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• [5] • Herbert George Wells • (1953) • essay by H. d. R.
• 11 • Introduction (Tales of Life and Adventure) • (1954) • essay by Frank Wells
• 17 • The Stolen Bacillus • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 24 • The Argonauts of the Air • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 37 • In the Modern Vein: An Unsympathetic Love Story • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 48 • A Catastrophe • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 57 • The Lost Inheritance • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 64 • A Deal in Ostriches • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 69 • Through a Window • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 78 • The Flying Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 85 • The Diamond Maker • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 93 • The Hammerpond Park Burglary • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 101 • The Jilting of Jane • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 109 • The Cone • non-genre • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 121 • The Lord of the Dynamos • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 131 • The Treasure in the Forest • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 140 • The Obliterated Man • (1911) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic 1895)
• 149 • A Slip Under the Microscope • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 169 • Jimmy Goggles the God • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 182 • Miss Winchelsea's Heart • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 201 • Filmer • (1901) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 220 • Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 239 • Mr. Brisher's Treasure • (1899) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 251 • Bibliography (Collins Classics) • (1953) • essay by uncredited