Floor Games by H G Wells: The photographs

I mentioned in an earlier blog entry that yesterday I had the opportunity to hold and look at a copy of H G Wells' book, FLOOR GAMES that he had donated to the library of his club. I mentioned that 'I would love to have been able to copy these illustrations as they are as inspiring as those featured in LITTLE WARS, but not as well known.'

After considerable research on the Internet during the course of today I managed to find some copies of those photographs. Some of them had captions, and I have included them underneath the relevant photograph.

A view showing the Island of the Temple and the invasion of the Indian's territory by Captain G. P. W.

A close view of the Temple, whose portals are guarded by grotesque plasticine monsters

A view showing the raid of the Negroid savages upon the white settlers of Pear Tree Island

A general view of Chamois City, showing the Cherry Tree Inn and the shopping quarter

The railway station at Blue End

The terraced hill on which stands the Town hall. Behind can be seen the Zoological Gardens

The School of Musketry. On the terrace the town guard parades in honour of the two mayors

Please note that the language used in the captions was written in the early twentieth century and may use words that are no longer deemed to be acceptable in common usage. Those words are included here purely for the sake of completeness and historical accuracy and are in no way intended to be insulting or derogatory in any way.

I hope that you found them as interesting – and possibly inspiring – as I did.