Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 64410-h.htm or 64410-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64410/64410-h/64410-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/64410/64410-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through HathiTrust Digital Library. See https://hdl.handle.net/2027/dul1.ark:/13960/t8z94cz5t THE STORY OF A GREAT SCHOOLMASTER * * * * * * ¶ 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 And numerous Short Stories published in several different collections ¶ 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 RUSSIA IN THE SHADOWS THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION WASHINGTON AND THE RIDDLE OF PEACE THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ¶ And two little books about children's play, called: FLOOR GAMES and LITTLE WARS * * * * * * [Illustration: F. W. Sanderson] THE STORY OF A GREAT SCHOOLMASTER by H. G. WELLS New York The Macmillan Company 1924 All rights reserved Copyright, 1924, by H. G. Wells. Set up and electrotyped. Published January, 1924. Printed in the United States of America by The Ferris Printing Company, New York CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE SANDERSON THE MAN 1 CHAPTER II THE MODERNISATION OF OUNDLE SCHOOL 25 CHAPTER III THE REPLACEMENT OF COMPETITION BY GROUP WORK 45 CHAPTER IV THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN SCHOOL AND REALITY 61 CHAPTER V THE GROWTH OF SANDERSON SHOWN IN HIS SERMONS AND SCRIPTURE LESSONS 72 CHAPTER VI THE WAR AND SANDERSON'S PROPAGANDA OF RECONSTRUCTION 97