THE WHEELS OF CHANCE;

A BICYCLING IDYLL

By H.G. Wells

1896



CONTENTS

I. THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER IN THE STORY

II

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

XVIII.

XIX.

XX. THE PURSUIT

XXI. AT BOGNOR

XXII.

XXIII.

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





Contents

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





Contents

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





Contents

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



CONTENTS

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



CONTENTS

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.

3.14. OF SECESSION.

3.15. A DILEMMA.

3.16. A COMMENT.

3.17. WAR.

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



CONTENTS

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



CONTENTS

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



CONTENTS

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



CONTENTS

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