Tales of Space and Time

H. G. Wells

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9783739232119
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

There was, until a year ago, a little and very grimy-looking shop near Seven Dials, over which, in weather-worn yellow lettering, the name of "C. Cave, Naturalist and Dealer in Antiquities, " was inscribed. The contents of its window were curiously variegated. They comprised some elephant tusks and an imperfect set of chessmen, beads and weapons, a box of eyes, two skulls of tigers and one human, several moth-eaten stuffed monkeys (one holding a lamp), an old-fashioned cabinet, a flyblown ostrich egg or so, some fishing-tackle, and an extraordinarily dirty, empty glass fish-tank. There was also, at the moment the story begins, a mass of crystal, worked into the shape of an egg and brilliantly polished. And at that two people, who stood outside the window, were looking, one of them a tall, thin clergyman, the other a black-bearded young man of dusky complexion and unobtrusive costume. The dusky young man spoke with eager gesticulation, and seemed anxious for his companion to purchase the article.

Table of contents

• Tales of Space and Time
• The Crystal Egg
• The Star
• A Story of the Stone Age
• A Story of the Days to Come
• The Man Who Could Work Miracles
• Copyright