Certain Personal Matters

by H. G. Wells

39 chapters6h 23mEnglish1898

About this book

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (39)

1Thoughts on Cheapness and My Aunt Charlotte

619

2The Trouble of Life

810

3On the Choice of a Wife

527

4The House of Di Sorno

618

5Of Conversation

691

6In a Literary Household

520

7On Schooling and the Phases of Mr. Sandsome

823

8The Poet and the Emporium

601

9The Language of Flowers

552

10The Literary Regimen

576

11House-Hunting as an Outdoor Amusement

675

12Of Blades and Bladery

588

13Of Cleverness

575

14The Pose Novel

560

15The Veteran Cricketer

656

16Concerning a Certain Lady

650

17The Shopman

496

18The Book of Curses

606

19Dunstone’s Dear Lady

520

20Euphemia’s New Entertainment

467

21For Freedom of Spelling

718

22Incidental Thoughts on a Bald Head

543

23Of a Book Unwritten

896

24The Extinction of Man

725

25The Writing of Essays

441

26The Parkes Museum

541

27Bleak March in Epping Forest

450

28The Theory of Quotation

420

29Of the Art of Staying at the Seaside

647

30Concerning Chess

622

31The Coal-Scuttle

625

32Bagarrow

669

33The Book of Essays Dedicatory

355

34Through a Microscope

567

35The Pleasure of Quarrelling

690

36The Amateur Nature-Lover

630

37From an Observatory

324

38The Mode in Monuments

624

39How I Died

393

Certain Personal Matters

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