CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES

THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS By H.G. Wells 1895

CONTENTS

THE STOLEN BACILLUS

THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID

IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY

THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST

A DEAL IN OSTRICHES

THROUGH A WINDOW

THE TEMPTATION OF HARRINGAY

THE FLYING MAN

THE DIAMOND MAKER

AEPYORNIS ISLAND

THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON’S EYES

THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS

THE HAMMERPOND PARK BURGLARY

A MOTH—GENUS NOVO

THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST

MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH By H. G. Wells 1916 CONTENTS

BOOK I — MATCHING'S EASY AT EASE MR. DIRECK VISITS MR. BRITLING MR. BRITLING CONTINUES HIS EXPOSITION THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MR. DIRECK REACHES A CLIMAX MR. BRITLING IN SOLILOQUY THE COMING OF THE DAY

BOOK II — MATCHING'S EASY AT WAR ONLOOKERS TAKING PART MALIGNITY IN THE WEB OF THE INEFFECTIVE

BOOK III — THE TESTAMENT OF MATCHING'S EASY MRS. TEDDY GOES FOR A WALK MR. BRITLING WRITES UNTIL SUNRISE

NOCTURNE By Frank Swinnerton 1917

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION BY H.G. WELLS

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE