Contents: The stolen bacillus (1894) -- The triumphs of a taxidermist (1894) -- Жpornis Island (1894) -- From The time machine (from chapters 4, 14, 15 and the epilogue) (1895) -- From The wheels of chance (chapters 28-29) (1895) -- From The island of Doctor Moreau (from chapters 12 and 16) (1896) -- From The invisible man (chapters 5-7) (1897) -- From The war of the worlds (book 1, chapters 1, 2, 5, 13 and 17; book 2, chapter 8) (1898) -- From The first men in the moon (chapter 6 to the end) (1901) -- From The food of the gods (from chapters 2 and 3) (1904) -- The country of the blind (1904) -- From In the days of the comet (book 1; book 2, from chapters 1 and 3; book 3, from chapters 1 and 3, and the epilogue) (1906) -- From Tono-bungay (book 2, chapter 2; book 4, chapter 3) (1909) -- The history of Mr. Polly (1910).