THE DREAM A NOVEL BY H. G. WELLS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1924 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1923 and 1924, BY H. G. WELLS. Set up and electrotyped. Published April, 1924. Printed in the United States of America by THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK. CONTENTS CHAPTER THE FIRST THE EXCURSION CHAPTER THE SECOND THE BEGINNING OF THE DREAM CHAPTER THE THIRD MISFORTUNES COME UPON THE SMITH FAMILY CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE WIDOW SMITH MOVES TO LONDON CHAPTER THE FIFTH FANNY DISCOVERS HERSELF