CHRISTINA ALBERTA’S FATHER Mr. Wells has also written the following novels: THE WHEELS OF CHANCE. LOVE AND MR. LEWISHAM. KIPPS. TONO-BUNGAY. ANN VERONICA. MR. POLLY. THE NEW MACHIAVELLI. MARRIAGE. THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS. THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN. BEALBY. THE RESEARCH MAGNIFICENT. MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH. THE SOUL OF A BISHOP. JOAN AND PETER. THE UNDYING FIRE. THE SECRET PLACES OF THE HEART. The following Fantastic and Imaginative Romances: THE TIME MACHINE. THE WONDERFUL VISIT. THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. THE INVISIBLE MAN. THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. THE SLEEPER AWAKES. THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON. THE SEA LADY. THE FOOD OF THE GODS. IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET. THE WAR IN THE AIR. THE WORLD SET FREE. MEN LIKE GODS. THE DREAM. Numerous Short Stories collected under the following Titles: THE STOLEN BACILLUS. THE PLATTNER STORY. TALES OF SPACE AND TIME. TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM. The same Short Stories will also be found in three volumes: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED. TALES OF WONDER. TALES OF LIFE AND ADVENTURE. A Series of Books on Social, Religious, and Political Questions: ANTICIPATIONS (1900). A MODERN UTOPIA. THE FUTURE IN AMERICA. NEW WORLDS FOR OLD. FIRST AND LAST THINGS. GOD THE INVISIBLE KING. THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY. RUSSIA IN THE SHADOWS. THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION. WASHINGTON AND THE RIDDLE OF PEACE. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD. THE STORY OF A GREAT SCHOOLMASTER. A YEAR OF PROPHESYING. And Two Little Books about Children’s Play, called: FLOOR GAMES AND LITTLE WARS. _A uniform Atlantic Edition of Mr. Wells’ works is in course of publication._ CHRISTINA ALBERTA’S FATHER BY H. G. WELLS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1925 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1925, BY H. G. WELLS. Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1925. Reprinted September 22, 1925. Reprinted November, 1925. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE CORNWALL PRESS _CONTENTS_ BOOK THE FIRST _The Coming of Sargon, King of Kings_ PAGE CHAPTER THE FIRST THE EARLY LIFE OF MR. PREEMBY 11 CHAPTER THE SECOND CHRISTINA ALBERTA 28 CHAPTER THE THIRD IN LONSDALE MEWS 50 CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE PETUNIA BOARDING HOUSE 85 CHAPTER THE FIFTH THE SCALES FALL FROM MR. PREEMBY’S EYES 114 CHAPTER THE SIXTH CHRISTINA ALBERTA CONSULTS A WISE MAN 132 BOOK THE SECOND _The World Rejects Sargon, King of Kings_ CHAPTER THE FIRST INCOGNITO 163 CHAPTER THE SECOND THE CALLING OF THE DISCIPLES 195