THE UNDYING FIRE _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 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? ITALY, FRANCE, AND GREAT BRITAIN AT WAR GOD THE INVISIBLE KING IN THE FOURTH YEAR _And two little books about children’s play, called_: FLOOR GAMES and LITTLE WARS THE UNDYING FIRE A CONTEMPORARY NOVEL BY H. G. WELLS New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1919 _All rights reserved_ COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY H. G. WELLS. Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1919. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. To All Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses and every Teacher in the World ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1. THE PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN 1 2. AT SEA VIEW, SUNDERING-ON-SEA 17 3. THE THREE VISITORS 39 4. DO WE TRULY DIE? 100 5. ELIHU REPROVES JOB 133 6. THE OPERATION 200 7. LETTERS AND A TELEGRAM 214 THE UNDYING FIRE CHAPTER THE FIRST THE PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN § 1