Thirty Strange Stories by HG Wells

CONTENTS

The Strange Orchid

Æpyornis Island

The Plattner Story

The Argonauts of the Air

The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham

The Stolen Bacillus

The Red Room

A Moth (Genus Unknown)

In the Abyss

Under the Knife

The Reconciliation

A Slip under the Microscope

In the Avu Observatory

The Triumphs of a Taxidermist

A Deal in Ostriches

The Rajah’s Treasure

The Story of Davidson’s Eyes

The Cone

The Purple Pileus

A Catastrophe

Le Mari Terrible

The Apple

The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic

The Jilting of Jane

The Lost Inheritance

Pollock and the Porroh Man

The Sea Raiders

In the Modern Vein

The Lord of the Dynamos

The Treasure in the Forest

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