The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents

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The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
First British edition cover
Author	H. G. Wells
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre(s)	Short story, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Publisher	Methuen & Co.
Publication date	1895
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	275

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1893 and 1895. It was first published by Methuen & Co. in 1895 and was Wells's first book of short stories. All of the stories had first been published in various weekly and monthly periodicals.

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These are the short stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals in which they were first published.

• "The Stolen Bacillus" (Pall Mall Budget, 21 June 1894)
• "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (Pall Mall Budget, 2 August 1894)
• "In the Avu Observatory" (Pall Mall Budget, 9 August 1894)
• "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist" (Pall Mall Gazette, 3 March 1894)
• "A Deal in Ostriches" (Pall Mall Budget, 20 December 1894)
• "Through a Window" (Black and White, 25 August 1894)
• "The Temptation of Harringay" (The St. James’s Gazette, 9 February 1895)
• "The Flying Man" (Pall Mall Gazette, December 1893)
• "The Diamond Maker" (Pall Mall Budget, 16 August 1894)
• "Æpyornis Island" (Pall Mall Budget, 27 December 1894)
• "The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes" (Pall Mall Budget, 28 March 1895)
• "The Lord of the Dynamos" (Pall Mall Budget, 6 September 1894)
• "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" (Pall Mall Budget, 5 July 1894)
• "The Moth" (Pall Mall Gazette, 28 March 1895)
• "The Treasure in the Forest" (Pall Mall Budget, 23 August 1894)

[edit] External links

• The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents. Project Gutenberg.
• The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents. University of Newcastle, Australia.
• The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections.

v • d • e Works by H. G. Wells Non-fiction: Floor Games · Little Wars · A Modern Utopia · The New World Order · The Open Conspiracy · The Outline of History · Russia in the Shadows · The Science of Life · Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water · World Brain · The Future in America: A Search After Realities · The Fate of Man Novels: Ann Veronica · The First Men in the Moon · The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth · The History of Mr Polly · The Invisible Man · The Island of Dr Moreau · Kipps · Love and Mr Lewisham · Men Like Gods · The Shape of Things to Come · The Sleeper Awakes · Star-Begotten · The Time Machine · Tono-Bungay · The War in the Air · The War of the Worlds · The Wheels of Chance · The World Set Free Collections: The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents · Tales of Space and Time · The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Short stories: "The Chronic Argonauts" · "The Country of the Blind" · "The Crystal Egg" · "Empire of the Ants" · "The Land Ironclads" · "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" · "Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation" · "The Red Room" · "The Stolen Body" · "A Story of the Days to Come" · "A Story of the Stone Age" · "A Vision of Judgment" Screenplays: Things to Come · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · The New Faust Film adaptations: The First Men in the Moon · Things to Come · Island of Lost Souls · The Man Who Could Work Miracles · The History of Mr. Polly · The War of the Worlds (various versions) · The Time Machine (1960) · First Men in the Moon · The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) · The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) · The Time Machine (2002)