Copyright, 1918

By H. G. WELLS

Set up and electrotyped. Published, September, 1918


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IPeter’s Parentage[1]
IIStublands in Council[13]
IIIArthur or Oswald?[31]
IVFirst Impressions of the Universe[59]
VThe Christening[78]
VIThe Fourth Guardian[102]
VIIThe School of St. George and the Venerable Bede[112]
VIIIThe High Cross Preparatory School[142]
IXOswald Takes Control[204]
XA Searching of Schoolmasters[255]
XIAdolescence[282]
XIIThe World on the Eve of War[377]
XIIIJoan and Peter Graduate[443]
XIVOswald’s Valediction[544]

JOAN AND PETER

THE STORY OF AN EDUCATION

CHAPTER THE FIRST
PETER’S PARENTAGE

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