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Conversations with an Uncle, by H. G. Wells
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Title: Select Conversations with an Uncle
Author: H. G. Wells
Release Date: July 21, 2009 [EBook #29472]
Language: English
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THE MAYFAIR SET
III
CONVERSATIONS
WITH AN
UNCLE
[Illustration: Title page]
SELECT
CONVERSATIONS
WITH
AN UNCLE
(now extinct)
and two other
reminiscences by
H. G. WELLS
LONDON:
JOHN LANE
NEW YORK
THE MERRIAM COMPANY
1895
Copyrighted in the United States.
All rights reserved.
Second Edition
TO
MY DEAREST
AND BEST FRIEND
R. A. C.
PREFATORY
He was, I remember, short, but by no means conspicuously short, and of a bright, almost juvenile, complexion, very active in his movements and garrulous--or at least very talkative. His judgments were copious and frequent in the old days, and some at least I found entertaining. At times his fluency was really remarkable. He had a low opinion of eminent people--a thing I have been careful to suppress, and his dissertations had ever a