The Stolen Bacillus: Large Print

By: Wells, H. G.

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1893 and 1895. It was first published by Methuen & Co. in 1895 and was Wells's first book of short stories. All of the stories had first been published in various weekly and monthly periodicals. "This again," said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope, "is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera-the cholera germ."The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing, and held a limp white hand over his disengaged eye. "I see very little," he said."Touch this screw," said the Bacteriologist; "perhaps the microscope is out of focus for you. Eyes vary so much. Just the fraction of a turn this way or that.""Ah now I see," said the visitor. "Not so very much to see after all. Little streaks and shreds of pink. And yet those little particles, those mere atomies, might multiply and devastate a city Wonderful "

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HTYTTJB
• ISBN13: 9798656652469
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"