The Stolen Bacillus

H. G. Wells

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9783741211331
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Science Fiction
• Index: Literature

"This again, " said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, "is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera-the cholera germ."The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing, and held a limp white hand over his disengaged eye. "I see very little, " he said."Touch this screw, " said the Bacteriologist; "perhaps the microscope is out of focus for you. Eyes vary so much. Just the fraction of a turn this way or that.""Ah! now I see, " said the visitor. "Not so very much to see after all. Little streaks and shreds of pink. And yet those little particles, those mere atomies, might multiply and devastate a city! Wonderful!"

Table of contents

• The Stolen Bacillus
• 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
• Copyright