The Treasure in the Forest by W. G. WellsThe canoe was now approaching the land. The bay opened out, and a gap in the white surf of the reef marked where the little river ran out to the sea; the thicker and deeper green of the virgin forest showed its course down the distant hill slope. The forest here came close to the beach. Far beyond, dim and almost cloudlike in … [Read more...] about The Treasure in the Forest by W. G. Wells
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The Country of the Blind by H. B. Wells
The Country of the Blind by H. B. WellsThree hundred miles and more from Chimborazo, one hundred from the snows of Cotopaxi, in the wildest wastes of Ecuador's Andes, there lies that mysterious mountain valley, cut off from all the world of men, the Country of the Blind. Long years ago that valley lay so far open to the world that men might come at last through frightful … [Read more...] about The Country of the Blind by H. B. Wells
The Moth by H. G. Wells
The Moth by H. G. WellsProbably you have heard of Hapley?not W. T. Hapley, the son, but the celebrated Hapley, the Hapley of Periplaneta Hapliia, Hapley the entomologist.If so you know at least of the great feud between Hapley and Professor Pawkins, though certain of its consequences may be new to you. For those who have not, a word or two of explanation is … [Read more...] about The Moth by H. G. Wells
The Diamond Maker by H. G. Wells
The Diamond Maker ?by H. G. Wells Some business had detained me in Chancery Lane nine in the evening, and thereafter, having some inkling of a headache, I was disinclined either for entertainment or further work. So much of the sky as the high cliffs of that narrow canon of traffic left visible spoke of a serene night, and I determined to make my way down to the Embankment, … [Read more...] about The Diamond Maker by H. G. Wells
THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells
THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells "I can assure you," said I, "that it will take a very tangible ghost to frighten me." And I stood up before the fire with my glass in my hand. "It is your own choosing," said the man with the withered arm, and glanced at me askance. "Eight-and-twenty years," said I, "I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet." The old woman sat staring … [Read more...] about THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells
THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS by H.G. Wells
THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS by H.G. Wells Towards mid-day the three pursuers came abruptly round a bend in the torrent bed upon the sight of a very broad and spacious valley. The difficult and winding trench of pebbles along which they had tracked the fugitives for so long, expanded to a broad slope, and with a common impulse the three men left the trail, and rode to a … [Read more...] about THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS by H.G. Wells