Tales of Space and Time

Tales of Space and Time (1899)
by Herbert George Wells

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The author died in 1946, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

TALES OF SPACE AND TIME

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Mr. WELLS has also written the following novels:

Love and Mr. Lewisham.
Kipps.
Mr. Polly.
The Wheels of Chance.
The New Machiavelli.
Ann Veronica.
Tono-Bungay.
Marriage.

Bealby.
The Passionate Friends.
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman.
The Research Magnificent.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through.
The Soul of a Bishop.
Joan and Peter.
The Undying Fire.

The following fantastic and imaginative romances:

The War of the Worlds.
The Time Machine.
The Wonderful Visit.
The Island of Dr. Moreau.
The Sea Lady.
When the Sleeper Wakes.

The Food of the Gods.
The War in the Air.
The First Men in the Moon.
In the Days of the Comet.
The World Set Free.
The Invisible Man.

Numerous short stories collected under the following titles:

The Country of the Blind.
Tales of Space and Time.

The Stolen Bacillus.
The Plattner Story.

Twelve Stories and a Dream.

A series of books on social, religious and political questions:

Anticipations (1900).
Mankind in the Making.
First and Last Things.
New Worlds for Old.

A Modern Utopia.
The Future in America.
God the Invisible King.
The Outline of History.

And two little books about children's play, called:

Floor Games and Little Wars.

TALES OF SPACE
AND TIME

BY

H. G. WELLS

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

1920

COPYRIGHT

Transferred to Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1903
Reprinted 1906, 1920

Contents

PAGE

The Crystal Egg

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1

The Star

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35

A Story of the Stone Age

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59

A Story of the Days to Come

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165

The Man who could Work Miracles

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325