The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories, by H. G. WellsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Country of the Blind, And Other StoriesAuthor: H. G. WellsRelease Date: April 2, 2004 [eBook #11870]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND, AND OTHER STORIES***E-text prepared by Paul Murray, Charles Bidwell, and Project Gutenberg Distributed ProofreadersTHE COUNTRY OF THE BLINDAnd Other StoriesH. G. WELLS[Illustration: He stopped, and then made a dash to escape from their closing ranks.]INTRODUCTIONThe enterprise of Messrs. T. Nelson & Sons and the friendly accommodation of Messrs. Macmillan render possible thiscollection in one cover of all the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again. Except for the two series oflinked incidents that make up the bulk of the book called Tales of Space and Time, no short story of mine of the slightestmerit is excluded from this volume. Many of very questionable merit find a place; it is an inclusive and not an exclusivegathering. And the task of selection and revision brings home to me with something of the effect of discovery that I wasonce an industrious writer of short stories, and that I am no longer anything of the ...