# The Secret Places of the Heart

H. G. gives his own ideas about women in a pleasantly psychoanalytical novel. —The Bookman, September 1922
An adventuring into the psychological depths of mankind or, more specifically, womankind. —The Bookman, November 1922.
THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART
BY
H. G. WELLS
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1921 AND 1922, By The INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY.
Copyright, 1921 and 1922,
By H. G. WELLS.
Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1922.
All rights reserved by the Author.
¶ Mr. WELLS has also written the following novels:
LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM
KIPPS
MR. POLLY
THE WHEELS OF CHANCE
THE NEW MACHIAVELLI
ANN VERONICA
TONO BUNGAY
MARRIAGE
BEALBY
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN
THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH
THE SOUL OF A BISHOP
JOAN AND PETER
THE UNDYING FIRE
¶ The following fantastic and imaginative romances:
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
THE TIME MACHINE
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
the Sea Lady
THE SLEEPER AWAKES
THE FOOD OF THE GODS
THE WAR IN THE AIR
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET
THE WORLD SET FREE
And numerous Short Stories now collected in One Volume under the title of
       THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
¶ A Series of books upon Social, Religious, and Political questions:
       ANTICIPATIONS (1900)
       MANKIND IN THE MAKING
       FIRST AND LAST THINGS
       NEW WORLDS FOR OLD
       A MODERN UTOPIA
       THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
       AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD
       WHAT IS COMING?
       WAR AND THE FUTURE
       IN THE FOURTH YEAR
       GOD THE INVISIBLE KING
       THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
       RUSSIA IN THE SHADOWS
       THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION
       WASHINGTON AND THE RIDDLE OF PEACE
¶ And two little books about children's play, called:
       FLOOR GAMES and LITTLE WARS
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* 1.The Consultation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* 2.Lady Hardy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
* 3.The Departure ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
* 4.At Maidenhead ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
* 5.In the Land of the Forgotten Peoples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
* 6.The Encounter at Stonehenge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125
* 7.Companionship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................172
* 8.Full Moon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................221
* 9.The Last Days of Sir Richmond Hardy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
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