Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical
| First published | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Lawrence & Bullen |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Pages | viii+278 |
- 39 humourous essays "selected by H. G. Wells from among the many short essays and ephemeral pieces he had written since 1893." --Wikipedia
- Some may be considered short stories, and speculative fiction. None are in The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells (expanded).
- PREFACE (quoted in full, from the 1st ed. viewed at HathiTrust) It is useless to attempt disguise about this book. It is made up of articles—newspaper articles—etc. They appeared for the most part in the Pall Mall Gazette, and one or two in the New Budget and the Saturday Review. I desire to make the usual acknowledgments—whatever they may be.
HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of two copies, one from Cornell U with original cover:
-- front cover, gold lettering on blue cloth
-- title page
-- Preface, p[v]
-- essays, p[1]-278
-- 32-page catalogue (images 293-324): "Spring Season, 1897" (small) and "Messrs. Lawrence & Bullen, Limited. List of Publications."