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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS BY H. G. WELLS, AUTHOR OF "THE TIME MACHINE," "THE STOLEN BACILLUS," ETC. LEIPZIG BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ 1898. "But who shall dwell in these Worlds if they be inhabited? Are we or they Lords of the World? And how are all things made for man?"                                                                                              KEPLER (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy). TO MY BROTHER FRANK WELLS, THIS RENDERING OF HIS IDEA CONTENTS. BOOK I. THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS. I. The Eve of the War II. The falling Star III. On Horsell Common IV. The Cylinder unscrews V. The Heat-ray VI. The Heat-ray in the Chobham Road VII. How I reached Home VIII. Friday Night IX. The Fighting begins X. In the Storm XI. At the Window XII. What I saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton XIII. How I fell in with the Curate XIV. In London XV. What had happened in Surrey XVI. The Exodus from London XVII. The "Thunder Child" BOOK II. THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS. I. Under Foot II. What we saw from the Ruined House III. The Days of Imprisonment IV. The Death of the Curate V. The Stillness VI. The Work of Fifteen Days VII. The Man on Putney Hill VIII. Dead London IX. Wreckage X. The Epilogue