General Editor's Preface p. v
Preface p. xiii
Acknowledgments p. xv
Introduction p. 1
1 Unsigned Notice, 'A Man of Genius', Review of Reviews p. 33
The Time Machine p. 33
2 Unsigned Review in Spectator R. H. Hutton p. 34
3 Unsigned Review, Daily Chronicle p. 38
4 Israel Zangwill on Time-Travelling p. 40
5 Review in Saturday Review Chalmers Mitchell p. 43
The Island of Doctor Moreau p. 43
6 Unsigned Review in Spectator R. H. Hutton p. 46
7 Unsigned Review, Manchester Guardian p. 48
8 Unsigned Review, Speaker p. 50
9 Unsigned Review in Athenaeum Basil Williams p. 51
10 Unsigned Review, Guardian p. 52
11 Article in Revue Des Deux Mondes Augustin Filon p. 54
The Plattner Story and Others p. 57
12 Unsigned Review in Athenaeum Basil Williams p. 57
The Invisible Man p. 58
13 Review in Bookman Clement Shorter p. 58
14 Joseph Conrad's Impression p. 60
15 W. T. Stead on the Wellsian 'Gruesome' p. 61
The War of the Worlds p. 63
16 Unsigned Review in Spectator St Loe Strachey p. 63
17 Unsigned Review in Athenaeum Basil Williams p. 67
18 Unsigned Review, Critic p. 68
19 Unsigned Review, Academy p. 70
20 Review in Nature R. A. Gregory p. 74
21 on Reviewers in the 1890s H. G. Wells p. 76
Love and Mr. Lewisham p. 78
22 Unsigned Review, Daily Telegraph p. 78
23 Unsigned Review, Daily Chronicle p. 80
24 Unsigned Review, Saturday Review p. 82
25 Unsigned Review, Speaker p. 83
26 Unsigned Review, Westminster Gazette p. 85
Anticipations and Mankind in the Making p. 85
27 Beatrice Webb's Reaction p. 88
28 Unsigned Notice, Literary World p. 89
29 Unsigned Review of Mankind in the Making, Academy and Literature p. 90
30 Review in Weekly Critical Review Havelock Ellis p. 94
Early French Responses p. 99
31 on Wells and Verne Henri Gh茅on p. 99
32 on the Metropolitan Imagination Augustin Filon p. 100
33 Jules Verne Interviewed p. 101
The Food of the Gods p. 103
34 G. K. Chesterton in Heretics p. 103
A Modern Utopia p. 110
35 Sydney Olivier, Review in Fabian News p. 110
36 R. Mayor, Review in Independent Review p. 112
37 Unsigned Review in Spectator T. H. Warren p. 117
Kipps p. 122
38 Review in Daily News C. F. G. Masterman p. 122
39 Henry James's View p. 126
40 Review in Dial William Morton Payne p. 127
41 Review in North American Review William Dean Howells p. 128
42 on Wells as Reformer Arnold Bennett p. 131
43 Unsigned Review, Outlook p. 133
In the Days of the Comet p. 133
44 Unsigned Review, Saturday Review p. 136
45 Review in Fabian News L. Haden Guest p. 140
46 on 'Socialist' Fiction T. De Wyzewa p. 142
Tono-Bungay p. 146
47 Review in Daily Chronicle Hubert Bland p. 146
48 Unsigned Review, Daily Telegraph p. 147
49 Beatrice Webb, Diary Entry p. 150
50 Unsigned Review in Spectator Charles L. Graves p. 151
51 Review in New Age Arnold Bennett p. 154
Ann Veronica p. 157
52 Review in Daily News R. A. Scott-James p. 157
53 Review in T. P. 's Weekly John O'london p. 160
54 Unsigned Review, Nation p. 165
55(a) 'A Poisonous Book', Unsigned Review in Spectator p. 169
55(b) H. G. Wells, a Rejoinder p. 172
56 Unsigned Review, the Times Literary Supplement p. 175
The History of Mr. Polly p. 175
57 Unsigned Notice, North American Review p. 177
58 Review in Smart Set H. L. Mencken p. 178
59 Beatrice Webb, Diary Entry p. 181
The New Machiavelli p. 181
60 Review in Daily News R. A. Scott-James p. 183
61 Unsigned Review, the Times Literary Supplement p. 186
62 Review in Chicago Evening Post Francis Hackett p. 189
63 Unsigned Review, Nation p. 195
64 Henry James to Wells p. 199
65 Review in Atlantic Monthly Margaret Sherwood p. 201
Marriage p. 203
66 Review in Freewoman Rebecca West p. 203
67 Henry James to Wells p. 209
The Passionate Friends p. 211
68 Review in Daily News and Leader Robert Lynd p. 211
69 Review in New Age A. R. Orage p. 214
70 Review in Bookman (new York) p. 216
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman p. 220
71 Review in New Republic Walter Lippmann p. 220
72 Van Wyck Brooks on Wells's Socialist Imagination p. 223
73 on Wells and the Victorians Stuart P. Sherman p. 231
Mr. Britling Sees It Through p. 236
74 Unsigned Review, the Times Literary Supplement p. 236
75 Article in Dial Randolph Bourne p. 239
76 Unsigned Review in the Times Literary Supplement Virginia Woolf p. 244
Joan and Peter p. 244
The Outline of History p. 248
77 Review in Athenaeum E. M. Forster p. 248
78 Edward Shanks on Wells's Impatience p. 255
79 Wells's Revolutionary Fairy-Tales Evgenii Zamyatin p. 258
The World of William Clissold p. 275
80 Review in Atlantic Monthly Conrad Aiken p. 275
81 Review in Saturday Review of Literature Mary Colum p. 277
82 Review in American Mercury H. L. Mencken p. 282
83 Review in Nation and Athenaeum J. M. Keynes p. 285
84 on Wells's Failure Geoffrey H. Wells p. 290
85 Wells Under Scrutiny John Holms p. 299
86 on Wells as the Ideal Father Freda Kirchwey p. 307
Complete Short Stories p. 310
87 Unsigned Review in Spectator T. E. Lawrence p. 310
88 Review in Scrutiny F. R. Leavis p. 315
The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind p. 315
Retrospective and Obituary p. 319
89 Wells as Journalist T. S. Eliot p. 319
90 Leading Article, the Times Literary Supplement p. 322
91 John Middleton Murry in Adelphi p. 324
92 Jorge Luis Borges on the First Wells p. 330
Appendix: Other Items of Criticism p. 333
Bibliography p. 335
Wells's Published Books p. 337
Index p. 341