THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
A BICYCLING IDYLL
BY
H. G. WELLS
Author of "The Time Machine," "The Wonderful Visit," etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. AYTON SYMINGTON
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1913
All rights reserved
Frontispiece.
Copyright, 1896,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1896. Reprinted
September, 1897; May, 1906; March, 1913.
Special edition, in paper covers, June, 1905.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cashing & Co.—Berwick & Smith Co
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
To
MY DEAR MOTHER
CONTENTS
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
THE FOOD OF THE GODS, AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH.
TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM.
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON.
THE INVISIBLE MAN.
LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM.
ANTICIPATIONS.
MANKIND IN THE MAKING.
A MODERN UTOPIA.
KIPPS: THE STORY OF A SIMPLE SOUL.
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