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H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells
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H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells : Kipps:The Story of a Simple Soul
'Your first inst[alment] [of "Kipps"] in the PMM [Pall Mall Magazine] is jolly good. It turns up [sic] remarkably well. Coming upon it unexpectedly (the No.of PMM was sent to me) I gave a great gasp to see the story of which I had heard first so long ago now beginning at last. I don't know that I will read the other instalments. I should think not. I've been pleased and now I can wait. There is in that opening, my dear boy, a quality.' Hence follow eight more lines of praise, including a resolution to read the second instalment after all.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Serial / periodical
H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells : A Modern Utopia
'All I can say is that I am quite enthusiastic about the work ["A Modern Utopia"]. From the first line of the preface to the closing sentence I feel in touch with a more accessible Wells - a Wells mellowed, as it were in the meditation of the three books of which this last one is certainly the nearest to my understanding and the most commanding to my assent.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells : In the Days of the Comet
'The Comet appeared to my naked (and surprised) eye yesterday morning. By a great effort of will I stuck to my own task till lunchtime. I began my observations in the afternoon and continued at it far into the night. I've completed them this morning. It is indeed a phenomenon!' Hence follow 18 lines of preliminary commentary on the text.
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells : The Future in America: A search after realities
'And on the subject of Wells, his book on the United States is quite smart.He has understood a heap of fundamentally unintelligible things. That's the purpose of an imagination like his, aided by an intelligence as sharp as acid.'
Century: 1900-1945 Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad Print: Book
H.(Herbert) G.(George) Wells : The War in the Air
'The first instalment of your story in the PMM ["Pall Mall Magazine"] opens the year brilliantly. How good you are in presenting the human interest of a story in terms of jesting.' Hence follow about eight lines of praise and encouragement.
