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...The Country of the Blind And Other Stories by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country o... ...The Country of the Blind And Other Stories by H. G. Wells A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Country of t... ...cs Series Publication The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...ks and tatters, of posing and pretence—go upon the stage. It seems my only resort—”to hold the mirror up to Nature.” For in the ordinary life, I will ... ...n M.P .’ s, Professors Wedderburn, Wedderburn landlords, all with fin- ger-bowl shibboleths and epigrammatic cities of refuge from a sturdy debater. A... ...pstairs to reflect upon the business aspects of the crystal, over a little sugar and lemon and so forth in hot water. Mr. Cave went into the shop, and... ...d call (equally ineffectual) upon the Great Portland Street dealer, and he resorted to advertise- ments in such periodicals as were lively to come int... ... please.” He knitted his brows, pointed to the tobacco-jar and said: “Be a bowl of vi’lets.” The tobacco-jar did as it was ordered. Mr. Maydig started... ... place, with its leaf-thatch-covered houses and sheds, its creeper-invaded sugar-mill, its little jetty of timber and canes, was very still in the mor...