The Secret Places of the Heart

THE SECRET PLACES
OF THE HEART

BY
H. G. WELLS

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922

All rights reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Copyright, 1921 AND 1922,
By The INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY.

Copyright, 1921 and 1922,
By H. G. WELLS.


Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1922.

All rights reserved by the Author.

¶ Mr. WELLS has also written the following novels:
LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM
KIPPS
MR. POLLY
THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
THE NEW MACHIAVELLI
ANN VERONICA
TONO BUNGAY
MARRIAGE
BEALBY
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN
THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH
THE SOUL OF A BISHOP
JOAN AND PETER
THE UNDYING FIRE

¶ The following fantastic and imaginative romances:
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
THE TIME MACHINE
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
the Sea Lady
THE SLEEPER AWAKES
THE FOOD OF THE GODS
THE WAR IN THE AIR
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
THE WORLD SET FREE

And numerous Short Stories now collected in One Volume under the title of

THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

¶ A Series of books upon Social, Religious, and Political questions:

ANTICIPATIONS (1900)
MANKIND IN THE MAKING
FIRST AND LAST THINGS
NEW WORLDS FOR OLD
A MODERN UTOPIA
THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD
WHAT IS COMING?
WAR AND THE FUTURE
IN THE FOURTH YEAR
GOD THE INVISIBLE KING
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
RUSSIA IN THE SHADOWS
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION
WASHINGTON AND THE RIDDLE OF PEACE

¶ And two little books about children's play, called:

FLOOR GAMES and LITTLE WARS

Contents
  1. chapterpage
  2. 1.
    The Consultation
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    1
  3. 2.
    Lady Hardy
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    22
  4. 3.
    The Departure
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    26
  5. 4.
    At Maidenhead
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    42
  6. 5.
    In the Land of the Forgotten Peoples
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    99
  7. 6.
    The Encounter at Stonehenge
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    125
  8. 7.
    Companionship
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    172
  9. 8.
    Full Moon
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    221
  10. 9.
    The Last Days of Sir Richmond Hardy
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    261

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