
XXVIII.	Lady Hammergallow's View	127
XXIX.	Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village	135
XXX.		141
XXXI.	Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View	148
XXXII.	A Trivial Incident	154
XXXIII.	The Warp and the Woof of Things	156
XXXIV.	The Angel's Debut	160
XXXV.		178
XXXVI.		182
XXXVII.		183
[Pg viii]XXXVIII.	The Trouble of the Barbed Wire	186
XXXIX.		192
XL.	Delia	195
XLI.	Doctor Crump acts	199
XLII.	Sir John Gotch acts	208
XLIII.	The Sea Cliff	213
XLIV.	Mrs Hinijer acts	217
XLV.	The Angel in Trouble	221
XLVI.		225
XLVII.	The Last Day of the Visit	229
XLVII.		234
XLIX.		239
L.		241
LI.		244
LII.		247
	The Epilogue	248

BOON, THE MIND OF THE RACE, AND OTHERS

by Herbert George Wells

INTRODUCTION 5
CHAPTER THE FIRST
THE BACK OF MISS BATHWICK AND GEORGE BOON 9
CHAPTER THE SECOND
BEING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF "THE MIND OF THE RACE" 43
CHAPTER THE THIRD
THE GREAT SLUMP, THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS, AND THE GARDEN BY THE SEA 64
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
OF ART, OF LITERATURE, OF MR HENRY JAMES 84
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
OF THE ASSEMBLING AND OPENING OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE MIND OF THE RACE 129
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
OF NOT LIKING HALLERY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE 173
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
WILKINS MAKES CERTAIN OBJECTIONS 189
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
THE BEGINNING OF "THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVIL" 223
CHAPTER THE NINTH
THE HUNTING OF THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVIL 255
CHAPTER THE TENTH
THE STORY OF THE LAST TRUMP 295

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD

By H. G. Wells

CHAPTER		Page
I.	THE WORLD IN SPACE	1
II.	THE WORLD IN TIME	5
III.	THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE	11
IV.	THE AGE OF FISHES	16
V.	THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS	21
VI.	THE AGE OF REPTILES	26
VII.	THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS	31
VIII.	THE AGE OF MAMMALS	37
IX.	MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN	43
X.	THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN	48
XI.	THE FIRST TRUE MEN	53
XII.	PRIMITIVE THOUGHT	60
XIII.	THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION	65
XIV.	PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS	71
XV.	SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING	77
XVI.	PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES	84
XVII.	THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES	91
XVIII.	EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA	96
XIX.	THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS	104
XX.	THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I	109
XXI.	THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS	115
XXII.	PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA	122
XXIII.	THE GREEKS	127
XXIV.	THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS	134
XXV.	THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE	139
XXVI.	THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT	145
XXVII.	THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA	150
XXVIII.	THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA	156
XXIX.	KING ASOKA	163
XXX.	CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE	167
XXXI.	ROME COMES INTO HISTORY	174
XXXII.	ROME AND CARTHAGE	180
XXXIII.	THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE	185
XXXIV.	BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA	196
XXXV.	THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE	201
XXXVI.	RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE	208
XXXVII.	THE TEACHING OF JESUS	214
XXXVIII.	THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY	222
XXXIX.	THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST	227
XL.	THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE	233
XLI.	THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES	238
XLII.	THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA	245
XLIII.	MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM	248
XLIV.	THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS	253
XLV.	THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM	258
XLVI.	THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION	267
XLVII.	RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM	277
XLVIII.	THE MONGOL CONQUESTS	287
XLIX.	THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS	294
L.	THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH	304
LI.	THE EMPEROR CHARLES V	309
LII.	THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE	318
LIII.	THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS	329
LIV.	THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE	335
LV.	THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE	341
LVI.	THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON	349
LVII.	THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE	355
LVIII.	THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION	365
LIX.	THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS	370
LX.	THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES	382
LXI.	THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE	390
LXII.	THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY	393
LXIII.	EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN	399
LXIV.	THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914	405
LXV.	THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18	409
LXVI.	THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA	415
LXVII.	THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD	421
	CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE	429
	INDEX	439

{xi}

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	Page
Luminous Spiral Clouds of Matter	2
Nebula seen Edge-on	3
The Great Spiral Nebula	6
A Dark Nebula	7
Another Spiral Nebula	8
Landscape before Life	9
Marine Life in the Cambrian Period	12
Fossil Trilobite	13
Early Palæozoic Fossils of various Species of Lingula	14
Fossilized Footprints of a Labyrinthodont, Cheirotherium	15
Pterichthys Milleri	17
Fossil of Cladoselache	18
Sharks and Ganoids of the Devonian Period	19
A Carboniferous Swamp	22
Skull of a Labyrinthodont, Capitosaurus	23
Skeleton of a Labyrinthodont: The Eryops	24
A Fossil Ichthyosaurus	27
A Pterodactyl	28
The Diplodocus	29
Fossil of Archeopteryx	32
Hesperornis in its Native Seas	33
The Ki-wi	34
Slab of Marl Rich in Cainozoic Fossils	35
Titanotherium Robustum	38
Skeleton of Giraffe-camel	40
Skeleton of Early Horse	40
Comparative Sizes of Brains of Rhinoceros and Dinoceras	41
A Mammoth	44
Flint Implements from Piltdown Region	45
A Pithecanthropean Man	46
The Heidelberg Man	46
The Piltdown Skull	47
A Neanderthaler	49
Europe and Western Asia 50,000 years ago	Map 50
Comparison of Modern Skull and Rhodesian Skull	51
Altamira Cave Paintings	54
Later Palæolithic Carvings	55
Bust of Cro-magnon Man	57
Later Palæolithic Art	58
Relics of the Stone Age	62
Gray’s Inn Lane Flint Implement	63
Somaliland Flint Implement	63
Neolithic Flint Implement	67
Australian Spearheads	68
Neolithic Pottery	69
Relationship of Human Races	Map 72
A Maya Stele	73
European Neolithic Warrior	75
Babylonian Brick	78
Egyptian Cylinder Seals of First Dynasty	79
The Sakhara Pyramids	80
The Pyramid of Cheops: Scene from Summit	81
The Temple of Hathor	82
Pottery and Implements of the Lake Dwellers	85
A Lake Village	86
Flint Knives of 4500 B.C.	87
Egyptian Wall Paintings of Nomads	87
Egyptian Peasants Going to Work	88
Stele of Naram Sin	89
The Treasure House at Mycenæ	93
The Palace at Cnossos	95
Temple at Abu Simbel	97
Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak	98
The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak	99
Frieze of Slaves	101
The Temple of Horus, Edfu	103
Archaic Amphora	105
The Mound of Nippur	107
Median and Chaldean Empires	Map 110
The Empire of Darius	Map 111
A Persian Monarch	112
The Ruins of Persepolis	113
The Great Porch of Xerxes	113
The Land of the Hebrews	Map 117
Nebuchadnezzar’s Mound at Babylon	118
The Ishtar Gateway, Babylon	120
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II	124
Captive Princes making Obeisance	125
Statue of Meleager	128
Ruins of Temple of Zeus	130
The Temple of Neptune, Pæstum	132
Greek Ships on Ancient Pottery	135
The Temple of Corinth	137
The Temple of Neptune at Cape Sunium	138
Frieze of the Parthenon, Athens	140
The Acropolis, Athens	141
Theatre at Epidauros, Greece	141
The Caryatides of the Erechtheum	142
Athene of the Parthenon	143
Alexander the Great	146
Alexander’s Victory at Issus	147
The Apollo Belvedere	148
Aristotle	152
Statuette of Maitreya	153
The Death of Buddha	154
Tibetan Buddha	158
A Burmese Buddha	159
The Dhamêkh Tower, Sarnath	160
A Chinese Buddhist Apostle	164
The Court of Asoka	165
Asoka Panel from Bharhut	165
The Pillar of Lions (Asokan)	166
Confucius	169
The Great Wall of China	171
Early Chinese Bronze Bell	172
The Dying Gaul	175
Ancient Roman Cisterns at Carthage	177
Hannibal	181
Roman Empire and its Alliances, 150 B.C.	Map 183
The Forum, Rome	188
Ruined Coliseum in Tunis	189
Roman Arch at Ctesiphon	190
The Column of Trajan, Rome	193
Glazed Jar of Han Dynasty	197
Vase of Han Dynasty	198
Chinese Vessel in Bronze	199
A Gladiator (contemporary representation)	202
A Street in Pompeii	204
The Coliseum, Rome	206
Interior of Coliseum	206
Mithras Sacrificing a Bull	210
Isis and Horus	211
Bust of Emperor Commodus	212
Early Portrait of Jesus Christ	216
Road from Nazareth to Tiberias	217
David’s Tower and Wall of Jerusalem	218
A Street in Jerusalem	219
The Peter and Paul Mosaic at Rome	223
Baptism of Christ (Ivory Panel)	225
Roman Empire and the Barbarians	Map 228
Constantine’s Pillar, Constantinople	229
The Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople	231
Head of Barbarian Chief	235
The Church of S. Sophia, Constantinople	239
Roof-work in S. Sophia	240
Justinian and his Court	241
The Rock-hewn Temple at Petra	242
Chinese Earthenware of Tang Dynasty	246
At Prayer in the Desert	250
Looking Across the Sea of Sand	251
Growth of Moslem Power	Map 254
The Moslem Empire	Map 254
The Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem	255
Cairo Mosques	256
Frankish Dominions of Martel	Map 260
Statue of Charlemagne	262
Europe at Death of Charlemagne	Map 264
Crusader Tombs, Exeter Cathedral	268
View of Cairo	269
The Horses of S. Mark, Venice	271
Courtyard in the Alhambra	273
Milan Cathedral (showing spires)	278
A Typical Crusader	280
Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes)	283
Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes)	284
The Empire of Jengis Khan	Map 288
Ottoman Empire before 1453	Map 289
Tartar Horsemen	291
Ottoman Empire, 1566	Map 292
An Early Printing Press	296
Ancient Bronze from Benin	299
Negro Bronze-work	300
Early Sailing Ship (Italian Engraving)	301
Portrait of Martin Luther	305
The Church Triumphant (Italian Majolica work, 1543)	307
Charles V (the Titian Portrait)	311
S. Peter’s, Rome: the High Altar	315
Cromwell Dissolves the Long Parliament	321
The Court at Versailles	323
Sack of a Village, French Revolution	325
Central Europe after Peace of Westphalia, 1648	Map 326
European Territory in America, 1750	Map 330
Europeans Tiger Hunting in India	331
Fall of Tippoo Sultan	332
George Washington	337
The Battle of Bunker Hill	338
The U.S.A., 1790	339
The Trial of Louis XVI	344
Execution of Marie Antoinette	346
Portrait of Napoleon	352
Europe after the Congress of Vienna	Map 353
Early Rolling Stock, Liverpool and Manchester Railway	356
Passenger Train in 1833	356
The Steamboat Clermont	357
Eighteenth Century Spinning Wheel	361
Arkwright’s Spinning Jenny	361
An Early Weaving Machine	363
An Incident of the Slave Trade	367
Early Factory, in Colebrookdale	368
Carl Marx	372
Electric Conveyor, in Coal Mine	376
Constructional Detail, Forth Bridge	378
American River Steamer	385
Abraham Lincoln	387
Europe, 1848-71	Map 391
Victoria Falls, Zambesi	395
The British Empire, 1815	Map 397
Japanese Soldier, Eighteenth Century	401
A Street in Tokio	403
Overseas Empires of Europe, 1914	Map 406
Gibraltar	407
Street in Hong Kong	408
British Tank in Battle	410
The Ruins of Ypres	411
Modern War: War Entanglements	412
A View in Petersburg under Bolshevik Rule	418
Passenger Aeroplane in Flight	423
A Peaceful Garden in England	426

THE SEA LADY

By H. G. Wells

ILLUSTRATED

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	—The coming of the Sea Lady	1
II.	—Some first impressions	30
III.	—The episode of the various journalists	71
IV.	—The quality of Parker	90
V.	—The absence and return of Mr. Harry Chatteris	101
VI.	—Symptomatic	133
VII.	—The crisis	204
VIII.	—Moonshine triumphant	285
	FACING PAGE
“Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady Frontispiece
“Stuff that the public won’t believe aren’t facts”	81
She positively and quietly settled down with the Buntings	90
A little group about the Sea Lady’s bath chair	134
“Why not?”	160
The waiter retires amazed	170
They seemed never to do anything but blow and sigh and rustle papers	180
Adjusting the folds of his blanket to a greater dignity	216

KIPPS

THE STORY OF A SIMPLE SOUL

By H. G. Wells

Book I.
The Making of Kipps
		PAGE
I.	The Little Shop at New Romney	3
II.	The Emporium	36
III.	The Wood-Carving Class	64
IV.	Chitterlow	88
V.	"Swapped"	117
VI.	The Unexpected	128

Book II.
Mr. Coote, the Chaperon
I.	The New Conditions	169
II.	The Walshinghams	201
III.	Engaged	218
IV.	The Bicycle Manufacturer	245
V.	The Pupil Lover	259
VI.	Discords	282
VII.	London	309
VIII.	Kipps Enters Society	354
IX.	The Labyrinthodon	380

Book III.
Kippses
I.	The Housing Problem	395
II.	The Callers	424
III.	Terminations	443

THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS

By H. G. Wells

	PAGE

THE PLATTNER STORY	2
THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR	29
THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM	47
IN THE ABYSS	71
THE APPLE	94
UNDER THE KNIFE	106
THE SEA-RAIDERS	126
POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN	142
THE RED ROOM	165
THE CONE	179
THE PURPLE PILEUS	196
THE JILTING OF JANE	213
IN THE MODERN VEIN	224
A CATASTROPHE	239
THE LOST INHERITANCE	252
THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC	262
A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE	274

THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY

H. G. Wells

Introduction

VOLUME I.
Scheme of Contents, Volume I.
List of Maps and Illustrations

VOLUME II.
Scheme of Contents, Volume II.
List of Illustrations
Time Charts
Chronological Table
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

(etext transcriber's note)

SCHEME OF CONTENTS

BOOK I THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD

PAGE
Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time		3
Chapter II. The Record of the Rocks
§ 1.	The first living things	7
§ 2.	How old is the world?	13
Chapter III. Natural Selection and the Changes of Species		16
Chapter IV. The Invasion of the Dry Land by Life
§ 1.	Life and water	23
§ 2.	The earliest animals	25
Chapter V. Changes in the Worldâ?Ts Climate
§ 1.	Why life must change continually	29
§ 2.	The sun a steadfast star	34
§ 3.	Changes from within the earth	35
§ 4.	Life may control change	36
Chapter VI. The Age of Reptiles
§ 1.	The age of lowland life	38
§ 2.	Flying dragons	43
§ 3.	The first birds	43
§ 4.	An age of hardship and death	44
§ 5.	The first appearance of fur and feathers	47
Chapter VII. The Age of Mammals
§ 1.	A new age of life	51
§ 2.	Tradition comes into the world	52
§ 3.	An age of brain growth	56
§ 4.	The world grows hard again	57
§ 5.	Chronology of the Ice Age	59
BOOK II THE MAKING OF MEN
Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
§ 1.	Man descended from a walking ape	62
§ 2.	First traces of man-like creatures	68
§ 3.	The Heidelberg sub-man	69
§ 4.	The Piltdown sub-man	70
§ 5.	The riddle of the Piltdown remains	72
Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race. (The Early PalÃ¦olithic Age)
§ 1.	The world 50,000 years ago	75
§ 2.	The daily life of the first men	79
§ 3.	The last PalÃ¦olithic men	84
Chapter X. The Later Postglacial PalÃ¦olithic Men, the First True Men. (Later PalÃ¦olithic Age)
§ 1.	The coming of men like ourselves	86
§ 2.	Subdivision of the Later PalÃ¦olithic	95
§ 3.	The earliest true men were clever savages	98
§ 4.	Hunters give place to herdsmen	101
§ 5.	No sub-men in America	102
Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
§ 1.	The age of cultivation begins	104
§ 2.	Where did the Neolithic culture arise?	108
§ 3.	Everyday Neolithic life	109
§ 4.	How did sowing begin?	116
§ 5.	Primitive trade	118
§ 6.	The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley	118
Chapter XII. Early Thought
§ 1.	Primitive philosophy	122
§ 2.	The Old Man in religion	125
§ 3.	Fear and hope in religion	126
§ 4.	Stars and seasons	127
§ 5.	Story-telling and myth-making	129
§ 6.	Complex origins of religion	130
Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
§ 1.	Is mankind still differentiating?	136
§ 2.	The main races of mankind	140
§ 3.	Was there an Alpine race?	142
§ 4.	The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples	146
§ 5.	How existing races may be related to each other	148
Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
§ 1.	No one primitive language	150
§ 2.	The Aryan languages	151
§ 3.	The Semitic languages	153
§ 4.	The Hamitic languages	154
§ 5.	The Ural-Altaic languages	156
§ 6.	The Chinese languages	157
§ 7.	Other language groups	157
§ 8.	Submerged and lost languages	161
§ 9.	How languages may be related	163
BOOK III THE DAWN OF HISTORY
Chapter XV. The Aryan-speaking Peoples in Prehistoric Times
§ 1.	The spreading of the Aryan-speakers	167
§ 2.	Primitive Aryan life	169
§ 3.	Early Aryan daily life	176
Chapter XVI. The First Civilizations
§ 1.	Early cities and early nomads	183
§ 2A.	The riddle of the Sumerians	188
§ 2B.	The empire of Sargon the First	191
§ 2C.	The empire of Hammurabi	191
§ 2D.	The Assyrians and their empire	192
§ 2E.	The Chaldean empire	194
§ 3.	The early history of Egypt	195
§ 4.	The early civilization of India	201
§ 5.	The early history of China	201
§ 6.	While the civilizations were growing	206
Chapter XVII. Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples
§ 1.	The earliest ships and sailors	209
§ 2.	The Ã?gean cities before history	213
§ 3.	The first voyages of exploration	217
§ 4.	Early traders	218
§ 5.	Early travellers	220
Chapter XVIII. Writing
§ 1.	Picture writing	223
§ 2.	Syllable writing	227
§ 3.	Alphabet writing	228
§ 4.	The place of writing in human life	229
Chapter XIX. Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings
§ 1.	Nomadic and settled religion	232
§ 2.	The priest comes into history	234
§ 3.	Priests and the stars	238
§ 4.	Priests and the dawn of learning	240
§ 5.	King against priests	241
§ 6.	How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings	245
§ 7.	The god-kings of Egypt	248
§ 8.	Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books	252
Chapter XX. Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals
§ 1.	The common man in ancient times	254
§ 2.	The earliest slaves	256
§ 3.	The first â?oindependentâ? persons	259
§ 4.	Social classes three thousand years ago	262
§ 5.	Classes hardening into castes	266
§ 6.	Caste in India	268
§ 7.	The system of the Mandarins	270
§ 8.	A summary of five thousand years	272
BOOK IV JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
Chapter XXI. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
§ 1.	The place of the Israelites in history	277
§ 2.	Saul, David, and Solomon	286
§ 3.	The Jews a people of mixed origin	292
§ 4.	The importance of the Hebrew prophets	294
Chapter XXII. The Greeks and the Persians
§ 1.	The Hellenic peoples	298
§ 2.	Distinctive features of the Hellenic civilization	304
§ 3.	Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in Greece	307
§ 4.	The kingdom of Lydia	315
§ 5.	The rise of the Persians in the East	316
§ 6.	The story of CrÅ"sus	320
§ 7.	Darius invades Russia	326
§ 8.	The battle of Marathon	332
§ 9.	ThermopylÃ¦ and Salamis	334
§ 10.	PlatÃ¦a and Mycale	340
Chapter XXIII. Greek Thought and Literature
§ 1.	The Athens of Pericles	343
§ 2.	Socrates	350
§ 3.	What was the quality of the common Athenians?	352
§ 4.	Greek tragedy and comedy	354
§ 5.	Plato and the Academy	355
§ 6.	Aristotle and the Lyceum	357
§ 7.	Philosophy becomes unworldly	359
§ 8.	The quality and limitations of Greek thought	360
Chapter XXIV. The Career of Alexander the Great
§ 1.	Philip of Macedonia	367
§ 2.	The murder of King Philip	373
§ 3.	Alexanderâ?Ts first conquests	377
§ 4.	The wanderings of Alexander	385
§ 5.	Was Alexander indeed great?	389
§ 6.	The successors of Alexander	395
§ 7.	Pergamum a refuge of culture	396
§ 8.	Alexander as a portent of world unity	397
Chapter XXV. Science and Religion at Alexandria
§ 1.	The science of Alexandria	401
§ 2.	Philosophy of Alexandria	410
§ 3.	Alexandria as a factory of religions	410
Chapter XXVI. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
§ 1.	The story of Gautama	415
§ 2.	Teaching and legend in conflict	421
§ 3.	The gospel of Gautama Buddha	422
§ 4.	Buddhism and Asoka	426
§ 5.	Two great Chinese teachers	433
§ 6.	The corruptions of Buddhism	438
§ 7.	The present range of Buddhism	440
BOOK V THE RISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Chapter XXVII. The Two Western Republics
§ 1.	The beginnings of the Latins	445
§ 2.	A new sort of state	454
§ 3.	The Carthaginian republic of rich men	466
§ 4.	The First Punic War	467
§ 5.	Cato the Elder and the spirit of Cato	471
§ 6.	The Second Punic War	475
§ 7.	The Third Punic War	480
§ 8.	How the Punic War undermined Roman liberty	485
§ 9.	Comparison of the Roman republic with a modern state	486
Chapter XXVIII. From Tiberius Gracchus To the God Emperor in Rome
§ 1.	The science of thwarting the common man	493
§ 2.	Finance in the Roman state	496
§ 3.	The last years of republican politics	499
§ 4.	The era of the adventurer generals	505
§ 5.	Caius Julius CÃ¦sar and his death	509
§ 6.	The end of the republic	513
§ 7.	Why the Roman republic failed	516
Chapter XXIX. The CÃ¦sars between the Sea and the Great Plains of the Old World
§ 1.	A short catalogue of emperors	52
§ 2.	Roman civilization at its zenith	529
§ 3.	Limitations of the Roman mind	539
§ 4.	The stir of the great plains	541
§ 5.	The Western (true Roman) Empire crumples up	552
§ 6.	The Eastern (revived Hellenic) Empire	560
BOOK VI CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
Chapter XXX. The Beginnings, the Rise, and the Divisions of Christianity
§ 1.	Judea at the Christian era	569
§ 2.	The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth	573
§ 3.	The universal religions	582
§ 4.	The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth	584
§ 5.	Doctrines added to the teachings of Jesus	586
§ 6.	The struggles and persecutions of Christianity	594
§ 7.	Constantine the Great	598
§ 8.	The establishment of official Christianity	601
§ 9.	The map of Europe, A.D. 500	605
§ 10.	The salvation of learning by Christianity	609
Chapter XXXI. Seven Centuries in Asia (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)
§ 1.	Justinian the Great	614
§ 2.	The Sassanid Empire in Persia	616
§ 3.	The decay of Syria under the Sassanids	619
§ 4.	The first message from Islam	623
§ 5.	Zoroaster and Mani	624
§ 6.	Hunnish peoples in Central Asia and India	627
§ 7.	The great age of China	630
§ 8.	Intellectual fetters of China	635
§ 9.	The travels of Yuan Chwang	642

LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Life in the Early PalÃ¦ozoic	11
Time-chart from Earliest Life to 40,000,000 Years Ago	14
Life in the Later PalÃ¦ozoic Age	19
Australian Lung Fish	26
Some Reptiles of the Late PalÃ¦ozoic Age	27
Astronomical Variations Affecting Climate	33
Some Mesozoic Reptiles	40
Later Mesozoic Reptiles	42
Pterodactyls and ArchÃ¦opteryx	45
Hesperornis	48
Some Oligocene Mammals	53
Miocene Mammals	58
Time-diagram of the Glacial Ages	60
Early Pleistocene Animals, Contemporary with Earliest Man	64
The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus	65
The Riddle of the Piltdown Sub-Man	71
Map of Europe 50,000 Years Ago	77
Neanderthal Man	78
Early Stone Implements	81
Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age	82
Cro-magnon Man	87
Europe and Western Asia in the Later PalÃ¦olithic Age	89
Reindeer Age Articles	90
A Reindeer Age Masterpiece	93
Reindeer Age Engravings and Carvings	94
Diagram of the Estimated Duration of the True Human Periods	97
Neolithic Implements	107
Restoration of a Lake Dwelling	111
Pottery from Lake Dwellings	112
Hut Urns	115
A Menhir of the Neolithic Period	128
Bronze Age Implements	132
Diagram Showing the Duration of the Neolithic Period	133
Heads of Australoid Types	139
Bushwoman	141
Negro Types	142
Mongolian Types	143
Caucasian Types	144
Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago	145
The Swastika	147
Relationship of Human Races (Diagrammatic Summary)	149
Possible Development of Languages	155
Racial Types (after Champollion)	163
Combat between Menelaus and Hector	176
Archaic Horses and Chariots	178
The Cradle of Western Civilization	185
Sumerian Warriors in Phalanx	189
Assyrian Warrior (temp. Sargon II)	193
Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D.	196
The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map)	202
Boats on Nile about 2500 B.C.	211
Egyptian Ship on Red Sea, 1250 B.C.	212
Ã?gean Civilization (Map)	214
A Votary of the Snake Goddess	215
American Indian Picture-Writing	225
Egyptian Gods—Set, Anubis, Typhon, Bes	236
Egyptian Gods—Thoth-lunus, Hathor, Chnemu	239
An Assyrian King and His Chief Minister	243
Pharaoh Chephren	248
Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief)	249
Pharaoh Akhnaton	251
Egyptian Peasants (Pyramid Age)	257
Brawl among Egyptian Boatmen (Pyramid Age)	260
Egyptian Social Types (From Tombs)	261
The Land of the Hebrews	280
Aryan-speaking Peoples 1000-500 B.C. (Map)	301
Hellenic Races 1000-800 B.C. (Map)	302
Greek Sea Fight, 550 B.C.	303
Rowers in an Athenian Warship, 400 B.C.	306
Scythian Types	319
Median and Second Babylonian Empires (in Nebuchadnezzarâ?Ts Reign)	321
The Empire of Darius	329
Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map)	333
Athenian Foot-soldier	334
Persian Body-guard (from Frieze at Susa)	338
The World According to Herodotus	341
Athene of the Parthenon	348
Philip of Macedon	368
Growth of Macedonia under Philip	371
Macedonian Warrior (bas-relief from Pella)	373
Campaigns of Alexander the Great	381
Alexander the Great	389
Break-up of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire	393
Seleucus I	395
Later State of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire	398
The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C.	405
The Known World, about 250 B.C.	406
Isis and Horus	413
Serapis	414
The Rise of Buddhism	419
Hariti	428
Chinese Image of Kuan-yin	429
The Spread of Buddhism	432
Indian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva	437
Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa	439
The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C.	446
Early Latium	447
Burning the Dead: Etruscan Ceremony	449
Statuette of a Gaul	450
Roman Power after the Samnite Wars	451
Samnite Warriors	452
Italy after 275 B.C.	453
Roman Coin Celebrating the Victory over Pyrrhus	455
Mercury	457
Carthaginian Coins	468
Roman As	471
Rome and its Alliances, 150 B.C.	481
Gladiators	489
Roman Power, 50 B.C.	506
Julius CÃ¦sar	512
Roman Empire at Death of Augustus	518
Roman Empire in Time of Trajan	524
Asia and Europe: Life of the Period (Map)	544
Central Asia, 200-100 B.C.	547
Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D.	555
Eastern Roman Empire	561
Constantinople (Maps to show value of its position)	563
Galilee	571
Map of Europe, 500 A.D.	608
The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids	620
Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia	622
Ephthalite Coin	629
Chinese Empire, Tang Dynasty	633
Yuan Chwangâ?Ts Route from China to India	643

THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

By H. G. Wells

1901

		PAGE
I.	MR. BEDFORD MEETS MR. CAVOR AT LYMPNE	1
II.	THE FIRST MAKING OF CAVORITE	28
III.	THE BUILDING OF THE SPHERE	41
IV.	INSIDE THE SPHERE	54
V.	THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON	61
VI.	THE LANDING ON THE MOON	70
VII.	SUNRISE ON THE MOON	77
VIII.	A LUNAR MORNING	85
IX.	PROSPECTING BEGINS	92
X.	LOST MEN IN THE MOON	107
XI.	THE MOONCALF PASTURES	115
XII.	THE SELENITE'S FACE	132
XIII.	MR. CAVOR MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS	140
XIV.	EXPERIMENTS IN INTERCOURSE	152
XV.	THE GIDDY BRIDGE	161
XVI.	POINTS OF VIEW	178
XVII.	THE FIGHT IN THE CAVE OF THE MOON BUTCHERS	191
XVIII.	IN THE SUNLIGHT	207[vi]
XIX.	MR. BEDFORD ALONE	221
XX.	MR. BEDFORD IN INFINITE SPACE	238
XXI.	MR. BEDFORD AT LITTLESTONE	249
XXII.	THE ASTONISHING COMMUNICATION OF MR. JULIUS WENDIGEE	271
XXIII.	AN ABSTRACT OF THE SIX MESSAGES FIRST RECEIVED FROM MR. CAVOR	277
XXIV.	THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SELENITES	289
XXV.	THE GRAND LUNAR	316
XXVI.	THE LAST MESSAGE CAVOR SENT TO THE EARTH	340

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"I was progressing in great Leaps and Bounds"	Frontispiece
"He gesticulated with his Hands and Arms"	To face page	6
"I looked back at his receding Figure"	""	11
"I sat across the Edge of the Manhole and looked down into the Black Interior"	""	54
"We watched intensely"	""	87
"I realised my Leap had been too Violent"	""	101
"Insects," murmured Cavor, "Insects"	""	130
"There the Thing was, looking at Us"	""	137
"Bedford," he whispered, "there's a sort of Light in front of Us"	""	177
"The nearer I struggled, the more awfully remote it seemed"	""	236
"They carried Him into Darkness"	""	292
The Grand Lunar	""	322

THE FUTURE IN AMERICA

A SEARCH AFTER REALITIES

By H.G. Wells

1906

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	The Prophetic Habit of Mind	1
II.	Material Progress	21
III.	New York	35
IV.	Growth Invincible	49
V.	The Economic Process	68
VI.	Some Aspects of American Wealth	88
VII.	Certain Workers	104
VIII.	Corruption	116
IX.	The Immigrant	133
X.	State-Blindness	152
XI.	Two Studies in Disappointment	167
XII.	The Tragedy of Color	185
XIII.	The Mind of a Modern State	203
XIV.	Culture	223
XV.	At Washington	236
	The Envoy	254

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Frontispiece

ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE

STATE STREET, CHICAGO

WESTERN FARMERS STILL OWN THEIR FARMS

PLUMP AND PRETTY PUPILS OF EXTRAVAGANCE

NEW YORK'S CROWDED, LITTERED EAST SIDE

BREAKER BOYS AT A PENNSYLVANIA COLLIERY

INTERIOR OF A NEW YORK OFFICE BUILDING

WHERE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ARE AMERICANIZED

HARVARD HALL AND THE JOHNSON GATE, CAMBRIDGE

A BIT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

IN THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY

THE WAR THAT WILL END WAR

By H. G. Wells

I Why Britain went to War	9

II The Sword of Peace	16

III Hands off the People's Food	23

IV Concerning Mr. Maximilian Craft	32

V The Most Necessary Measures in the World	40

VI The Need of a New Map of Europe	50

VII The Opportunity of Liberalism	60

VIII The Liberal Fear of Russia	69

IX An Appeal to the American People	80

X Common Sense and the Balkan States	89

XI The War of the Mind	97

INDEX FOR THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF H. G. WELLS

With hyperlinks to all Chapters of the Individual Ebooks

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

ANN VERONICA

A MODERN LOVE STORY

By H. G. Wells

TONO-BUNGAY

by H.G Wells

WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES

By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

THE WAR IN THE AIR

By H. G. Wells

Contents

GOD THE INVISIBLE KING

by H. G. Wells

Contents

THE NEW MACHIAVELLI

by H. G. Wells

THE WORLD SET FREE

H.G. WELLS

We Are All Things That Make And Pass, Striving Upon A Hidden Mission, Out To The Open Sea.

Contents

THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT

by H. G. Wells

1915

Contents

THE WHEELS OF CHANCE; A BICYCLING IDYLL

By H.G. Wells

1896

CONTENTS

THE SOUL OF A BISHOP

By H. G. Wells

Contents

THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART

By H. G. Wells

1922

Contents

TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM

By H. G. Wells

Contents

WAR AND THE FUTURE

Italy, France and Britain at War

by H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

FIRST AND LAST THINGS

A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE

By H.G. Wells

CONTENTS

MANKIND IN THE MAKING

CONTENTS

THE TIME MACHINE

An Invention

H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU

by H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

THE DOOR IN THE WALL

And Other Stories

By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

By H.G. Wells

CONTENTS

FLOOR GAMES

Herbert George Wells

CONTENTS

LITTLE WARS

(A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books)

With an Appendix on Kriegspiel

H. G. Wells

CONTENTS

INDEX FOR THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF

H. G. WELLS

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We Are All Things That Make And Pass,
Striving Upon A Hidden Mission,
Out To The Open Sea.

THE WHEELS OF CHANCE;

A BICYCLING IDYLL

(A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty
and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books)

THE FOOD OF THE GODS
AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH

OF THE
REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE
AND THOUGHT