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