H.G. WELLS - A BIBLIOGRAPHY
COMPILED BY ROY GLASHAN
Version Date: 2024-06-16
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Click below for a chronological bibliography:
INFOGALACTIC Planetary Knowledge Core.
- All Aboard For Ararat (1940)
Secker & Warburg, London, 1940
Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1941
- Ann Veronica - A Modern Love Story (1909)
The Readers Library, London, 1909
- Apropos Of Dolores (1938)
Jonathan Cape, London, 1938
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1938
- Autocracy Of Mr Parkham, The (1930)
William Heinemann, London, 1930
Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1930
- Babes In The Darkling Wood (1940)
Secker & Warburg, London, 1940
Alliance Book Corporation, New York, 1940
- Bealby - A Holiday (1915)
Serialised in The Grand Magazine, Aug 1914-Mar 1915
Methuen & Co., London, 1915
- Boon, The Mind Of The Race, The Wild Asses Of The Devil, And The Last
Trump (1915)
Published under the pseudonym "Reginald Bliss"
T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1915
George H. Doran, New York, 1915
- Brothers, The - A Story (1938)
Serialised in Redbook Magazine, 1938
Chatto & Windus, London, 1938
Viking Press, New York, 1938
- Brynhild, or The Show Of Things (1937)
Methuen & Co., London, 1937
Sribner's Sons, New York, 1937
- Bulpington Of Blup, The (1932)
Hutchinson & Co., London, 1932
Macmillan & Co., New York, 1933
- Camford Visitation, The (1937)
Methuen & Co., London, 1937
- Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
Serialised as "Sargon - King Of Kings" in Collier's Weekly, Feb 21-
May 16, 1925
Serialised as "Christina Alberta's Father" in The Daily Telegraph,
Jul 30-Sep 8, 1925
Jonathan Cape, Ltd, London, 1925
- Croquet Player, The - A Story (1936)
Chatto & Windus, London, 1936
Viking Press, New York, 1937
- Crowning Victory, The - see Love And Mr Lewisham
- Dream, The - A Novel (1924)
Serialised in Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 23-May
1924
Jonathan Cape, London 1924
Macmillan & Co., New York, 1924
- First Men In The Moon, The (1901)
Serialised in The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun 1901
Bowen-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1901
George Newnes, London, 1901
- Food Of The Gods, The - And How It Came To Earth (1904)
Serialised in Pearson's Magazine, Dec 1903-Jun 1904
Macmillan & Co., London, 1904)
- History Of Mr Polly, The (1910)
Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1910
- Holy Terror, The - A Novel About A Dictator (1939)
Michael Joseph, London, 1939
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1939
- In The Days Of The Comet (1906)
Serialised in The Daily Chronicle, 1905-1906
Macmillan & Co., London, 1906
- Invisible Man, The - A Grotesque Romance (1897)
Serialised in Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1897
- Island Of Doctor Moreau, The (1896)
The Saturday Review of Literature, Jan 1895
William Heinemann, London, 1896
- Joan And Peter - A Story Of An Education (1918)
Partly serialised in The New Republic, 1918
Cassell & Co., London, 1918
- King Who Was A King, The - The Book Of A Film (1929)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London, 1929
Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1929
- Kipps - The Story Of A Simple Soul (1905)
Serialised in The Pall Mall Gazette, 1905
Macmillan & Co., London, 1905
- Last War, The - see World Set Free, The
- Love And Mr Lewisham (1900)
Serialised in The Weekly Times, Nov 1899-1900
Harper & Brothers, London & New York, 1899
Serialised as "The Crowning Victory", The Popular Magazine, Feb-Jul
1905
- Marriage (1912)
Macmillan & Co., London, 1912
Duffield, New York, 1912
- Meanwhile - The Picture Of A Lady (1927)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London 1927
George H. Doran Co., New York, 1927
- Men Like Gods (1923)
Hearst's International, Nov 1922
Serialised in The Westminster Gazette, Dec 1922-Feb 1923
Cassell & Co., London, 1923
- Modern Utopia, A (1905)
Serialised in The Fortnightly Review, Oct 1904-Apr 1905
Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1905
- Mr Blettsworthy On Rampole Island (1928)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London 1928
Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1928
- Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
Serialised in The Nation, May-Oct 1916
Cassell & Co., London, 1916
- New Machiavelli, The (1910)
Duffield & Co., New York, 1910
Bodley Head, London, 1911
- Passionate Friends, The (1913)
Serialised in The Grand Magazine, Mar-Nov 1913
Macmillan & Co., London, 1913
- Research Magnificent, The (1915)
Macmillan & Co., London and New York, 1915
- Sargon - King Of Kings (1925)
See "Christina Albert's Father"
- Sea Lady, The - A Tissue Of Moonshine (1901)
Serialised in Pearson's Magazine, Jul-Dec 1901
Methuen & Co, London, 1902
Appleton, New York, 1902
- Secret Places Of The Heart, The (1922)
Serialised in Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine, Dec 1921-Jul
1922
Cassell & Co., London, 1922
- Shape Of Things To Come, The (1933)
Hutchinson & Co., London, 1933
Macmillan & Co., New York, 1933
- Sleeper Awakes, The (1910)
Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1910
Revised version of "When The Sleeper Wakes" (1899)
- Soul Of A Bishop, The (1917)
Serialised in Collier's Weekly, 1917
Cassell & Co., London, 1917
- Star Begotten - A Biological Fantasia (1937)
Chatto & Windus, London, 1937
Viking Press, New York, 1937
- Time Machine, The (1895)
Serialised as "The Time Traveller's Story" in The National Observer,
Mar 17, 1894 (7 parts)
Serialised in The New Review, Jan-May 1895 (5 parts)
William Heinemann, London, May 1895
Henry Holt, New York, May 1895
- Time Machine & The Invisible Man, The (1984)
New American Library/Signet, New York, 1984
- Time Machine & The Island of Doctor Moreau, The (1996)
Oxford University Press, 1996
- Time Traveller's Story, The - see Time Machine, The
- Tono-Bungay (1909)
Serialised in The English Review, Dec 1908-Mar 1909
Macmillan & Co., London, 1909
- Undying Fire The - A Contemporary Novel (1919)
Serialised in The International Review, Mar-Jun 1919
Cassell & Co., London, 1919
- War In The Air, The (1908)
Serialised in The Pall Mall Magazine, Jan-Sep 1908, &
Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1908
George Bell & Sons, London, 1908
- War Of The Worlds, The (1898)
Serialised in Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897, with illustrations
by Warwick Goble
William Heinemann, London, 1898
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1898
- Wealth Of Mr Waddy, The (1969)
Published posthumously by Southern Illinois University, Dec 1969
- Wheels Of Chance, The - A Bicycling Idyll (1896)
Serialised in Today, 1896
J.M. Dent & Co., London, 1896
Macmillan & Co., New York, 1896
- When The Sleeper Wakes (1899)
Serialised in The Graphic Jan-Apr 1899
Harper & Brothers, London & New York, 1899
Revised and republished as "The Sleeper Awakes," 1909
- Wife Of Sir Isaac Harman, The (1914)
Macmillan & Co., London and New York, 1914
- Wonderful Visit, The (1895)
J.M. Dent & Co., London, 1895
Macmillan & Co., New York, 1895
- World Of William Clissold, The - A Novel At A New Angle
(1926)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London 1926 (in 3 volumes)
George H. Doran Co., New York, 1926 (in 2 volumes)
- World Set Free, The - A Story Of Mankind (1914)
Serialised in The English Review, Dec 1913-May 1914
Macmillan & Co., London, 1914
Bison Books, 2001, as The Last War
- You Can't Be Too Careful - A Sample Of Life, 1901-1951
(1941)
Secker & Warburg, London, 1941
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1942
- Aepyornis Island
Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- Answer To Prayer (1937)
The New Statesman Apr 10, 1937
- Apple, The
The Idler Oct 1896
- Argonauts Of The Air, The
Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- At A Window
Black and White, Aug 25, 1894
World Wide Adventure, Winter 1968 as "Through A Window"
- Bardlet's Romance, A - see In The Modern Vein
- Beautiful Suit, The - see Moonlight Fable, A
- Bindon Intervenes
The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899; published as part of "A Story Of
Days To Come" (qv)
- Bulla, The ("The Reconciliation")
The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 1, 1895
- Catastrophe, A
The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- Cave Bear, The
The Idler, Jun 1897; published as part of "A Story Of The Stone Age"
(qv)
- Chronic Argonauts, The
Science Schools Journal, Apr/May/Jun 1888
- Cone, The
Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- Country Of The Blind, The
The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- Country Of The Blind, The (Revised)
Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1939
- Crystal Egg, The
The New Review, May 1897
- Cure For Love, The
The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1897; published as part of "A Story Of
Days To Come" (qv)
- Deal In Ostriches, A
Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- Devotee Of Art, The
Science Schools Journal Nov-Dec 1888
- Diamond Maker, The
Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- Door In The Wall, The
The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- Dream Of Armageddon, A
Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- Empire Of The Ants, The
The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- Family Elopement, A
The St. James's Gazette, Mar 3, 1884
- Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The
The Idler, Sep 1897; published as part of "A Story Of The Stone Age"
(qv)
- Filmer
The Graphic, Dec 1901
- Final Men, The (excerpted from The Time Machine)
The New Review Jan-May 1895
- First Horseman, The
The Idler, Jul 1897; published as part of "A Story Of The Stone Age"
(qv)
- Flowering Of The Strange Orchid, The ("The Strange Orchid")
Pall Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- Flying Man, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1895
Not to be confused with the article "The Advent Of The Flying Man", Pall
Mall Gazette, Dec 8, 1893
- Ghost Of Fear, The - see Red Room, The
- Grisly Folk, The
The Storyteller, Apr 1921
- Hammerpond Park Burglary, The
Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- How Gabriel Became Thompson
Truth Jul 26, 1894
- How Pingwell Was Routed
The New Budget, Jun 27, 1895
- Inexperienced Ghost, The - see The Story Of The Inexperienced
Ghost
- In The Abyss
Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- In The Avu Observatory
Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance")
Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- Jilting Of Jane, The
Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- Jimmy Goggles The God
The Graphic, Dec 1898
- Land Ironclads, The
The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- Le Mari Terrible
The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- Little Mother Up The Mörderberg
The Strand Magazine, Apr 1910
- Lord Of The Dynamos, The
Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- Lost Inheritance, The
The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- Loyalty Of Esau Common, The
The Contemporary Review, Feb 1902
- Magic Shop, The
The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- Man Who Could Work Miracles, The
The Illustrated London News, Jul 1898
The American Magazine Dec 1935-Jan 1936 as "The Miracle Maker"
- Man With A Nose, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 6, 1894
- Miracle Maker, The - see Man Who Could Work Miracles,
The
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart (1898)
The Queen, Oct 1898
- Misunderstood Artist, A
Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 29, 1894
- Moonlight Fable, A ("The Beautiful Suit")
Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909
- Moth - Genus Novo, A ("The Moth")
Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895
- Mr Brisher's Treasure (1899)
The Strand Magazine, Apr 1899
- Mr Ledbetter's Vacation
The Strand Magazine, Oct 1898
- Mr Marshall's Doppelgänger
The Gentlewoman Sep 18, 1897
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland
The Harmsworth London Magazine, Feb 1903
- My First Aeroplane
The Strand Magazine - UK edition, Jan 1910
The Strand Magazine - US edition, Feb 1910
- New Accelerator, The
The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- Obliterated Man, The - see Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic,
The
- Our Little Neighbour
The New Budget Apr 4, 1895
- Pearl Of Love, The
The Strand Magazine, Dec 1925
- Perfect Gentleman On Wheels, A
The Woman At Home, Apr 1897
- Peter Learns Arithmetic (excerpt from the novel Joan And
Peter)
Fantasia Mathematica, ed. Clifton Fadiman, Simon & Schuster,
1958
- Plattner Story, The
The New Review, Apr 1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man
The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- Presence By The Fire, The
The Penny Illustrated Paper, Aug 14, 1897
- Pure and Natural Man, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 16 1893)
Wells's hero, a rigid logician, recognising that "the essence of all
civilised ills" is man's "entirely artificial life," retires from society,
goes nudist, and abstains altogether from the use of soap, an alkali.
- Purple Pileus, The
Black & White, Dec 1896
- Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper, The
Ladies Home Journal, Feb 1932
- Rajah's Treasure, The
Pearson's Magazine, Jul 1896
- Reconciliation, The - see Bulla, The
- Red Room, The ("The Ghost Of Fear"
The Idler, Mar 1896
- Reign Of Uya The Lion, The
The Idler, Aug 1897; published as part of "A Story Of The Stone Age"
(qv)
- Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, The - see Story Of
Davidson's Eyes, The
- Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic, The ("The Obliterated Man")
The New Budget, August 15, 1895
- Sea Raiders, The
The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6, 1896
- Slip Under The Knife ("Under The Knife")
The New Review, Jan 1896
- Slip Under The Microscope, A
The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- Star, The
The Graphic, Dec 1897
- Stolen Bacillus, The
Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- Stolen Body, The
The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- Story Of Davidson's Eyes, The ("The Remarkable Case Of
Davidson's Eyes"
Pall Mall Budget, Mar 28, 1895
- Story Of The Days To Come, A, consisting of:
- •The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- Published in book form by Corgi, London, 1976
- Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost, The
The Strand Magazine, March 1902
Books of Wonder ("Classic Frights" series), New York, May 1998, as "The
Inexperienced Ghost"; illustrated by Jeff White
- Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The
The Idler, May 1896
- Story Of The Stone Age, A - a series of 5 stories:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- Tale Of The Twentieth Century, A
Science Schools Journal, May 1887
- Talk With Gryllotalpa, A (published under the pseudonym Septimus
Browne)
A dialogue in which the anthropocentric view of the world confronts the
cosmic perspective of the "infinitesimal littleness of man"
Science Schools Journal, Feb 1887
- Temptation Of Harringay, The (1895)
St. James's Gazette, Feb 9, 1895
- Thing In No. 7, The
Pall Mall Budget Oct 25, 1894
- Through A Window - see At A Window
- Thumbmark, The
Pall Mall Budget Jun 28, 1894
- Treasure In The Forest, The
Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, The
Pall Mall Budget, Mar 3, 1894
- Truth About Pyecraft, The
The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Ugh-Lomi And Uya
The Idler, May 1897; published as part of "A Story Of The Stone Age"
(qv)
- Underneath
The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899; published as part of "A Story Of
Days To Come" (qv)
- Under The Knife - see Slip Under The Knife
- Vacant Country, The
The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1897; published as part of "A Story Of
Days To Come" (qv)
- Valley Of Spiders, The
Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- Vision Of Judgment, A
The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- Vision Of The Past, A
Science Schools Journal, Jun 1887
- Walcote
Science Schools Journal, 1898
- Wayde's Essence
The New Budget, Apr 18, 1895
- Ways Of The City, The
The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1897; published as part of "A Story Of
Days To Come" (qv)
Annotated H.G. Wells, The (1996-2007) - 9 volumes
Edited and annotated by Leon Stover
McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC
- The Time Machine - An Invention:
A critical text of the 1895 London first edition (1996)
- The Island of Doctor Moreau:
A critical text of the 1896 London first edition (1996)
- The Invisible Man - A Grotesque Romance:
A critical text of the 1897 New York first edition (1998)
- The War Of The Worlds:
A critical text of the 1898 London first edition (2001)
- When The Sleeper Wakes:
A critical text of the 1899 New York and London first edition (2000)
- The First Men In The Moon:
A critical text of the 1901 London first edition (1998)
- The Sea Lady - A Tissue Of Moonshine:
A critical text of the 1902 London first edition (2001)
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles:
A critical text of the 1936 New York first edition (2002)
- Things To Come:
A critical text of the 1935 London first edition (2007)
Best Science Fiction Stories Of H.G. Wells (1966)
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1966
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Strange Orchid, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894, as "The
Flowering Of The Strange Orchid"
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Story Of Davidson's Eyes ("The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's
Eyes"), Pall Mall Budget, Mar 28, 1895
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Sea-Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
Best Stories Of H.G. Wells, The (1960)
Ballantine Books, New York, 1960 and 1963
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Sea-Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
Collector's Book Of Science Fiction By H.G. Wells, The (1978)
Castle Books, Secausus, New Jersey, 1978
Includes original magazine illustrations
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget Aug 16, 1894
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902 as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- Stories Of The Stone Age, consisting of:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- When The Sleeper Wakes, The Graphic Jan-Apr 1899
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
Complete Science Fiction Treasury Of H.G. Wells, The (1978)
Avenel Books, New York, 1978
See "Famous Novels By H.G. Wells"
Complete Short Stories Of H. G. Wells, The - Centenary Edition
(1966)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London 1966
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1987
Contains the same material as "The Short Stories Of H.G. Wells" (1927)
(qv)
Complete Short Stories Of H.G. Wells, The (1998)
J.M. Dent, London, Aug 1998
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000 (SBN: 978-1-84212-402-4)
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 3,
1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Temptation Of Harringay, The St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- The Flying Man, Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1985
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Hammerpond Park Burglary, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of the Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Apple, The Idler, Oct 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Cone, Unicorn magazine, Sep 18, 1895
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance"), Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- The Lost Inheritance, The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic ("The Obliterated Man"), The New
Budget, Aug 15, 1895
- A Slip Under The Microscope, Yellow Book magazine, Jan 1896
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Story Of The Stone Age, consisting of:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902 as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- Mr Ledbetter's Vacation, The Strand Magazine, Oct 1898
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- Mr Brisher's Treasure, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1899
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart, The Queen, Oct 1898
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
- The Pearl Of Love, The Strand Magazine, Jan 1925
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Reconciliation, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 1,
1895, as "The Bulla"
- My First Aeroplane, The Strand Magazine, Jan 1910
- Little Mother Up The Mörderberg, The Strand Magazine, Apr
1910
- The Grisly Folk, The Storyteller, Apr 1921
- A Tale Of The Twentieth Century, Science Schools Journal, May
1887
- Walcote, Science Schools Journal, 1898
- The Devotee Of Art, Science Schools Journal Nov-Dec 1888
- The Man With A Nose, Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 6, 1894
- A Perfect Gentleman On Wheels, The Woman At Home, Apr 1897
- Wayde's Essence, The New Budget, Apr 18, 1895
- A Misunderstood Artist, Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 29, 1894
- Le Mari Terrible, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Rajah's Treasure, Pearson's Magazine, Jul 1896
- The Presence By The Fire, The Penny Illustrated Paper, Aug 14,
1897
- Mr Marshall's Doppelgänger, Gentlewoman Sep 18, 1897
- The Thing In No. 7, Pall Mall Budget Oct 25, 1894
- The Thumbmark, Pall Mall Budget Jun 28, 1894
- A Family Elopement, The St. James's Gazette, Mar 3, 1884
- Our Little Neighbour, The New Budget Apr 4, 1895
- How Gabriel Became Thompson, Truth Jul 26, 1894
- How Pingwell Was Routed, The New Budget, Jun 27, 1895
- The Loyalty Of Esau Common, The Contemporary Review, Feb
1902
- Answer To Prayer, The New Statesman Apr 10, 1937
- The Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper, Ladies Home Journal,
Feb 1932
- Country Of The Blind (revised version), Golden Cockerel Press, London,
1939
Cone - Another Collection Of Horror Stories By H.G. Wells, The
(1965)
Collins Fontana, London, 1965
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- The Apple, The Idler, Oct 1896
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
Country Of The Blind And Other Stories, The (1911)
Thomas Nelson & Sons, London & New York, 1911
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Obliterated Man, The New Budget, Aug 15, 1895, as "The Sad
Story Of A Dramatic Critic"
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- A Slip Under The Microscope, Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart The Queen, Oct 1898
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine, Jun 1903
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
Country Of The Blind And Other Selected Stories, The (2007)
Penguin Classics, London, 2007
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Argonauts Of the Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
Country Of The Blind And Other Science Fiction Stories, The
(1997)
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1997
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper, Ladies Home Journal,
Feb 1932
Critical Edition Of The War Of The Worlds, A (1993)
Indiana University Press, Aug 1993
- The corrected text of the novel (Heinemann 1898), with an introduction
and notes by David Y. Hughes and Harry M. Geduld. Also included are
annotations, maps, commentary on radio and film adaptations, essays on pre-
publication and post-publication treatment of the text, and related
non-fiction pieces by Wells.
Door In The Wall And Other Stories, The (1911)
Mitchell Kennerley, London & New York, 1911
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- A Moonlight Fable ("The Beautiful Suit"), Collier's Weekly, Apr
10, 1909
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
Early Writings In Science And Science Fiction (1975)
(editors: Robert M. Philmus & David Y. Hughes
University of California Press, 1975
- Preface (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes?
- 1. Introduction: Outlines (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- 2. Enormous Repudiations (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- •A Talk With Gryllotalpa (as Septimus Browne), Science Schools Journal, Feb 1887
- •The Rediscovery Of The Unique, The Fortnightly Review, Jul
1891
- •The Flat Earth Again, Pall Mall Gazette Apr 2, 1894
- •The Limits Of Individual Plasticity, The Saturday Review
(UK), Jan 19, 1895
- •On Comparative Theology, The Saturday Review (UK), Feb 12,
1898
- 3. Revisions Of The Future (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- •The Time Machine (7 parts)
- •Part 1. Time Travelling, The National Observer, Mar 17,
1894
- •Part 2. The Time Machine, The National Observer, Mar 24,
1894;
- •Part 3. A.D. 12,203, The National Observer, Mar 31,
1894;
- •Part 4. The Refinement Of Humanity, The National Observer,
Apr 21, 1894
- •Part 5. The Sunset Of Mankind, The National Observer, Apr
28, 1894
- •Part 6. In The Underworld, The National Observer, May 19,
1894
- •Part 7. The Time Traveller Returns, The National Observer,
Jun 23, 1894
- •The Time Machine, The New Review (5 parts);
- •Part 1. The Inventor, The New Review, Jan 1895
- •Part 5. The Further Vision, The New Review, May, 1895
- 4. The Opposite Idea (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- •The "Cyclic" Delusion, The Saturday Review (UK), Nov 10,
1894
- •The Visibility Of Change In The Moon, Knowledge, Oct
1895
- •The Possible Individuality Of Atoms, The Saturday Review
(UK), Sep 5, 1896
- •The Biological Problem Of To-Day, The Saturday Review
(UK), Dec 29, 1894
- •The Rate Of Change In Species, The Saturday Review (UK),
Dec 15, 1894
- •The Duration Of Life, The Saturday Review (UK), Feb 23,
1895
- •Death, The Saturday Review (UK), Mar 23, 1895
- •Concerning Skeletons, The Saturday Review (UK), Jun 27,
1896
- •Another Basis For Life, The Saturday Review (UK), Dec 22,
1894
- 5. Precarious Man (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- •A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- •Zoological Retrogression, The Gentleman's Magazine, Sep
1891
- •On Extinction, Chambers's Journal, Sep 30, 1893
- •Life In The Abyss, Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 9, 1894
- •Intelligence On Mars, The Saturday Review (UK), Apr 4,
1896
- 6. Evolution And Ethics (Robert Philmus & David Y. Hughes)
- •Ancient Experiments In Co-Operation, The Gentleman's
Magazine, Oct 1892
- •Province Of Pain, Science And Art, Feb 1894
- •The Sun God And The Holy Stars, Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 24,
1894
- •Bye-Products In Evolution, The Saturday Review (UK), Feb
2, 1895
- •Bio-Optimism, Nature, Aug 29, 1895
- •Human Evolution, An Artificial Process, The Fortnightly
Review, Oct 1896
- •Morals And Civilisation, The Fortnightly Review, Feb
1897
- A Selective Bibliography Of H.G. Wells's Science Journalism, 1887-
1901
- Index Of H.G. Wells's Writings
- Index Of Names
Empire Of The Ants And 8 Science Fiction Stories, The (1977)
Tempo Books, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1977
Illustrated with black and white plates from the Samuel Z. Arkoff film
"Empire of the Ants"
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
Empire Of The Ants And Other Stories, The (1925)
Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas, 1925, as Little Blue Book No. 925
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
Empire Of The Ants And Other Stories, The (1977)
Scholastic Inc., New York, 1977
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
Empire Of The Ants And Other Short Stories, The (1991)
(bilingual)
Le Livre de Poche, Paris , May 1991
- Preface (Joseph Dobrinsky)
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget Aug 16, 1894
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
- The Pearl Of Love, The Strand Magazine, Jan 1925
Famous Short Stories Of H.G. Wells, The (1929)
The Literary Guild, New York, 1929
See "The Stories Of H.G. Wells"
Favorite Short Stories Of H.G. Wells, The (1937)
Doubleday Doran, New York, 1937
See "The Stories Of H.G. Wells"
First Men In The Moon And Some More Human Stories, The (1925)
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1925
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1925
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Euphemia Papers (22 essays from the collection Certain Personal
Matters
•Thoughts On Cheapness And My Aunt Charlotte
•The Trouble Of Life
•On The Choice Of A Wife
•The House Of Di Sorno
•In A Literary Household
•On Schooling And The Phases Of Mr Sandsome
•The Poet And The Emporium
•The Literary Regimen
•House-Hunting As An Outdoor Amusement
•The Veteran Cricketer
•Concerning A Certain Lady
•The Shopman
•Dunstone's Dear Lady
•For Freedom Of Spelling
•The Theory Of Quotation
•On The Art Of Staying At The Seaside
•The Book Of Essays Dedicatory
•Through A Microscope
•The Pleasure Of Quarrelling
•The Amateur Nature-Lover
•The Mode In Monuments
•How I Died
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart, The Queen, October 1898
Five Great Novels (2004)
Gollancz Ltd, London, 2004
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
Five Great Science Fiction Novels (2004)
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 2004
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of
Literature,
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
Food Of The Gods & The Sea Lady (1999)
Classic Publishers, 1999
Four Complete Novels (1994)
Barnes & Noble, 1994
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
H.G. Wells - Classic Collection I (2010)
Gollancz Ltd, Aug 2010
H.G. Wells - Classic Collection II (2011)
Gollancz Ltd, Aug 2011
H.G. Wells - Complete Short Story Omnibus (2010)
Gollancz Ltd, Aug 2010
H.G. Wells Reader, The (1996)
Courage Books, Philadelphia, 1996
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
H.G. Wells Reader, The (2003)
A Complete Anthology From Science Fiction To Social Satire
Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003
- Introduction (John Huntington)
- Chronology (John Huntington)
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 3,
1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895 excerpts from
chapters 4, 14, 15, and the epilogue)
- The Wheels Of Chance, Today, 1896 (chapters 28-29)
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897 (chapters 5-
7)
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897 (book 1,
chapters 1, 2, 5, 13 amd 17; book 2, chapter 8)
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun 1901
(chapter 6 to the end).
- The Food Of The Gods, Pearson's Magazine, Dec 1903-Jun 1904
(excerpts from chapters 2 and 3)
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- In the Days of the Comet, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897 (book
1; book 2, from chapters 1 and 3; book 3, from chapters 1 and 3, and the
epilogue)
- Tono-Bungay, The English Review, Dec 1908-Mar 1909 (book 2,
chapter 2; book 4, chapter 3)
- The History of Mr. Polly, Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, 1910
- A Note on Sources
- Bibliography
H.G. Wells Science Fiction Treasury, The (1984)
Chatham River Press, New York), 1984
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The First Men in the Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Food Of The Gods, Pearson's Magazine, Dec 1903-Jun 1904
H.G. Wells: Seven Novels (1977)
Octopus Books, London, 1977 and 1985
H.G. Wells Short Stories (1990)
Folio Society, London 1990
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget Aug 16, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of the Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Reconciliation, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 1,
1895, as "The Bulla"
- Little Mother Up The Mörderberg, The Strand Magazine, Apr
1910
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
Island Of Doctor Moreau & The Invisible Man, The (1969)
Heron Books, London, 1969
Inexperienced Ghost, The (1943) (collection)
- 1. The Inexperienced Ghost
- •publisher and other contents not determined
Inexperienced Ghost And Nine Other Stories, The (1965)
Bantam Books, New York, Feb 1965
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902, as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
Obliterated Man And Other Stories, The (1925)
Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas, 1925, as Little Blue Book No. 926
- 1. The Obliterated Man
- •other contents not determined
Land Ironclads, The (1943) (collection)
- 1. The Land Ironclads
- •publisher and other contents not determined
Man With The Nose And Other Uncollected Stories, The (1984)
Athlone Press, London, 1984
- A Tale Of The Twentieth Century, Science Schools Journal, May
1887
- Walcote, Science Schools Journal, 1898
- The Devotee Of Art, Science Schools Journal Nov-Dec 1888
- The Man With A Nose, Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 6, 1894
- A Perfect Gentleman On Wheels, The Woman At Home, Apr 1897
- Wayde's Essence, The New Budget, Apr 18, 1895
- A Misunderstood Artist, Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 29, 1894
- Le Mari Terrible, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Rajah's Treasure, Pearson's Magazine, Jul 1896
- The Presence By The Fire, The Penny Illustrated Paper, Aug 14,
1897
- Mr Marshall's Doppelgänger, Gentlewoman Sep 18, 1897
- The Thing In No. 7, Pall Mall Budget Oct 25, 1894
- The Thumbmark, Pall Mall Budget Jun 28, 1894
- A Family Elopement, The St. James's Gazette, Mar 3, 1884
- Our Little Neighbour, The New Budget Apr 4, 1895
- How Gabriel Became Thompson, Truth Jul 26, 1894
- How Pingwell Was Routed, The New Budget, Jun 27, 1895
- The Loyalty Of Esau Common, The Contemporary Review, Feb
1902
- Answer To Prayer, The New Statesman Apr 10, 1937
- The Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper, Ladies Home Journal,
Feb 1932
- Country Of The Blind (revised version), Golden Cockerel Press, London,
1939
New Accelerator, The (1943) (collection)
- 1. The New Accelerator
- •publisher and other contents not determined
Plattner Story And Others, The (1897)
Methuen & Co., London, 1897
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of the Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Apple, The Idler, Oct 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Cone, Unicorn magazine, Sep 18, 1895
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance"), Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- The Lost Inheritance, The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic ("The Obliterated Man"), The New
Budget, Aug 15, 1895
- A Slip Under The Microscope, Yellow Book magazine, Jan 1896
Red Room And Other Stories, The (1998)
Phoenix, London, May 1998
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget Aug 16, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- How Gabriel Became Thompson, Truth Jul 26, 1894
- How Pingwell Was Routed, The New Budget, Jun 27, 1895
- Pollock And The Porroh, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
Science Fiction (Of H.G.Wells), The, Volume 1 (1995)
J.M. Dent, London, 1995
Phoenix Giant, London, 1995
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
Science Fiction (Of H.G.Wells), The, Volume 2 (1996)
J.M. Dent, London, 1996
Phoenix Giant, London, 1996
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- When The Sleeper Wakes, The Graphic Jan-Apr 1899
- The Shape of Things to Come, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1933
Scientific Romances Of H.G. Wells, The (1933)
Gollancz Ltd, London, 1933
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Food Of The Gods, Pearson's Magazine, Dec 1903-Jun 1904
- In The Days Of The Comet, The Daily Chronicle, 1905-1906
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- Men Like Gods, Hearst's International, Nov 1922; The
Westminster Gazette, Dec 1922-Feb 1923
Select Conversations With An Uncle (Now Extinct) & Two Other
Reminiscences (1895)
John Lane, London, 1895
The Merriam Company, New York, 1895
- 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, Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 29, 1894
- The Man With A Nose, Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 6, 1894
Selected Stories Of H.G. Wells (2004)
Random House ("Modern Library" series), New York, 2004
- Introduction (Ursula K. Le Guin)
- Publication History
- Part 1 - Visionary Science Fiction
- •A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan
1896
- •The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget,
Mar 28, 1895
- •The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- •Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under
The Knife"
- •The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- •The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- •The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- Part Two - Technological and Predictive Science Fiction
- •The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- •In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- •The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- •The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- •A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun
1901
- Part Three - Horror Stories
- •The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6,
1894
- •The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- Part Four - Fantasies
- •The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May
1896
- •The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London
News, Jul 1898
- •The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- •Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London
Magazine, Feb 1903
- •The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14,
1906
- •The Presence By The Fire, The Penny Illustrated Paper, Aug
14, 1897
- Part Five - Fables
- •A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- •Answer To Prayer, The New Statesman Apr 10, 1937
- Part Six - Psycho-Social Science Fiction
- •The Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper, Ladies Home
Journal, Feb 1932
- •The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr
1904
Selected Short Stories (1958)
Penguin Books Ltd, London, 1958
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- In The Abyss. Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- The Grisly Folk, The Storyteller, Apr 1921
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
Selected Works By H.G. Wells (1977)
Littlehampton Book Services (LBS), 1977
See "Seven Famous Novels By H.G. Wells"
Seven Famous Novels By H.G. Wells (1934)
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1934
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1950 as "Seven Science Fiction
Novels"
Octopus Books, London, 1977, as "H.G. Wells: Seven Novels"
Avenel Books, New York, 1978, as "The Complete Science Fiction Treasury Of
H.G. Wells"
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The First Men In The Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
- The Food Of The Gods, Pearson's Magazine, Dec 1903-Jun 1904
- In The Days Of The Comet, The Daily Chronicle, 1905-1906
Seven Science Fiction Novels
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1950
See "Seven Famous Novels By H.G. Wells"
Seven Stories (By H.G. Wells) (1953)
Oxford University Press, 1953
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902, as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Purple Pileus, Black &Amp; White, Dec 1896
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
Short Stories Of H.G. Wells, The (1927)
Ernest Benn Ltd, London, Jan 1927
Doubleday Doran, New York, 1928
The Literary Guild, New York, 1929, as "The Famous Short Stories Of H.G.
Wells"
Doubleday Doran, New York, 1937, as "The Favorite Short Stories Of H.G.
Wells"
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- A Vision Of Judgement, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Pearl Of Love, The Strand Magazine, Jan 1925
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Budget, Mar 3,
1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Temptation Of Harringay, I≫St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- The Flying Man, Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1985
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Hammerpond Park Burglary, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Sea-Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance"), Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- The Lost Inheritance, The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic ("The Obliterated Man"), The New
Budget, Aug 15, 1895
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- The Reconciliation, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 1,
1895, as "The Bulla"
- My First Aeroplane, The Strand Magazine, Jan 1910
- Little Mother Up The Mörderberg, The Strand Magazine, Apr
1910
- The Grisly Folk, The Storyteller, Apr 1921
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Story Of The Stone Age, consisting of:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902, as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- Mr Ledbetter's Vacation, The Strand Magazine, Oct 1898
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- Mr Brisher's Treasure, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1899
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart, The Queen, Oct 1898
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
Sleeper Awakes, The & Men Like Gods (1930)
Odhams Press, London, 1930
Stolen Bacillus And Other Incidents, The (1895)
Methuen & Co., London, 1895
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 3,
1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Temptation Of Harringay, The St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- The Flying Man, Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1985
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Hammerpond Park Burglary, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
Tales Of Life And Adventure (1923)
W. Collins & Co., London, 1923
- The Lord of the Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Argonauts of the Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- The Hammerpond Park Burglary, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- The Lost Inheritance, The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- Mr Ledbetter's Vacation, The Strand Magazine, Oct 1898
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart, The Queen, Oct 1898
- Mr Brisher's Treasure, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1899
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance"), Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- The Obliterated Man, The New Budget, Aug 15, 1895, as "The Sad
Story Of A Dramatic Critic"
- The Flying Man, Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1985
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
Tales Of Life And Adventure/Tales Of Wonder (1969)
Heron Books, London, 1969
Tales Of Space And Time (1899)
Doubleday & McClure Co., New York 1899
Harper Brothers, London, 1900
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Story Of The Stone Age, consisting of:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
Tales Of The Unexpected (1922 )
W. Collins & Co., London, 1922
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Apple, The Idler Oct 1896
- The Temptation Of Harringay, St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902 as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
Tales Of Wonder (1923)
W. Collins & Co., London, 1923
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Budget, Mar 3,
1894
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White, Dec 1896
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- A Vision Of Judgment, The Butterfly, Sep 1899
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Beautiful Suit Collier's Weekly, Apr 10, 1909, as "A
Moonlight Fable"
Thirty Strange Stories (1897)
Edward Arnold, New York, 1897
Carroll & Graf, New York, 1998, with an introduction by Stephen Jones
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- A Moth - Genus Novo, Pall Mall Budget, Mar 28, 1895, as "The
Moth"
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Reconciliation, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 1,
1895, as "The Bulla"
- A Slip Under The Microscope, Yellow Book magazine, Jan 1896
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Triumphs Of A Taxidermist, Pall Mall Budget, Mar 3,
1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- The Rajah's Treasure, Pearson's Magazine, Jul 1896
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- The Purple Pileus, Black & White magazine, Dec 1896
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- Le Mari Terrible, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Apple, The Idler, Oct 1896
- The Sad Story Of A Dramatic Critic ("The Obliterated Man"), The New
Budget, Aug 15, 1895
- The Jilting Of Jane, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 12, 1894
- The Lost Inheritance, The Pocket Magazine, Sep 1896
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Sea Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- In The Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story ("A Bardlet's
Romance"), Truth, Mar 8, 1894
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Treasure In The Forest, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 23, 1894
Three Novels Of The Future (1979)
Doubleday, New York, 1979
- Introduction by Isaac Asimov
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The War of the Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
Three More Novels Of The Future (1981)
Doubleday, New York, 1981
- Introduction by Isaac Asimov
- The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Saturday Review of Literature,
Jan 1895
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The First Men in the Moon, The Cosmopolitan, Nov 1900-Jun
1901
Three Prophetic Science Fiction Novels Of H.G. Wells
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1960
- When The Sleeper Wakes, The Graphic Jan-Apr 1899
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
Time Machine And Other Stories, The (1946)
Penguin Books, London, 1946
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- A Deal In Ostriches, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 20, 1894
- Through A Window, Black And White, Aug 25, 1894, as "At A
Window"
- The Flying Man, Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 4, 1985
- The Diamond Maker, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 16, 1894
- The Lord Of The Dynamos, Pall Mall Budget, Sep 6, 1894
- The Hammerpond Park Burglary, Pall Mall Budget, Jul 5, 1894
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Cone, Unicorn, Sep 18, 1895
- A Catastrophe, The New Budget, Apr 4, 1895
- A Slip Under The Microscope, The Yellow Book, Jan 1896
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
Time Machine And Other Stories, The (1963)
Scholastic Inc., New York, Sep 1963
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
Time Machine & The First Men In The Moon, The (1969)
Heron Books, London, 1969
Time Machine & The Invisible Man, The (1969)
Childrens Press, Chicago, 1969
Time Machine, The Invisible Man, & The War Of The Worlds, The
(1980)
The Franklin LIbrary, Pennsylvania, 1980
Longmeadow Press/Kingsport Press, Stamford, CT, 1983
Time Machine & The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The (1953)
Pan Books, London, 1953
Time Machine & The War Of The Worlds, The (1999)
(Millenium, London, 1999)
Truth About Pyecraft And Other Short Stories, The (1943)
Polybooks, London, 1943
- 1. The Truth About Pyecraft
- •other contents not determined
Twelve Stories And A Dream (1903)
Macmillan & Co., London, 1903
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1905
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Mr Skelmersdale In Fairyland, The Harmsworth London Magazine,
Feb 1903
- The Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost ("The Inexperienced Ghost), The
Strand Magazine, March 1902
- Jimmy Goggles The God, The Graphic, Dec 1898
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- Mr Ledbetter's Vacation, The Strand Magazine, Oct 1898
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- Mr Brisher's Treasure, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1899
- Miss Winchelsea's Heart, The Queen, Oct 1898
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
Twenty-Eight Science Fiction Stories (1952)
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1952
- Aepyornis Island, Pall Mall Budget, Dec 27, 1894
- The Argonauts Of The Air, Phil May's Annual, Dec 1895
- The Country Of The Blind, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1904
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- A Dream Of Armageddon, Black & White, May-Jun 1901
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- Filmer, The Graphic, Dec 1901
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Land Ironclads, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1903
- The Magic Shop, The Strand Magazine Jun 1903
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Illustrated London News,
Jul 1898
- Men Like Gods &Middot; N. Hearst's International Nov '22
- The New Accelerator, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1901
- The Plattner Story, The New Review, Apr 1896
- The Remarkable Case Of Davidson's Eyes, Pall Mall Budget, Mar
28, 1895, as "The Story Of Davidson's Eyes"
- The Sea-Raiders, The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement, Dec 6,
1896
- The Star, The Graphic, Dec 1897
- Star Begotten &Middot; N. New York: Viking, 1937
- The Stolen Bacillus, Pall Mall Budget, Jun 21, 1894
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- A Story Of The Days To Come, consisting of:
•The Cure For Love, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jun 1899
•The Vacant Country, The Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1899
•The Ways Of The City, The Pall Mall Magazine, Aug 1899
•Underneath, The Pall Mall Magazine, Sep 1899
•Bindon Intervenes, The Pall Mall Magazine, Oct 1899
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- A Story Of The Stone Age, consisting of:
•Ugh-Lomi And Uya, The Idler, May 1897
•The Cave Bear, The Idler, Jun 1897
•The First Horseman, The Idler, Jul 1897
•The Reign Of Uya The Lion, The Idler, Aug 1897
•The Fight In The Lion's Thicket, The Idler, Sep 1897
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
- Under The Knife, The New Review, Jan 1896, as "Slip Under The
Knife"
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
Valley Of Spiders And Other Stories, The (1931)
Haldeman-Julius, Girard, Kansas, 1931, as Little Blue Book No. 1662
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Temptation Of Harringay, St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902, as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
Valley of the Spiders, The (1966) (collection)
Fontana Books, London, 1966
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Empire Of The Ants, The Strand Magazine, Dec 1905
- The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid ("The Strange Orchid"), Pall
Mall Budget, Aug 2, 1894
- The Moth, Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 28, 1895, as "A Moth - Genus
Novo"
- Pollock And The Porroh Man, The New Budget, May 23, 1895
- The Stolen Body, The Strand Magazine, Nov 1898
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Door In The Wall, The Daily Chronicle, Jul 14, 1906
- The Temptation Of Harringay, The St. James's Gazette, Feb 9,
1895
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Inexperienced Ghost, The Strand Magazine, Mar 1902 as "The
Story Of The Inexperienced Ghost"
War In The Air, In The Days Of The Comet, & The Food Of The Gods,
The (1963)
Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 1963
War Of The Worlds & The Invisible Man, The (1962)
Washington Square Press, New York, 1962
Peerage Press, London, 1987
War Of The Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The
(1983)
Octopus Books, London, 1983)
War Of The Worlds & The Time Machine, The (1956)
Globe Book Co., New York, 1956
Dolphin Books, New York, 1961
War Of The Worlds, The Time Machine & Selected Short Stories
(1963)
Platt & Monk, New York, 1963
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The Crystal Egg, The New Review, May 1897
- The Story Of The Late Mr Elvesham, The Idler, May 1896
- The Red Room ("The Ghost Of Fear", The Idler, Mar 1896
- The Valley Of Spiders, Pearson's Magazine, Mar 1903
- In The Abyss, Pearson's Magazine, Aug 1, 1896
- In The Avu Observatory, Pall Mall Budget, Aug 9, 1894
- The Truth About Pyecraft, The Strand Magazine, Apr 1903
Works Of H.G. Wells, The (1924-1927) (28 volumes)
T. Fisher Unwin, London, Atlantic edition, 1924-1927
- The Time Machine; The Wonderful Visit; Other Stories (1924)
- The Island Of Doctor Moreau; The Sleeper Awakes (1924)
- The Invisible Man; The War Of The Worlds
- Anticipations; Other Papers
- The Food Of The Gods; The Sea Lady
- The First Men In The Moon And Some More Human Stories
- The Wheels Of Chance; Love And Mr. Lewisham
- Kipps
- A Modern Utopia And Other Discussions
- In The Days Of The Comet, And Seventeen Short Stories.
- The Undying Fire And Philosophical & Theological Speculations
- Tono-Bungay
- Ann Veronica; Boon
- The New Macchiavelli
- Marriage
- The Wife Of Sir Isaac Harman; Socialism And The Family
- The History Of Mr. Polly; Bealby
- The Passionate Friends; Three Essays
- The Research Magnificent
- The War In The Air; Other War Forebodings
- The World Set Free; Other War Papers
- Mr Britling Sees It Through
- Joan And Peter
- Joan And Peter (continued); The Story Of A Great Schoolmaster.
- The Soul Of A Bishop. The Secret Places Of The Heart
- A Volume Of Journalism
- The History Of The World
- Men Like Gods; The Dream (1927)
Works Of H.G. Wells, The (1994)
Longmeadow Press, Stamford, CT ,1994
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Invisible Man, Pearson's Weekly, Jun-Jul 1897
- The Time Machine, The New Review, Jan-May 1895
- The War Of The Worlds, Pearson's Magazine, Apr-Dec 1897
- '42 To '44: A Contemporary Memoir (1944)
Full title: '42 to '44 A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During
The Crisis of The World Revolution Secker & Warburg, London, 1944
- After Democracy (1932)
Subtitle: Addresses And Papers On The Present World Situation
Watts & Co, London, 1932
- Anatomy Of Frustration - A Modern Synthesis, The (1936)
Harper's Magazine, Apr-Jun 1936
The Cresset Press, London, 1936
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1936
- • What All Men Seek
- • Towards The Next Beginning
- • Why We Are Frustrated
- Anticipations Of The Reaction Of Mechanical And Scientific
Progress... (1902)
Chapman & Hall Ltd, London, 1902
Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1902
- • Locomotion In The Twentieth Century
- • The Probable Diffusion Of Great Cities
- • Developing Social Elements
- • Certain Social Reactions
- • The Life-History Of Democracy
- • War In The Twentieth Century
- • The Conflict Of Languages
- • The Larger Synthesis
- • Faith, Morals, And Public Policy In The Twentieth Century
- Certain Personal Matters (1897)
Heinemann, London, 1897
Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, London, 1898
- • Thoughts On Cheapness And My Aunt Charlotte
- • The Trouble Of Life
- • On The Choice Of A Wife
- • The House Of Di Sorno
- • Of Conversation
- • In A Literary Household
- • On Schooling And The Phases Of Mr. Sandsome
- • The Poet And The Emporium
- • The Language Of Flowers
- • The Literary Regimen
- • House-Hunting As An Outdoor Amusement
- • Of Blades And Bladery
- • Of Cleverness
- • The Pose Novel
- • The Veteran Cricketer
- • Concerning A Certain Lady
- • The Shopman
- • The Book Of Curses
- • Dunstone's Dear Lady
- • Euphemia's New Entertainment
- • For Freedom Of Spelling
- • Incidental Thoughts On A Bald Head
- • Of A Book Unwritten
Pall Mall Gazette, Nov 6, 1893, as "The Man Of The Year
Million"
- • The Extinction Of Man
Pall Mall Gazette, Sep 25, 1894
- • The Writing Of Essays
- • The Parkes Museum
- • Bleak March In Epping Forest
- • The Theory Of Quotation
- • On The Art Of Staying At The Seaside
- • Concerning Chess
- • The Coal-Scuttle
- • Bagarrow
- • The Book Of Essays Dedicatory
- • Through A Microscope
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 31, 1894
- • The Pleasure Of Quarrelling
- • The Amateur Nature-Lover
- • From An Observatory
Saturday Review, Dec 1, 1894
- • The Mode In Monuments
- • How I Died
- Common Sense Of War And Peace, The (1940)
Subtitle: World Revolution Or War Unending
Penguin Books, London, 1940
- Conquest Of Time, The (1942)
Watts & Co, London, 1942
Written as a sequel to First And Last Things (1909)
- • Time Disgorges
- • What An Individual Is
- • The Fear Of Death
- • The Exaggeration Of Pain
- • The Fear Of The Dead
- • The Fundamental Question Of Philosophy: The One And The
Many
- • The Difference Between Mutations And Mental Adaptations
- • The Individual Life Is Not A Tale Told By An Idiot.
- • After Man
- • The Religion Of The New Man
- Correspondence Of H.G. Wells, The (1998)
Pickering & Chatto, London, 1998
- • Volume 1: 1880-1903
- • Volume 2: 1904-1918
- • Volume 3: 1919-1934
- • Volume 4: 1935-1946
- Contains 2,800 letters. Letters currently available in other scholarly
editions (such as those to George Bernard Shaw and Arnold Bennett) have
been excluded, except where their inclusion seemed essential. Wells's
private correspondence extends from letters to President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, and Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and A.J. Balfour to
persons such as 'Mark Benney', who wrote novels based on his life in the
slums and his time in prison. There is rich correspondence too with his
many female friends and lovers, among them Rebecca West, Eileen Power,
Gertrude Stein, Marie Stopes, Lillah MacCarthy and Dorothy Richardson. Some
of his most powerful letters on the controversies of free love, socialism,
birth control, the Fabian Society, and the nature of the curriculum of the
new London University in the 1890s are included.
- Crux Ansata (1943)
Subtitle: An Indictment Of The Roman Catholic Church
Penguin Books, London, 1943
- This book contains information about the Roman Catholic Church to which
Wells became privy during his tenure as Minister of Allied Propaganda. It
triggered an outcry from the Roman Catholic press, which accused him of
spreading half-truths, innuendoes and logical fallacies.
- Discovery Of The Future, The (1902)
Subtitle: A Discourse Delivered To The Royal Institution On January 24,
1902
T. Fisher Unwin, 1902
- • Author's Preface
- • Introduction by C.C. Martindale, S.J.
- • Faith: Its Nature, Legitimacy, Origin
- • God And Revelation
- • The Christian Revelation: Jesus
- • The Testimony Of Jesus
- • Conclusion
- Divorce As I See It (1930)
Douglas, London, 1930
Co-contributor; the other contributors were: Bertrand Russell, Fannie
Hurst, Theodore Dreiser, Warrick Deeping, Rebecca West, André
Maurois and Lion Feuchtwanger
- Elements Of Reconstruction, The (1916)
A series of articles first published in The Times under the
pseudonym "D.P."
Nisbet & Co., London, 1916
- Science In Education And Industry
- Scientific Agriculture And The Nation's Food
- The Long View And Labour
- Problems Of Political Adaptation
- An Imperial Constitution
- Higher Education In The Empire
- Englishman Looks At The World, An (1914)
Cassell & Co., London, 1914
- • The Coming Of Blériot
- • My First Flight
- • Off The Chain
- • Of The New Reign
- • Will The Empire Live?
- • The Labour Unrest (first published as a pamphlet in 1912)
- • The Great State
- • 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 (first published as a
pamphlet in 1907)
- • Divorce
- • The Schoolmaster And The Empire
- • The Endowment Of Motherhood
- • Doctors
- • An Age Of Specialisation
- • Is There A People?
- • The Disease Of Parliaments
Metropolitan Magazine, Mar 1914
- • The American Population
- • The Possible Collapse Of Civilisation
- • The Ideal Citizen
- • Some Possible Discoveries
- • The Human Adventure
- Experiment In Autobiography (1934) - 2 volumes
Subtitle: Discoveries And Conclusions Of A Very Ordinary Brain Since
1866
Victor Gollancz Ltd and The Cresset Press Ltd, London, 1934
Macmillan & Co, New York, 1934
- Floor Games (1911)
Frank Palmer, London, 1911
- • The Toys To Have
- • The Game Of The Wonderful Islands
- • Of The Building Of Cities
- • Funiculars, Marble Towers, Castles And War Games, But Very
Little Of War Games
- Fate Of Homo Sapiens, The (1939)
Subtitle: An Unemotional Statement Of The Things That Are Happening To Him
Now, And Of The Immediate Possibilities Confronting Him
Secker & Warburg, London, 1939
Longmans & Green, New York, 1939, as "The Fate Of Man"
- Begins with a statement of the ecological crisis and then surveys the
"existing forces" that hold man on the road to destruction and prevent him
from taking the road to utopia: Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism,
Nazism, Totalitarianism, the British oligarchy, Shintoism, the New Life
movement, Imperialism, Communism, the American mentality. The conclusion is
that Man will almost certainly fail to adapt to his new environment and
hence pass out of existence
- Fate Of Man, The - see Fate Of Homo Sapiens, The
- First And Last Things - A Confession Of Faith And Rule Of Life
(1908)
Archibald Constable & Co., London, 1908
- • Book 1. Metaphysics
- • Book 2. Of Beliefs
- • Book 3. Of General Conduct
- • Book 4. Some Personal Things
- Frank Swinnerton - Personal Sketches (1920)
Co-written with Arnold Bennett & Grant Overton
George H. Doran Co., New York, 1920
- Future In America - A Search After Realities(1906), The
A series of articles published in Harper's Weekly from Jul 14 to Oct
6, 1906.
Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1906
- • The Prophetic Habit Of Mind
- • Material Progress
- • New York
- • Growth Invincible
- • The Economic Process
- • Some Aspects Of American Wealth
- • Certain Workers
- • Corruption
- • The Immigrant
- • State-Blindness
- • Two Studies In Disappointment
- • The Tragedy Of Color
- • The Mind Of A Modern State
- • Culture
- • At Washington
- • The Envoy
- God The Invisible King (1917)
Cassell, London, 1917
Macmillan & Co, New York, 1917
- • 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
- Great Thoughts From H.G. Wells (1912)
Dodge Publishing Company, New York, 1912
- Guide To The New World (1941)
Subtitle: A Handbook Of Constructive World Revolution
Victor Gollancz, London, 1941
- Happy Turning, The (1945)
Subtitle: A Dream Of Life
William Heinemann, London, 1945
- • How I Came To The Happy Turning
- • Suppressions And Symbolism In Dreamland
- • Compensation Beyond The Happy Turning
- • The Holy Carnival
- • Jesus Of Nazareth Discusses His Failure
- • The Architect Plans The World
- • Miracles, Devils And The Gadarene Swine
- • A Hymn Of Hate Against Sycamores
- • The Divine Timelessness Of Beautiful Things
- H.G. Wells In Nature, 1893-1946 (2008)
Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2008
A collection of articles published in Nature between 1893 and 1946,
compiled and edited by John S. Partington. In addition to Wells' writings,
the collection includes all of the reviews of his works published by
Nature, and all of the journal's reports about him.
- Honours Physiography (1893) (co-written with R.A. Gregory)
Joseph Hughes & Co, London, 1893
- Idea Of A League Of Nations, The (1919)
Subtitle: Prolegomena To The Study Of World-Organisation
Prepared in collaboration with Viscount Edward Grey, Lionel Curtis, William
Archer, H. Wickham Steed, A.E. Zimmern, J.A. Spender, Viscount Bryce and
Gilbert Murray for the Research Committee of the League of Nations
Union
The Atlantic Monthly, Jan and Feb 1919
The Oxford University Press, 1919, as a booklet
- In The Fourth Year - Anticipations Of A World Peace (1918)
Chatto & Windus, London, 1918
- • The Way To Concrete Realization
- • The League Must Be Representative
- • The Necessary Powers Of The League
- • The Labour View Of Middle Africa
- • Getting The League Idea Clear In Relation To Imperialism
- • The War Aims Of The Western Allies Compactly Stated
- • The Future Of Monarchy
- • The Plain Necessity For A League
- • Democracy
- • The Recent Struggle For Proportional Representation In Great
Britain
- • The Study And Propaganda Of Democracy
- Little Wars (1913)
- • Of The Legendary Past
- • The Beginnings Of Modern Little Warfare
- • 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
- • The Battle Of Hook's Farm
- • Extensions And Amplifications Of Little War
- • Ending With A Sort Of Challenge
- • Appendix - Little Wars And Kriegspiel
- Mankind In The Making (1903)
Chapman & Hall, London, 1903
- • The New Republic
- • The Problem Of The Birth Supply
- • Certain Wholesale Aspects Of Man-Making
- • The Beginnings Of The Mind And Language
- • The Man-Making Forces Of The Modern State
- • Schooling
- • Political And Social Influences
- • The Cultivation Of The Imagination
- • The Organization Of The Higher Education
- • Thought In The Modern State
- • The Man's Own Share
- Mind At The End Of Its Tether (1945)
William Heinemann, London, 1945
- Modern Russian And English Revolutionaries (1942) - with Lev
Uspensky
Subtitle: A Frank Exchange Of Ideas Between Commander Lev Uspensky, Soviet
Writer, And H.G. Wells, D.Lit., London, (s.n.), 1942
- • Open Letter To H.G. Wells From Lev Uspensky
- • Reply from Wells to Uspensky
- • The Rights Of Man As An Individual And His Duty As A
Citizen
- Mr Belloc Objects To "The Outline Of History" (1926)
Watts & Co., London, 1926
George H. Doran Company, New York, 1926
- • Mr. Belloc's Arts Of Controversy
- • The Theory Of Natural Selection Stated
- • Mr. Belloc As A Specimen Critic Of Natural Selection
- • Mr. Belloc's Adventures Among The Sub-Men
- • Fixity Or Progress
- New America - The New World, The (1935)
Serialised in Colliers Weekly, May-Jun 1935
The Cresset Press, London, 1935
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1935
- New Russia, The (1931) - co-contributor
Faber & Faber, London, 1931
A collection of talks about Russia broadcast by the BBC
- New Teaching Of History, The
Subtitle: With A Reply To Some Recent Criticisms Of The Outline Of
History
Cassell & Co., London, 1921
- New World Order, The (1939)
Subtitle: Whether It Is Obtainable, How It Can Be Attained, And What Sort
Of World A World Of Peace Will Have To Be
Secker & Warburg, London, 1940
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1940
- New Worlds for Old - A Plain Account Of Modern Socialism
(1913)
Archibald Constable & Co, London, 1908
- • The Good Will In Man
- • The Fundamental Idea Of Socialism
- • The First Main Generalization Of Socialism
- • The Second Main Generalization Of Socialism
- • The Spirit Of Gain And The Spirit Of Service
- • Would Socialism Destroy The Home?
- • Would Modern Socialism Abolish All Property?
- • The Middle-Class Man, The Business Man, And Socialism
- • Some Common Objections To Socialism
- • Socialism A Developing Doctrine
- • Revolutionary Socialism
- • Administrative Socialism
- • Constructive Socialism
- • Some Arguments Ad Hominem
- • The Advancement Of Socialism.
- Open Conspiracy - Blue Prints For A World Revolution, The
(1928)
Gollancz, London, 1928
Heinemann, London, 1931 (revised), as "What Are We To Do With Our
Lives?"
- • The Present Crisis In Human Affairs
- • The Idea Of The Open Conspiracy
- • We Have To Clear And Clean Up Our Minds
- • The Revolution In Education
- • Religion In The New World
- • Modern Religion Is Objective
- • What Mankind Has To Do
- • Broad Characteristics Of A Scientific World Commonweal
- • No Stable Utopia Is Now Conceivable
- • The Open Conspiracy Is Not To Be Thought Of As A Single
Organization; It Is A Conception Of Life Out Of Which Efforts,
Organizations, And New Orientations Will Arise
- • Forces And Resistances In The Great Modern Communities Now
Prevalent, Which Are Antagonistic To The Open Conspiracy. The War With
Tradition
- • The Resistances Of The Less Industrialized Peoples To The Drive
Of The Open Conspiracy
- • Resistances And Antagonistic Forces In Our Conscious And
Unconscious Selves
- • The Open Conspiracy Begins As A Movement Of Discussion,
Explanation, And Propaganda
- • Early Constructive Work Of The Open Conspiracy
- • Existing And Developing Movements Which Are Contributory To The
Open Conspiracy And Which Must Develop A Common Consciousness. The Parable
Of Provinder Island
- • The Creative Home, Social Group, And School: The Present Waste
Of Idealistic Will
- • Progressive Development Of The Activities Of The Open
Conspiracy Into A World Control And Commonweal: The Hazards Of The
Attempt
- • Human Life In The Coming World Community
- Outline Of History, The - Being A Plain History Of Life And Mankind
(1919-1920)
George Newnes Ltd, London, as a 24-part series published fortnightly in
magazine form from Nov 1919 to Nov 1920
- • Issue 01 - The Making Of Our World
- • Issue 02 - The Making Of Man
- • Issue 03 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 04 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 05 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 06 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 07 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 08 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 09 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 10 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 11 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 12 - Christianity Comes Into The World
- • Issue 13 - No Cover Title
- • Issue 14 - Muhammad And Islam
- • Issue 15 - Crusader, Turk And Mongol
- • Issue 16 - Empire Takes To The Seas
- • Issue 17 - Europe Invades America
- • Issue 18 - Monarchs In Their Glory
- • Issue 19 - Republicanism Revives
- • Issue 20 - The Adventure Of Napoleon
- • Issue 21 - The Nationalist Century
- • Issue 22 - The Brewing Of The Great War
- • Issue 23 - The Great War And After
- • Issue 24 - The Next Stage
- Outline Of Man's Work And Wealth, The - see Work, Wealth And
Happiness Of Mankind, The
- Outlook For Homo Sapiens, The (1942)
Secker & Warburg, London, 1942
- An amalgamation and modernisation of two books
- • The Fate Of Homo Sapiens (qv)
- • The New World Order" (qv)
- Phoenix (1942)
Subtitle: A Summary Of The Inescapable Conditions Of World
Reorganization
Secker & Warburg, London, 1942
- Pocket History Of The World, The (1941)
Pocket Books Inc., New York, 1941
- Points Of View (1930)
Allen & Unwin, London, 1930
The texts of radio addresses delivered by Wells and others, including the
composer Walford Davies, the historian and political activist Goldsworthy
Lowes Dickinson, the biologist J.B.S Haldane, the Anglican theologian
William Ralph Inge, and the physicist Oliver Joseph Lodge
- Reshaping Man's Heritage (1944)
Subtitle: Biology In The Service of Man
Co-contributor with J.B.S. Haldane, Julian S.Huxley, W.G. Ogg, J.C.
Drummond and others
Allen & Unwin, London, 1944
A series of BBC talks discussing how, by the use of science, man is
achieving greater freedom and control of his heritage. With an introduction
by H. G. Wells.
- Rights Of Man, The (1940)
Subtitle: What Are We Fighting For
Illustrated (Odham's), Jan 20-Feb 17, 1940 (5 parts)
Penguin Books, London, 1940
- • The Rights Of Man
- • Habeas Corpus
- • The Right To Work And Earn A Living
- • ???
- • A New Map Of The World
- Russia In The Shadows (1920)
Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd., London, 1920
- • Petersburg In Collapse
- • Drift And Salvage
- • The Quintessence Of Bolshevism
- • The Creative Effort In Russia
- • The Petersburg Soviet
- • The Dreamer In The Kremlin
- • The Envoy
- Salvaging Of Civilization (1921), The
Serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, Mar 26-May 7, 1921, The
Macmillan Company, New York, 1921
- • The Probable Future Of Mankind
- • The Project of A World State
- • The Enlargement of Patriotism to A World State
- • The Bible of Civilization
- • The Bible of Civilization
- • The Schooling of the World
- • College, Newspaper and Book
- • The Envoy
- Science And The World Mind
A 63-page pamphlet, The New Europe Publishing Company, London, 1942
- Science Of Life (1929-1930), The
Co-written with Julian S. Huxley and George Philip Wells
Originally published in magazine form (31 fortnightly issues) by The
Amalgamated Press, 1929-1930, then -- bound up as 9 books in 3 volumes --
by The Waverley Publishing Company, 1930
Cassell & Co., London, 1931
Doubleday, Doran & Co., Garden City, New York, 1931
- • The Living Body
- • Patterns Of Life
- • Evolution - Fact And Theory
- • Reproduction, Heredity And The Development Of Sex
- • The History And Adventure Of Life
- • The Drama Of Life
- • How Animals Behave
- • Man's Mind And Behaviour
- • Biology And The Human Race
- Selections From The Early Prose Works Of H.G. Wells (1931)
University of London Press, 1931
Selected edited by H.A. Treble
- Short History Of Mankind, A (1925) - co-author with E.H.
Carter
Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1925
An adaptation of "A Short History Of The World" (qv) for use in
schools
- Short History Of The World, A (1922)
Cassell & Co, London, 1922
Macmillan Co, New York, 1922
- • The World In Space
- • The World In Time
- • The Beginnings Of Life
- • The Age Of Fishes
- • The Age Of The Coal Swamps
- • The Age Of Reptiles
- • The First Birds And The First Mammals
- • The Age Of Mammals
- • Monkeys, Apes And Sub-Men
- • The Neanderthaler And The Rhodesian Man
- • The First True Men
- • Primitive Thought
- • The Beginnings Of Cultivation
- • Primitive Neolithic Civilizations
- • Sumeria, Early Egypt And Writing
- • Primitive Nomadic Peoples
- • The First Sea-Going Peoples
- • Egypt, Babylon And Assyria
- • The Primitive Aryans
- • The Last Babylonian Empire And The Empire Of Darius I
- • The Early History Of The Jews
- • Priests And Prophets In Judea
- • The Greeks
- • The Wars Of The Greeks And Persians
- • The Splendour Of Greece
- • The Empire Of Alexander The Great
- • The Museum And Library At Alexandria
- • The Life Of Gautama Buddha
- • King Asoka
- • Confucius And Lao Tse
- • Rome Comes Into History
- • Rome And Carthage
- • The Growth Of The Roman Empire
- • Between Rome And China
- • The Common Man’s Life Under The Early Roman Empire
- • Religious Developments Under The Roman Empire
- • The Teaching Of Jesus
- • The Development Of Doctrinal Christianity
- • The Barbarians Break The Empire Into East And West
- • The Huns And The End Of The Western Empire
- • The Byzantine And Sassanid Empires
- • The Dynasties Of Suy And Tang In China
- • Muhammad And Islam
- • The Great Days Of The Arabs
- • The Development Of Latin Christendom
- • The Crusades And The Age Of Papal Dominion
- • Recalcitrant Princes And The Great Schism
- • The Mongol Conquests
- • The Intellectual Revival Of The Europeans
- • The Reformation Of The Latin Church
- • The Emperor Charles V
- • The Age Of Political Experiments; Of Grand Monarchy And
Parliaments And Republicanism In Europe
- • The New Empires Of The Europeans In Asia And Overseas
- • The American War Of Independence
- • The French Revolution And The Restoration Of Monarchy In
France
- • The Uneasy Peace In Europe That Followed The Fall Of
Napoleon
- • The Development Of Material Knowledge
- • The Industrial Revolution
- • The Development Of Modern Political And Social Ideas
- • The Expansion Of The United States
- • The Rise Of Germany To Predominance In Europe
- • The New Overseas Empires Of Steamship And Railway
- • European Aggression In Asia, And The Rise Of Japan
- • The British Empire In 1914
- • The Age Of Armament In Europe, And The Great War Of
1914–18
- • The Revolution And Famine In Russia
- • The Political And Social Reconstruction Of The World
- Socialism And The Family
Fifield, London, 1906
- Contains two papers written by Mr. H. G. Wells. The first was read to
the
Fabian Society in October, 1906, under the title of "Socialism and the Middle
Classes." The second appeared first in the Independent Review.
- Story Of A Great Schoolmaster, The (1924)
Subtitle: Being A Plain Account Of The Life And Ieas Of Sanderson Of
Oundle
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1924
- A biography of the educator Frederick William Sanderson
- • Sanderson the Man
- • The Modernisation of Oundle School
- • The Replacement of Competition by Group Work
- • Re-establishment of Relations between School and Reality
- • Growth of Sanderson shown in His Sermons and Scripture
Lessons
- • The War and Sanderson's Propaganda Reconstruction
- • The House of Vision and the School Chapel
- • The Last Lecture
- Text-Book of Biology (1893)
W.B. Clive & Co., London, 1893
Part I: Vertebrata
Part II: Invertebrates And Plants
- This Misery of Boots (1905)
Text of a lecture delivered to the Fabian Society in Dec 1905
The Independent Review, Dec 1905
- • The World As Boots And Superstructure
- • People Whose Boots Don’t Hurt Them
- • At This Point A Dispute Arises
- • Is Socialism Possible?
- • Socialism Means Revolution
- Travels Of A Republican Radical In Search Of Hot Water
(1939)
Penguin Books, London, 1939
- A collection of speeches delivered by Wells during a journey that
included visits to Australia, India, the Dutch East Indies, Greece and
Rome, and Norway
- Two Hemispheres Or One World
A pamphlet, 1940
- War And Socialism, The (1915)
The Clarion Press, London, 1915
- War And The Future (1917)
(Italy, France And Britain At War)
Cassell & Co, London, 1917
- • The Passing Of The Effigy
The Saturday Evening Post, Nov 25, 1916
- • The War In Italy
- • The Western War
- • How People Think About The War
The Saturday Evening Post, Dec 16, 1916; Jan 6 and Jan 27, 1917
- War That Will End War, The (1914)
Frank & Cecil Palmer, London, 1914
- • Why Britain Went To War
- • The Sword Of Peace
- • Hands Off The People's Food
- • Concerning Mr. Maximilian Craft
- • The Most Necessary Measures In The World
- • The Need Of A New Map Of Europe
- • The Opportunity Of Liberalism
- • The Liberal Fear Of Russia
- • An Appeal To The American People
- • Common Sense And The Balkan States
- • The War Of The Mind
- Washington And The Hope Of Peace (1922)
(Washington And The Riddle Of Peace")
W. Collins Sons & Co., London, 1922
- A collection of 29 articles written about and/or during the Washington
Peace Conference following World War I. It was at this Conference that the
League of Nations was first proposed.
- • The Immensity Of The Issue And The Triviality Of Men
- • Armaments: The Futility Of Mere Limitation
- • The Trail Of Versailles: Two Great Powers Are Silent And
Absent
- • The Unknown Soldier Of The Great War
- • The President At Arlington
- • The First Meeting
- • What Is Japan?
- • China In The Background
- • The Future Of Japan
- • "Security"--The New And Beautiful Catchword
- • France In The Limelight
- • Thus Far
- • The Larger Question Behind The Conference
- • The Real Threat To Civilisation
- • The Possible Breakdown Of Civilisation
- • What Of America?
- • Ebb Tide At Washington
- • America And Entangling Alliances
- • An Association Of Nations
- • France And England -- The Plain Facts Of The Case
- • A Reminder About War
- • Some Stifled Voices
- • India's Place In The World
- • America's Role In World Peace
- • A Shadow On The Earth
- • The New World Spirit
- • Load Of War Debt
- • Brotherhood Of Peoples
- • What A Stably Organised World Peace Means For Mankind
- • Appendix - M. Briand's Speech; Mr. Hughes' Speech
- Way The World Is Going - Guesses & Forecasts of the Years Ahead,
The (1928)
Ernest Benn, London, 1928
Doubleday, Doran & Co., New York, 1929
- A collection of 26 articles and a lecture, including:
- • What Is Fascism? Whither Is It Taking Italy?
- • Is Life Becoming Happier?
- • Some Plain Words To Americans
- • What Is The British Empire Worth To Mankind? Meditations Of An
Empire Citizen
- • The Future Of The Novel. Difficulties Of The Modern
Novelist
- • Experimenting With Marriage - Legal Recognition Of Current
Realities
- • Delusions About World Peace - The Price Of Peace
- • The Silliest Film - Will Machinery Make Robots Of Men? (about
Fritz Lang's film "Metropolis")
- • Outrages In The Defence of Order - The Proposed Murder of Two
American Radicals (about the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti)
- • Democracy Under Revision (a lecture delivered at the Sorbonne
in 1927)
- • Playing At Peace
- Way To The League Of Nations, The (1919)
Subtitle: A Brief Sketch Of The Practical Steps Needed For The Formation Of
A League
Prepared in collaboration with Viscount Edward Grey, Lionel Curtis, William
Archer, H. Wickham Steed, A.E. Zimmern, J.A. Spender, Gilbert Murray,
Ernest Barker, G. Lowes Dickinson, John Hilton, and L.S. Woolf for the
Research Committee of the League of Nations Union
Oxford University Press, 1919
- Wells' Social Anticipations (1927)
Edited by Harry W. Laider
Vanguard Press, New York, 1927
- • Introduction (by H.W. Laider)
- • The Misery Of Boots
- • The Past And The Great State
- • The Discovery Of The Future
- • The Good Will In Man
- • The Fundamental Idea Of Socialism
- • Election Addresses Of 1922
- • The Country Of The Blind
- What Are We To Do With Our Lives - see Open Conspiracy,
The
- What Is Coming? (1916)
Serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, Jan 1-May 13, 1916
Cassel & Co., London, 1916
- • Forecasting The Future
- • The End Of The War
- • Nations In Liquidation
- • Braintree, Bocking, And The Future Of The World
- • How Far Will Europe Go Toward Socialism?
- • Lawyer And Press
- • The New Education
- • What The War Is Doing For Women
- • The New Map Of Europe
- • The United States, France, Britain, And Russia
- • The "White Man's Burthen"
- • The Outlook For The Germans
- Work, Wealth And Happiness Of Mankind, The (1931)
Doubleday Doran, Garden City, New York, 1931
William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1932
Revised version published by Doubleday Doran as The Outline Of Man's
Work And Wealth, 1936
- Volume 1
- • The Object Of This Work And The Way In Which It Has Been
Written
- • How Man Became An Economic Animal
- • How Man Has Learnt To Think And Gain A Mastery Over Force And
Matter
- • The Conquest Of Distance
- • The Conquest Of Hunger - How Mankind Is Fed
- • The Conquest Of Climate - How Mankind Is Clothed And
Housed
- • How Goods Are Bought And Sold
- • How Work Is Organized
- • Why People Work
- • How Work Is Paid For And Wealth Accumulated
- Volume 2
- • The Rich, The Poor, And Their Traditional Antagonism
- • The Role Of Women In The World's Work
- • The Governments Of Mankind And Their Economic And Military
Warfare
- • The Numbers And Qualities Of Mankind
- • The Overflowing Energy Of Mankind
- • How Mankind Is Taught And Disciplined
- • The Outlook Of Mankind
- World Brain - The Idea Of A Permanent World Encyclopaedia
(1938)
Methuen & Co., London, 1938
Doubleday & Co., New York, 1938
- A book of essays and speeches on the future organisation of informarion
and education, including:
- • The Idea Of A Permanent World Encyclopaedia
- • The Brain Organization Of The Modern World
- Year Of Prophesying, A (1924)
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., London, 1924
The Macmillan Company, New York, 1925
A collection of 55 articles that were originally published in newspapers in
1924. The articles cover a broad range of topics. Titles include:
- • The League Of Nations And The Federation Of Mankind
- • Politics As A Public Nuisance
- • Scrapping The Gold Standard
- • The Fantasies Of Mr. Belloc And The Future Of The World
- • Youth And The Vote: The Rejuvenescence Of The World?
- • Olive Branches Of Steel: Should The Angels Of Peace Carry
Bombs?
- • An Open Letter To Anatole France On His Eightieth Birthday
- • Dictators Or Politicians? The Dilemma Of Civilisation
- • The Serfdom Of Ignorance: The Right Of Women To Knowledge
- • The Schools Of A New Age: A Forecast
- • The Triviality Of Democracy And The Feminine Influence In
Politics
- • The Beauty Of Flying
Article descriptions quoted/adapted from Science Fiction Studies, No. 2, DePauw University, Indiana, Fall 1973
- About Telegraphs
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 5 1895
A review of A.L. Ternant's The Telegraph (trans. R. Routledge) in
which the praises the French scientist's book for its wide-ranging
historical exposition of the development of various telegraph systems,
ancient and modern.
- Acquired Factor, The
The Academy, Jan 9, 1897
A review of C. Lloyd Morgan's Habit And Instinct (1896). Morgan
argues that the human body and instincts are no longer evolving. The mental
environment alone evolves. Despite his brute ancestry, man can shape his
world through science, art, and education, and so "cease to be driven, a
dry leaf before the wind."
- A.D. 1900
Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 12 1894
An article in which Wells argues that, in 1900, the giving of a dinner
party or the hanging of a picture may be forbidden by court order if either
is deemed unwholesome by Mrs. Hallelujah, Mr. Peahen, or other guardians of
public morality.
- Advent Of The Flying Man, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 8, 1893
Not to be confused with the short story "The Flying Man", Pall Mall
Gazette, Jan 4, 1895
Portrays the flying man, present and future. The 19th and 20th centuries
witness his fiascos and triumphs. By A.D. 21,000 batlike swarms darken the
evening air, homing to suburban "rookeries" from the dome of St. Paul's.
The flying man holds the future: "Even now the imaginative person may hear
the beating of his wings."
- Ancient Experiments In Co-Operation
Gentleman's Magazine, Oct 1892
The "element of individual competition [in the struggle for existence] is
over-accentuated in current thought" while biological cooperation has been
ignored. Wells gives a few examples of the kind of cooperation he is
referring to, pointing out that man himself "is an aggregate of
[cooperating] amoeboid individuals in a higher unity."
- Angels And Animalculae
Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 9, 1894
A review of J.W. Thomas's Spiritual Law In The Natural World (1894),
which Wells calls "what one may perhaps call the New Theology, theology
'up-to-date.'"
- Angels, Plain And Coloured
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 6, 1893
A catalogue of angels, including: the common white angel of "the oleograph,
the Christmas card, the illustrated good book, and the plaster cast"; the
art angel of "fiery red and celestial blue," "of brightness rather than
sentiment"; and the biblical angel of the Hebrew and of Milton, "a vast
winged strength, sombre and virile."
- Another Basis For Life
The Saturday Review, Dec 22, 1894
In this article Wells argues that certain non-organic elements, such as the
silicon-aluminum cycle, could "afford the necessary material basis for a
quasi-conscious and even mental superstructure." On this basis he envisions
the possibility of silicon-aluminium organisms.
- At The Royal College Of Science
The Educational Times, Sep 1, 1893
A description of the Royal College of Science in which Wells endeavours to
give the reader a student's view of that institution.
- Belated Botanist, A
Pall Mall Gazette, Nov 13, 1894
A review in which Wells characterises E. Sandford, author of A Manual Of
The Exotic Ferns And Selaginella (1894), as "an extreme expression of
the specialist type." Knowing all about the cultivation of ferns, he has
not a suspicion of the findings of botany in the last forty
years—facts of fertilization, reproduction, and
classification—known to "almost any high- school girl."
- Biological Problem Of To-Day, The
Saturday Review, Dec 29, 1894
A brief expository critique of August Weismann's theory of germ plasm,
against which the main objection is that the presumed immortality of germ
cells seems to be another version of the theory that all individuals were
preformed at the beginning of time.
- Bio-Optimism
Nature, Aug 29 1895
A review of The Evergreen by Patrick Geddes et al., in which Wells
rejects Geddes' arguments against the idea that the struggle for existence
is the prime mechanism in evolution: "As a matter of fact Natural Selection
grips us more firmly than it ever did, because the doubts thrown upon the
inheritance of acquired characteristics have deprived us of our trust in
education as a means of redemption for decadent families."
- British Nationalism And The League Of Nations
A pamphlet published by the League of Nations Union, 1918
- Bye-Products In Evolution (1895)
The Saturday Review, Feb 2 1895
"Modification ... involved in the change [designated] A," required for
successful adaptation, brings with it "other consequent changes ... the
directly unserviceable and yet absolutely necessary modifications B, C, and
D"; hence, "a perfectly useless organ" may be just this kind of
"bye-product" and does not necessarily pose an objection to the theory of
natural selection. Wells then goes on to speculate on whether the higher
attributes of mind might be such "bye-products" of evolutionary
adaptation.
- Centre Of Terrestrial Life, The
The Saturday Review, Feb 16 1895
On the basis of the geological theory that continental land masses have
persisted fundamentally unchanged in scope in geological time, Wells
reasons that terrestrial life must have begun in the higher northern
latitudes and "In the struggle for existence between the older and newer
type [i.e., species], generally the newer prevailed and drove the older
southwards."
- Churchill
Colliers, Nov 2, 1940
- Colours Of Animals, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 25 1895
An article on the significance and function of colour in animals. Wells
cites F.E. Beddard's book Animal Colouration (1892) as his main
source.
- Common Sense Of World Peace, The
An address delivered to the Reichstag in 1929
Reprinted in the book After Democracy <1932)
- Concerning Our Pedigree
Gentleman's Magazine, Jun 189
Wells muses, with satirical overtones, on the evolutionary ancestry of man,
which he follows from the anthropoid apes backwards in time.
- Concerning Skeletons
The Saturday Review, June 27 1896
In this article Wells asks why the skeleton is made of phosphate and
carbonate of lime rather than of silica, which would be sturdier and more
durable. He also ask why a skeletal structure has evolved at all, since it
is "not simply explicable as a response to the need for support and
armature". He concedes that these are as yet unanswerable questions, and
suggests "that the line of advance in biology lies now along the path of
physiological chemistry [i.e., biochemistry]."
- Concerning The Nose
The Ludgate, Apr 1896
Light-hearted speculation on the future evolution of the human nose. "The
nose of to-day...is in...a transitory and developing stage. One may imagine
'advanced' noses, inspired with an evolutionary striving towards something
higher, remoter, better..."
- Counsel Of The Dead, The
Harper's Magazine, Oct 1980
- "Cyclic" Delusion, The
The Saturday Review, Nov 10, 1894
In this article Wells notes that the tendency to perceive every process as
cyclical is "woven into the texture of our being." However, he argues,
"many times this perception is of delusive — e.g., one day the sun
will rise for the last time." On the cosmic level, "the main course is
forward, from the things that are past and done with for ever to things
that are altogether new."
- Darwinian Theory, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 1, 1895
A review of A. Milnes Marshall's Lectures On The Darwinian Theory, 4
which Wells considers to be "the clearest modern exposition" for the
general reader. Furthemore, says Wells, "when such dark speculations as
those of Weismannism" are used by the "small fry of science" to belittle
Darwin, Marshall's is "a needful tribute to the memory of the greatest
biologist" of all time.
- Death
The Saturday Review, Mar 23, 1895
Complex organisms are mortal but "death is not inherent in living matter.
Protoplasm may live forever." Nevertheless, "mortal man and the immortal
protozoa have the same barren immortality; the individuals perish, living
on only in their descendants...the type alone persists."
- Democracy Under Revision
A lecture delivered at the Sorbonne on March 15, 1927
Reprinted in the book The Way The World Is Going (1928)
- Discoveries In Variation
The Saturday Review, Mar 9, 1895
A discussion of new biometric studies of variation in species, wherein
Wells observes: "Variation occurs in every direction [i.e., all
possibilities are tried], with complete symmetry; it does not occur in a
definite direction as if it were following some inherent tendency of the
animal to develop in a particular fashion. These minute variations offer a
fair field for natural selection to reject or select."
- Disease Of Parliaments, The
Metropolitan Magazine, Mar 1914
Reprinted in the book An Englishman Looks At The World (1914)
- Diseases Of Trees, The
The Saturday Review, Jan 19, 1895
A review of R. Hartig's book The Diseases Of Trees (1894), together
with a brief discussion of plant pathology.
- Dream Bureau, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Oct 25, 1893
With increasing knowledge of dream-physiology, the time approaches for
investigators "to bring the control of dreaming as a fine art into the
realm of possibilities." We may imagine the dream-addict someday ordering
up a night's supply, of any sort he pleases.
- Decadent Science
Pall Mall Gazette, Apr 5 1894
A negative critique of Henry Pratt's Principia Nova Astronomica
(1894) with its "brand-new" solar system — "a very nice affair, with
a Central Sun, and a Polar Sun, and an Equatorial Sun, over and above the
visible sun of your vulgar astronomers."
- Duration Of Life, The
The Saturday Review, Feb 23 1895
An article about the factors that determine the life span of living
organisms. "The business of the animal seems to be, not to live its own
life, but to reproduce its own kind, and the term of life at its disposal
is adjusted accurately to the special difficulties of this purpose." The
generalisation also applies to man under natural conditions.
- Electricity
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 22 1894
A review of J.A. Fleming's Electric Lamps And Electric Lighting and
R. Mullineux Walmsley's The Electric Current. The one, says Wells,
is a "readable volume" for nontechnical people, the other a second-hand
handbook of batteries, circuitry and "professorial disregard" of "the real
substance of electrical engineering" today — the dynamo.
- End Of The Armament Rings, The
A pamphlet published by the World Peace Federation, New York, 1914
- Excursion To The Sun
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 6, 1894
Discusses Sir Robert Ball's book The Story of the Sun (1893). The
idea of electro-magnetic tides brushing by "our little eddy of planets,"
unsettling our compasses, making solar storms, then passing on to "the
illimitable beyond" is "so powerful and beautiful as to well-nigh justify
that hackneyed phrase, 'the poetry of science'."
- Europe Ten Years From Now
Liberty, Jan 21, 1939
- Extinction Of Man, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Sep 25, 1894
Reprinted with a slight addition in the book Certain Personal
Matters
An article in which Wells points out that the fossil record never shows "a
really dominant species succeeded by it own descendants." Accordingly, he
argues, Man may eventually be displaced by crustaceans, cephalopods, ants,
or even plague bacilli etc., to name only a few possibilities "out of a
host of others."
- Fallacies Of Heredity
The Saturday Review, Dec 8,1894
In this article Wells discusses the differences between the offspring
(including twins) of the same parents, which he finds one of the
fascinating enigmas of heredity.
- Fall In America, The
Collier's, Feb 5, 1938)
- Faults Of A Fabian
A pamphlet printed privately for the Fabian Society, 1906
- Fiction About the Future
Text of a radio broadcast to Australia, Dec 29, 1938
Printed in H.G. Wells's Literary Criticism, Harvester Press,
Brighton, Sussex, 1980.
- Flat Earth Again, The
Pall Mall Gazette Apr 2, 1894
A dialogue in which a "perverse person" challenges a schoolmaster to prove
the earth round. "The point is that you teach things at school as proofs
the world is round that are no more proofs than they are poetry."
- Flint Implements, Old and New
Pall Mall Gazette, Apr 3, 1894
A review of Worthington G. Smith's book Man The Primeval Savage
(1894), which Wells recommends to the general reader for its accounts both
of ancient bones and implements, and of modern forgeries of the same.
- Foretelling The Future
An address delivered to the Australia-New Zealand Association for the
Advancement of Science, December 1938
- Foundation Stone of Civilisation, The
Pall Mall Gazette, May 22, 1894
A cyclist with a tire punctured by flints listens to an old man's
dissertation to the effect that primitive man's use of flintstones was "the
only thing that could engender civilisation."
- From An Observatory
The Saturday Review, Dec 1, 1894
Reprinted in the book Certain Personal Matters
In this article Wells envisages a world with a moon so bright that the
stars are invisible and speculates on the reaction of its inhabitants if
the moon failed and the existence of the stars were revealed. There is a
fear of the night "that comes with knowledge, when we see in its true
proportion this little life of ours."
- Future Of The Monarchy, The
The Penny Pictorial Magazine, May 19 1917
- The Gifts of the New Sciences: H.G. Wells Prophesies
The Strand Magazine, #398, Feb 1924
The American Magazine, Feb 1924
"The coming hundred years or so will mark a revolution in human affairs altogether more profound than that merely material revolution of which our great grandparents saw the early beginnings."
- Good Intentions Of Nature Explained, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 9. 1894
A review of Edith Carrington's Workers Without Wage (1893), a
children's nature book which holds up to "vile" man the "lowly goodness" of
the "affectionate" spider and the "patient" snail. Wells considers that
hiding the cruel aspects of nature from children is bad practice.
- Grant Allen's "Idea Of God"
The Daily Mail, Nov 27, 1897
A review of Grant Allen's book The Evolution Of The Idea Of God
(1897)
- Great State, The - see Past And The Great State, The
- Has The Money-Credit System A Mind?
The Saturday Evening Post, May 5, 1928
- How People Think About The War
The Saturday Evening Post, Dec 16, 1916; Jan 6 and Jan 27, 1917
- Human Evolution - An Artificial Process
Fortnightly Review, Oct 1896
Because he is not as much subject to the rigors of natural selection as,
say, rabbits, "man has undergone...but an infinitesimal alteration in his
intrinsic nature since the age of unpolished stone," especially since
civilization impedes the workings of natural selection. Civilised man is a
composite of the "natural man...the culminating ape" and the "artificial
man...the highly plastic creature of tradition, suggestion, and reasoned
thought"; and save for the "padding of suggested emotional habits" (Wells's
definition of morality), he is no different from the Paleolithic savage.
Wells concludes by saying that "in Education lies the possible salvation of
mankind from misery and sin" entailed by the evolutionary process.
- History Is One
The Saturday Evening Post, May 3, 1919
Published as a pamphlet, Boston, 1919
- Human Evolution - Mr Wells Replies
Natural Science, Apr 1897
In this article Wells defends his position on evolution against objections
raised by F.H. Perry Coste in the preceding issue of Natural
Science. "My interest in these theories [about the nature of man] lies
chiefly in their application... After Darwin it has become inevitable that
moral conceptions should be systematically restated in terms of our new
conception of the material destiny of man."
- Idea Of A World Encyclopedia, The
A lecture delivered to the Royal Institution
Harper's Magazine, Apr 1937
Encyclopédie Française, Aug 1937
Reprinted in the Book World Brain, 1938
- Illusion Of Personality, The
An abridgement of the pamphlet A Thesis On The Quality Of Illusion
(qv)
Nature, Apr 1, 1944
Reprinted privately as a 6-page pamphlet, 1944
- Imperialism And The Open Conspiracy
Criterion Miscellany, No. 3, 1929
- Influence Of Islands On Variation, The
The Saturday Review, Aug 17 1895
"Isolation on islands has played a larger part in the evolution of the
animals and plants than is usually attributed to it" since this isolation,
which according to modern geological findings is intermittent, gives rise
in its periodicity to "an immense number of new species" among which
natural selection takes place whenever the island resumes its connection
with the mainland.
- Informative Content Of Education, The
Text of a presidential address to the Education Section of the British
Association, 1937
- Insects And Flowers
The Saturday Review, Apr 6, 1895
An article about examples of pollination by various insects.
- Intelligence On Mars
In this article Wells argues that if "there has been an evolution of
protoplasm upon Mars, there is every reason to think that the creatures on
Mars would be different from the creatures of earth, in form and function,
in structure and in habit, different beyond the most bizarre imaginings of
nightmare." "No phase of anthropomorphism is more naive than the
supposition of men on Mars."
- In The New Forest
The Saturday Review, Apr 27, 1895
An article about some of the animals to be found in the New Forest.
- Introduction To Frank Swinnerton's "Nocturne"
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1917 (by arrangement with George H. Doran
Co.)
- Labour Ideal Of Education, The
A pamphlet published in 1923 in connection with the London University
general election
- Labour Unrest, The
A pamphlet published in 1912
Reprinted in the book An Englishman Looks At The World (1914)
- Last War, The
Metropolitan Magazine, Oct 1914
- League Of Free Nations, The
The Saturday Evening Post, Nov 23, 1918
- Liberalism And Its Party - What Are We Liberals To Do?
A pamphlet published by the National Unionist Association, 1913
- Life In The Abyss
Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 9, 1894
A review of Sidney J. Hickson's book The Fauna Of The Deep Sea
(1893). Wells discusses some of the discoveries in a field just opening up
and concludes: "our knowledge is in a very pleasant phase; enough to
stimulate the imagination, and not enough to cramp its play."
- Life Of Plants, The
The Saturday Review, Aug 8, 1896
In this article Wells points out that the differences between animals and
plants are not so great as most people imagine. All plants have at least
local motion, with the "lower forms of plant life" moving "as actively as
animal protoplasm"; moreover, the process whereby plants absorb and
assimilate nourishment is not so mechanical as it is usually supposed to
be.
- Limits Of Individual Plasticity, The
The Saturday Review, Jan 19, 1895
"There is in science... some sanction for the belief that a living thing
might be taken in hand and so moulded and modified that at best it would
retain scarcely anything of its inherent form and disposition; that the
thread of life might be preserved unimpaired while shape and mental
superstructure were so extensively recast as even to justify our regarding
the result as a new variety of being." Wells argues in favor of this idea
by using familiar examples, such as those drawn from surgery: "If we
concede the justification of vivisection, we may imagine as possible in the
future, operators, armed with antiseptic surgery and a growing perfection
in the knowledge of the laws of growth, taking living creatures and
moulding them into the most amazing forms."
- Living Things That May Be, The
Pall Mall Gazette, June 12, 1894
A review of J.E. Gore's book The Worlds of Space (1894). Wells
considers the book unimaginative with respect to the possible inhabitants
of other planets, and proposes the existence of silicon-based
extraterrestrial life forms.
- Luminous Plants
Pall Mall Gazette, Aug 25, 1894
A review Anton Kerner von Marilaun's The Natural History Of Plants
(trans. F.W. Oliver, 1894).
- Mammon
Science Schools Journal, Jan 1887
Written under the pseudoym ""Walter Glockenhammer""
Wells's thoughts on two paintings by G.F. Watts, "Mammon" and "Visit To
Aesculapius;" together these canvases "signify...that this nation is, as it
were, two dissevered parts...ease, elegance, and pleasure are floated
to-day on an ocean of toil and ignorance and want."
- Man Of The Year Million, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Nov 6, 1893
Reprinted in Certain Personal Matters (1897) as "Of A Book
Unwritten"
As man evolves, says Professor Holzkopf of Weissnichtwo, "the purely
'animal' about him is being, and must be, beyond all question, suppressed
in his ultimate development." He forecasts the hypertrophy of the organs of
intellect—hands, head, eyes—and the atrophy of the "animal"
organs—nose, external ears, digestive tract. Our descendants,
immersed in nutritive baths deep underground, will survive until the sun
itself burns out.
- Marxism vs Liberalism - An Interview with J.V. Stalin (aka
Stalin-Wells Talk)
A pamphlet, New Century Publishers, New York, Sep 1934
On July 23, 1934, during a visit to the Soviet Union, Wells interviewed
Joseph Stalin. The interview was recorded by Konstantin Umansky, then head
of the Press Bureau of the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs.
- Memorandum On Propaganda Policy Against Germany
Published in G. Stuart's Secrets Of Crewe House, 1920
Reprinted in The Common Sense Of War And Peace, 1920
- Mind In Animals, The
The Saturday Review, Dec 22 1894
In this review of C. Lloyd Morgan's An Introduction To Comparative
Psychology (1894), Wells indicates that he has a higher opinion of
animal intelligence than Morgan: "It may be that Professor Lloyd Morgan's
dog, experimenting on Professor Lloyd Morgan with a dead rat or a bone,
would arrive at a very low estimate indeed of the powers of the human
mind."
- Modern Experiments With Marriage
The New York Times, Jun 26, 1927
- Modest Science, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 19, 1894
A review of H.N. Dickson's book Meteorology - The Elements Of Weather
And Climate (1893). Wells finds it "exceptionally entertaining,"
combining "the most modern conclusions" with accurate folk-knowledge of the
still unpredictable ways of the weather.
- Morals And Civilisation
Fortnightly Review, Feb 1897
In this article Wells argues that "we must needs regard social organization
and individual morality as determining one another."
- More Bacon
Pall Mall Gazette, Jun 22 1894
A review of Orville W. Owens book Francis Bacon's Cypher Story.
Wells describes how Owen pasted up the pages of all of works which have at
one time or another been attributed to Francis Bacon (The Faerie
Queene, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Shakespeare's plays, and all
the rest) and rolled them back and forth on a thousand feet of canvas until
every line mated with a physically distant one to produce a secret history
of Elizabethan profligacy.
- Mosley Outrage, The
A 3-page pamphlet, The Daily Worker, London, 1943
- Mountains Out Of Molecules
Pall Mall Gazette, Nov 29 1894
A critique of Frederick Hovenden's book What Is Heat? A Peek Into
Nature's Most Hidden Secrets (18943). Wells debunks the idea that "heat
is a current of ether running in and out of molecules."
- Mr Wells And Mr Vowles
The New Age, Vol. XXXVM, No. 24, 1926
A letter to the editor in which Wells describes the problems he has in
collaborating with Hugh Pembroke Vowles.
- Mr Wells Appraises Mr Shaw
The New York Times, Nov 13, 1927
- Mr Wells Bombards The Broadcaster
The New York Times, Apr 3, 1927
- Mr Wells Discusses The Modern Novel
The New York Times, Dec 11, 1927
- Mr Wells Explains Himself
A reprint of Wells’s introduction to the Russian edition of his
Collected Works
T.P.'s Magazine, Dec 1911
- Mr Wells Reviews A Current Film
The New York Times, Apr 17, 1927
- Mr Wells States The Price Of Peace
The New York Times, Jun 12, 1927
- New China Stirs The World
The New York Times, Jan 23, 1927
- Newly Discovered Element, The
The Saturday Review, Feb 9 1895
A popularized account of Lord Rayleigh's discovery of argon.
- New Educational Front In England, The
Tomorrow, Nov 1941
- New Optimism, The
Pall Mall Gazette, May 21, 1894
A review of Benjamin Kidd's Social Evolution (1894). Wells doubts
Kidd's belief that nations survive in the struggle for existence by
subordinating intellectual development to "virtue, altruism, and the habit
of self-sacrifice" and questions the use of the term "optimism" for a creed
which gives the future to Anglo-Saxons because they are "so stupid, so
pious, so sentimental."
- New Rights Of Man, The
Haldeman-Julius Publications, Girard, Kansas, 1942
A 30-page pamphlet containing the text of letter to Wells from the Soviet
writer Lev Uspensky, who pictures the ordeal and rescue of humanistic
civilization, H.G. Wells' reply, and his program for liberated
humanity.
- On Comparative Theology
The Saturday Review, Feb 12, 1898
A review of Grant Allen's The Evolution Of The Idea Of God (1897)
and of an anonymous work about the Kabbalah called The Canon (1897).
Wells recommends Allen's book as one "certainly...to be read," but
disagrees with Allen's notion that man could have come in only one way to
the worship of God.
- On Extinction
Chambers's Journal, Sep 3, 1893
The loneliest of pinnacles is man's present triumph. Visions of the future
must include the doom described by Thomas Hood in "The Last Man": "the
earth desert through a pestilence, and two men, and then one man, looking
extinction in the face."
- Origin Of The Senses, The
The Saturday Review, May 9, 1896
A discussion of the evolution of the nose from primitive chemotropic
mechanisms, of the eye from primitive phototropic mechanisms, and of the
ear, as "an organ for translating vibrations into touches."
- Our Job Is To Make A New World
Wells interviewed by Hugh Pilcher The Passing Show, Oct 22,
1932
- Pains Of An Imagination, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Sep 20, 1894
An article in which Wells describes how his restless imagination used to
lead him about as if he were tied by a string and how he tamed it by
becoming a writer.
- Passing Of The Effigy, The
The Saturday Evening Post, Nov 25, 1916
Reprinted in the book War And The Future (1917)
- Past And The Great State, The (1912)
Published as Chapter 1 of the anthology "Socialism And The Great State -
Essays in Construction", Harper & Brothers, New York and London,
1912
Republished as "The Great State" in the collection "An Englishman Looks At
The World" (1914)
- Peace Of The World, The
The New York Times, Feb 21 and 28, 1915 (2 installments)
- Peculiarities Of Psychical Research
Nature , Dec 6 1894
A review of Frank Podmore's book Apparitions And Thought
Transference (1894?; Wells attacks research into occult phenomena as
unscientific because its results cannot be verified by repeated
experiments.
- Playing At Peace
A pamphlet published by the National Council for the Prevention of War,
1927
Reprinted in the book The Way The World Is Going, 1928
- Polyphloisballsanskittlograph, The
Pall Mall Gazette, May 8, 1894
An article spoofing apparatuses of unknown function exhibited by
unintelligible foreigners at Royal Society soirées.
- Popularising Science
Nature, July 26, 1894
In this article Wells criticises how scientists usually go about
popularising science, for example, by using language that is either too
technical or condescendingly simplistic. "Intelligent common people come to
scientific books...for problems to exercise their minds upon... There is a
keen pleasure in seeing a previously unexpected generalisation skilfully
developed."
- Position Of Psychology, The
The Saturday Review, Dec 29, 1894
Wells uses George Trumbull Ladd's book Psychology, Descriptive And
Explanatory (1894) to launch an attack on the state of contemporary
psychology, which he regards as being weighed down by unscientific
assumptions.
- Possible Individuality Of Atoms, The
The Saturday Review, Sep 5, 1896
In this article Wells argues that the fact that oxygen responds in more
than one way to spectroscopic analysis means "that there are two kinds of
oxygen, one with an atom a little heavier than the other. And this opens
one's eyes to an amazing possibility...that, after all, atoms might not be
all exactly alike, that they might have individuality, just as animals
have."
- Problem Of The Troublesome Collaborator, The
Subtitle: An account of certain difficulties in an attempt to produce a
work of collaboration [The Science Of Work And Wealth], and of the
intervention of the Society of Authors therein
Woking, England, 1932; printed privately.
- P.R. Parliament, The
A pamphlet published by the Proportional Representation Society, 1924
Reprinted in the book A Year Of Prophesying (1924)
- Protean Gas, The
The Saturday Review, May 4, 1895
A discussion of the controversy surrounding the discovery of argon.
- Province Of Pain, The
Science and Art, Feb 1894
In this article Wells discusses the gradations of animal and human pain and
concludes that "the province of pain" may be no more than "a phase through
which life must pass on its evolution from the automatic to the
spiritual."
- Pygmy Philosophy
Pall Mall Gazette, Apr 11, 1895
A review of Armand de Quatrefages's book The Pygmies (trans.
Frederick Starr, 1895). Wells criticises the author's efforts "to establish
the high moral standards of these primitive people, and to imply the
primordial elevation of humanity."
- Rate Of Change In Species, The
The Saturday Review, Dec 15, 1894
In this article Wells argues that that the rate of change in species, and
hence their "plasticity," varies in direct proportion to their fecundity
and the span between generations. Thus "The true heirs of the future are
the small, fecund, and precocious creatures... No doubt man is the lord of
the whole earth to-day, but the lordship of the future is another
matter."
- Reasonable Man's Peace, A
A pamphlet published by the National Council of Civil Liberties, 1917
- Reconstruction Of The Fabian Society
A pamphlet printed privately for the Fabian Society, 1906
- Rediscovery Of The Unique, The (1891)
The Fortnightly Review, Jul 1891
Science, by making available the technological means for measuring minute
differences among apparently similar phenomena, substantiates the
contention that "All being is unique, or, nothing is strictly like anything
else."
- Reminiscences Of A Planet
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 15, 1894
A review of Thomas Bonney's book The Story Of Our Planet (1893),
which Wells commends an "able and popular exposition of modern
geology."
- Report
Harper's Magazine, Mar 1973
- Rudis Indigestaque Moles - [A rude and indigested mass
—Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.6. ]
Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 13, 1895
A review of Sir Archibald Geikie's Memoir Of Sir A.C. Ramsay (1895),
in which (according to Wells) one eminent geologist shuffles the life of
another into a detritus "shaken up together and thrown down before the
reader."
- Scepticism Of The Instrument, The
Mind, Jul 1904
A paper delivered to the Oxford Philosophical Society on Nov 8, 1903
Also published (in an abridged and emended form) as an appendix to the book
A Modern Utopia (1905)
Wells mistrusts the uniformity of formal logic because: (1) it classifies
"uniques as identically similar objects" under some term that automatically
accumulates a specious significance thereby; (2) "it can only deal freely
with negative terms by treating them as though they were positive", and (3)
it projects onto the same plane ideas which in fact are stratified at
various levels of meaning and thus renders contradictory notions whose real
relation to one another is complementary. In Wells' universe of uniques,
"ethical, social and religious teaching [come] into the province of
poetry." Since philosophy, too, is self-expression, this essay contains
much autobiographical material.
- Science, In School And After School
Nature, Sep 27 1894
A critique of the predominant approach to teaching science, which
inculcates facts, but not the method of discovery.
- Science Library, South Kensington, The
Pall Mall Gazette, May, 3 1894
An article criticising the cataloguing system of the Science Library of the
Royal College of Science.
- Scientific Research As A Parlour Game
The Saturday Review, Apr 20, 1895
A review of I.W. Heysinger's The Source And Mode Of Solar Energy,
pointing out the author's ignorance in equating solar energy with
electricity and making a general attack on this kind of dilettantism.
- Sequence Of Studies, The
Nature, Dec 27, 1894
Reviews three scientific textbooks which Wells criticises for the absence
"of that progressive reasoning process which is the very essence of genuine
scientific study"—that is, the process of establishing evidence for
why something is a scientific fact.
- Settlement Of The Trouble Between Mr Thring* And Mr Wells
Subtitle: A Footnote to The Problem Of The Troublesome Collaborator
(qv)
1930; printed privately
[* Secretary of the Society of Authors ]
- Sins Of The Secondary Schoolmaster, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 15, Nov 28 and Dec 8, 1894 A three-part
series about the shortcomings of science teaching.
- Six Greatest Men, The
The Strand Magazine, Sep 1922
- So-Called Science Of Sociology, The
A pamphlet published in 1907
Reprinted in the book An Englishman Looks At The World (1914)
- Socialism - 2 parts
Harper's Magazine, Jan-Feb 1912
- Socialism And The Scientific Motive (1923)
Co-operative Printing Society, London, 1923
- Stalin-Wells Talk: The Verbatim Record - see Marxism vs
Liberalism - An Interview with J.V. Stalin
- Strangeness Of Argon, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 15, 1895
An article about the discovery of argon and its properties. "Surely there
are still wonders left in the world, and the healthy discoverer may keep a
good heart yet, though Africa be explored."
- Sun God And The Holy Stars, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Feb 24 1894
In this review of Norman Lockyer's book The Dawn Of Astronomy (1894)
Wells focuses on man's early closeness to the cycles of the sun and the
stars. Now, Wells adds, churches look onto gas-lit streets where "the Great
Democracy circulates for ever" and "the silent and eternal stars are
forgotten."
- Ten Most Important Books In The World, The
John o' London's Weekly, Mar 31, 1923
- Thesis On The Quality Of Illusion, A
Full title: A Thesis On The Quality Of Illusion In The Continuity Of The
Individual Life In The Higher Metazoa, With Particular Reference To The
Species Homo Sapiens
A 38-page pamphlet, C.A. Watts, London), 1944
- This Misery Of Boots (1905)
The Independent Review, December 1905
A lecture delivered to the Fabian Society
- To The Electors Of London University General Election
An address delivered in 1923
- Transit Of Mercury, The
Saturday Review, Nov 24, 1894
An article in which Wells discusses what factors should be taken into
account when observing the planet Mercury as it crosses the sun's
disc.
- Through A Microscope
Pall Mall Gazette, Dec 31, 1894
Reprinted, with revisions, in the book Certain Personal Matters
"All the time these creatures are living their vigorous fussy little lives
in this drop of water they are being watched by a creature of whose
presence they do not dream." "Even so, it may be, the [observer] himself is
being curiously observed."
- Transatlantic Misunderstandings
Liberty, Jan 15, 1938
- Transformation Of War, The
Tomorrow, Jan 1942
- University Of London Election
An electoral letter, 1922
- Utopias
Text of a radio broadcast to Australia, Jan 19, 1939
Printed in Science Fiction Studies, Depauw University, July
1982
- Very Fine Art of Microtomy, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Jan 24, 1894
Describes the preparation of a variety of substances for observation under
the microscope and whimsically envisions a time when the slides prepared in
his time will become collector's items.
- Visibility Of Change In The Moon, The
Knowledge, Oct 1895
An article in which Wells argues that past changes on the lunar surface of
the moon escaped observation not only because they were less noticeable
than changes on the surface of the Earth but also because "the eye that
watched [the moon] was set against the expectation of change."
- Visibility Of Colour, The
Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 7 1895
A review of W. de W. Abney's Colour Vision (1895), "a fairly
exhaustive account of the sensations of colour from the scientific side"
and a work particularly stimulating to "the artist and art critic among
those who find pleasure in untechnical scientific books addressed to the
general reader."
- War And Common Sense
A pamphlet published in 1913
Reprinted in the book An Englishman Looks At The World (1914)
- Walk Along The Thames Embankment, A
A booklet published by the Independent Labour Party, 1923
Reprinted from § 4, Chapter 1 of the New Worlds For Old
(1908)
- Way To World Peace, The
A 31-page pamphlet, Ernest Benn Ltd., London, 1930
- What H.G. Wells Thinks About [James Harvey Robinson's] The Mind
In The Making
New York, 1922; London, 1923
Later revised and reprinted as an introduction to Robinson's book
- What Should Be Done Now?
Subtitle: A Memorandum On The World Situation
A 29-page pamphlet published by John Day Co., New York, 1932
- What To Do When The Martians Come
Harper's Magazine, Nov 1986
- Will Socialism Destroy the Home? (1907)
Independent Labour Party Pamphlet, London, 1907
- World Brain
The Listener, Dec 22, 1937
- World Brain Organization, A
Survey Graphic, Jan 1938
- World, Its Debts, And The Rich Men - A Speech
An address delivered in 1922 in connection with the London University election
- World Brain Organization, A
Survey Graphic, Jan 1938
- World of Tomorrow
The New York Times, Mar 5 1939
An article about the World's Fair in New York
- Yards Sacred And Profane
Pall Mall Gazette, Mar 4 1895
A discussion of Wordsworth Donisthorpe's book A System Of Measures
(1895), with special reference to such "natural" standards as the
hand's-length or the ox's "furrow-long" (furlong).
- Zoological Retrogression
The Gentleman's Magazine, Sep 1891
- Adventures Of Tommy, The
A children's book with illustrations by H.G. Wells
Written in 1898; dedicated to his doctor's daughter
Amalgamated Press, London, 1928
Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1929
- Desert Daisy, The
A humorous comic-strip narrative drawn by Wells at age 12-13
Beta Phi Mu, Urbana, Illinois, 1957 (a facsimile reproduction of the
original MS)
- Stories by Wells have also been published in numerous anthologies,
including:
- · 13 Best Horror Stories Of All Time, The (2002)
- · 5th Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories, The (1970)
- · Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar The Doors (1946)
- · Ascent Of Wonder: The Evolution Of Hard Sf, The (1994)
- · Bedside Book Of Famous British Stories, The (1940)
- · Black Water (1983)
- · Book Of Islands, A (1971)
- · Broadview Anthology Of Victorian Short Stories, The
(2004)
- · Fantasia Mathematica (1958)
- · Fantastic Tales: Visionary And Everyday (1997)
- · Fifty Great Short Stories (1952)
- · Ghosts (1981)
- · Great British Mystery Stories Of The Twentieth Century
(1990)
- · Great Tales Of Horror And The Supernatural (1981)
- · Hauntings: Tales Of The Supernatural (1968)
- · Mammoth Book Of 20th Century Ghost Stories, The (1998)
- · Mammoth Book Of Thrillers, Ghosts And Mysteries, The
(1936)
- · Masters' Choice (1966)
- · Mystery Book, The (1934)
- · Other Side Of The Moon, The (1963)
- · Oxford Book Of Adventure Stories, The (1995)
- · Oxford Book Of English Ghost Stories, The (1986)
- · Oxford Book Of English Love Stories, The (1997)
- · Oxford Book Of English Short Stories, The (1998)
- · Oxford Book Of Modern Fairy Tales, The (1993)
- · Oxford Book Of Science Fiction Stories, The (1992)
- · Pocket Book Of Science Fiction, The (1943)
- · Popular Fiction: An Anthology (1997)
- · Roots Of Evil: Beyond The Secret Life Of Plants (1976)
- · Science Fiction Stories (1988)
- · Second Pan Book Of Horror Stories, The (1960)
- · Treasury Of The Fantastic, The (2001)
- · Wizards Of Odd, The (1996)