Acknowledgements
Introduction
H.G. Wells: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Appendix A: Wells on Wells
Appendix B: Wells on Moreau and Science Fiction
- From Arthur H. Lawrence, The Romance of the Scientist: An Interview with Mr. H.G. Wells (1897)
- From H.G. Wells, Preface, The Works of H.G. Wells, Vol. 2 (1924)
- From H.G. Wells, Preface, The Scientific Romances of H.G. Wells (1933)
Appendix C: Contemporary Reviews
- Chalmers Mitchell, Saturday Review (11 April 1896)
- Letter from H.G. Wells replying to Chalmers Mitchell, Saturday Review (1 November 1896)
- [R.H. Hutton], Spectator (11 April 1896)
- Manchester Guardian (14 April 1896)
- The Guardian (3 June 1896)
- The Times (17 June 1896)
- The Review of Reviews (July-December 1895)
Appendix D: Evolution and Struggle I: Classical Darwinism
- From Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam (1850)
- From Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species (1859, 1872)
- From Thomas H. Huxley, Man's Place in Nature (1863)
- From Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)
- From Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)
- From H.G. Wells, Text-Book of Biology (1893)
- From H.G. Wells, The Rediscovery of the Unique (1891)
- From H.G. Wells, The Mind in Animals (1894)
Appendix E: Evolution and Struggle II: Later Huxley and Wells
- From Thomas H. Huxley, The Struggle for Existence in Human Society (February 1888)
- From Thomas H. Huxley, An Apologetic Irenicon (November 1892)
- From Thomas H. Huxley, Evolution and Ethics (1893, 1894)
- From H.G. Wells, Bio-Optimism (29 August 1895)
- From H.G. Wells, Human Evolution, an Artificial Process (October 1896)
- From H.G. Wells, The Acquired Factor (9 January 1897)
- From H.G. Wells, Morals and Civilization (February 1897)
- From H.G. Wells, Human Evolution: Mr. Wells Replies (April 1897)
Appendix F: Degeneration and Madness
- From Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (1871)
- From H.G. Wells, The Problem of the Birth Supply (1903)
- From H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia (1905)
- From Gina Lombroso-Ferrero, Criminal Man According tothe Classification of Cesare Lombroso (1911)
- From Cesare Lombroso, Crime: Its Causes and Remedies (1899)
- From William James, Psychology: The Briefer Course (1892)
- From Jacques-Joseph Moreau, La Psychologie Morbide (1859)
- From Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind(1895, 1896)
- From H.G. Wells, The Croquet Player (1936)
Appendix G: The Vivisection Controversy
- From Claude Bernard, Report on the Progress and Development of General Physiology in France (1867)
- From Michael Foster, Claude Bernard (1899)
- From Claude Bernard, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (1865)
- From George Hoggan (and R.H. Hutton), Letter, The Spectator (1875)
- From R.H. Hutton's Testimony in Report of the Royal Commission on the Practice of Subjecting Live Animals to Experiments for Scientific Purposes (1876)
- From Dr. Emanuel Klein's Testimony in Report of the Royal Commission on the Practice of Subjecting Live Animals to Experiments for Scientific Purposes (1876)
- From Frances Power Cobbe, Life of Frances Power Cobbe. By Herself (1894)
- From H.G. Wells, Text-Book of Biology (1893)
- From H.G. Wells, Popular Feeling and the Advancement of Science. Anti-Vivisection (1928)
Appendix H: Wells Explains: Two Essays Relating to Moreau's Argument
- From H.G. Wells, The Province of Pain (February 1894)
- From H.G. Wells, The Limits of Individual Plasticity(19 January 1895)
Appendix I: The Terrible Medusa Case: An Historical Source for Prendick's Shipwreck (1818)
Appendix J: Wells's First Draft of Moreau
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