This is a unique edition of Moreau. The text of the first (American) printed version (1896), with appended footnotes recording all variants up to 1924 and annotations of whatever strictly needs such, takes up little more than a third of its pages. Seven appendices provide the only available transcription of Wells s first draft, details of the emendations that he made before 1900 and reportedly intended to incorporate in a future edition of the book, accounts of six film versions and one stage adaptation of Moreau, critical synopses of Moreau's literary "children," etc. Preceding all this are almost 50pp. on Wells's life and thoughts, with particular reference to Moreau.

1. In the dingey of the "lady vain"
2. The man who was going nowhere
3. The strange face
4. At the schooner's rail
5. The landing on the lsland
6. The evil-looking boatmen
7. The locked door
8. The crying of the puma
9. The thing in the forest
10. The crying of the man
, etc.