The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy

Fantasy

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 and science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short stories

Short story

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 written by the English

England

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 author

Author

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 H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells

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 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

Magazine

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Contents

These are the short stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals

Magazine

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 in which they were first published.

• "The Stolen Bacillus" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 21 June 1894)
• "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 2 August 1894)
• "In the Avu Observatory" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 9 August 1894)
• "The Triumphs of a Taxidermist" (Pall Mall Gazette
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 3 March 1894)
• "A Deal in Ostriches" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 20 December 1894)
• "Through a Window" (Black and White
  Black and White (magazine)
  Black and White: A Weekly Illustrated Record and Review was a British illustrated weekly periodical founded in 1891 by Charles Norris Williamson. In 1912 it was incorporated with The Sphere....
  
  , 25 August 1894)
• "The Temptation of Harringay" (The St. James’s Gazette, 9 February 1895)
• "The Flying Man" (Pall Mall Gazette
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , December 1893)
• "The Diamond Maker" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 16 August 1894)
• "Æpyornis Island" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 27 December 1894)
• "The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 28 March 1895)
• "The Lord of the Dynamos" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 6 September 1894)
• "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 5 July 1894)
• "The Moth" (Pall Mall Gazette
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 28 March 1895)
• "The Treasure in the Forest" (Pall Mall Budget
  Pall Mall Gazette
  The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood...
  
  , 23 August 1894)

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.