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Cover of The Crystal Egg and Other Stories

The Crystal Egg and Other Stories

H. G. Wells

First published 2017
Publisher Wordsworth Editions
Format Trade Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Carolyn Arcabascio
Pages xxx+450
Price £1.99
ISBN 9781840227390

  • Data from Amazon UK as of 2016-12-11. Pre-order price is £1.99, but publisher's website lists the same thing. Additional information from a preview at Book2Look.
  • Watts is listed as "Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D." on the publisher's site (and on Amazon), but the title page says "with an introduction and endnotes by Cedric Watts", with no additional credentials (the copyright, and signature on the introduction, likewise).
  • As of 2020-05-05 Amazon UK provides "Look inside" that shows much. Back cover credits: -- "Introduction and Notes by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex" -- cover illustration Carolyn Arcabascio, cover design Robert Mathias

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Crystal Egg H. G. Wells Short Story
17 The Cone H. G. Wells Short Story
27 The Country of the Blind H. G. Wells Novelette
49 The Man Who Could Work Miracles H. G. Wells Short Story
65 A Story of the Stone Age H. G. Wells Novella
113 The Star H. G. Wells Short Story
123 The Red Room H. G. Wells Short Story
131 In the Abyss H. G. Wells Short Story
145 The Plattner Story H. G. Wells Short Story
163 The New Accelerator H. G. Wells Short Story
175 A Slip Under the Microscope H. G. Wells Short Story
191 The Stolen Bacillus H. G. Wells Short Story
197 The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells Short Story
207 The Lord of the Dynamos H. G. Wells Short Story
215 The Grisly Folk H. G. Wells Essay
227 The Door in the Wall H. G. Wells Short Story
243 The Diamond Maker H. G. Wells Short Story
251 Under the Knife H. G. Wells Short Story
263 The Sea-Raiders H. G. Wells Short Story
273 The Purple Pileus H. G. Wells Short Story
283 The Truth About Pyecraft H. G. Wells Short Story
293 Jimmy Goggles the God H. G. Wells Short Story
305 The Flowering of the Strange Orchid H. G. Wells Short Story
313 The Argonauts of the Air H. G. Wells Short Story
325 Miss Winchelsea's Heart H. G. Wells Short Story
341 A Vision of Judgement H. G. Wells Short Story
347 The Land Ironclads H. G. Wells Novelette
367 The Flying Man H. G. Wells Short Story
373 In the Avu Observatory H. G. Wells Short Story
379 The Triumphs of a Taxidermist H. G. Wells Short Story
383 A Deal in Ostriches H. G. Wells Short Story
387 Through a Window H. G. Wells Short Story
395 The Temptation of Harringay H. G. Wells Short Story
401 The Beautiful Suit H. G. Wells Short Story
405 Endnotes (The Crystal Egg and Other Stories) Cedric Watts Essay
vii Biography of the Author (H. G. Wells) Simon J. James Essay
vii General Introduction (The Crystal Egg and Other Stories) Keith Carabine Essay
x Introduction (The Crystal Egg and Other Stories) Cedric Watts Essay
xxix Further Reading (The Crystal Egg and Other Stories) uncredited Essay