All the stories in this book were written before the First World War, and were originally published in two volumes, The Celestial Omnibus in 1911, and The Eternal Moment in 1928. Although they are fantasies, and more lighthearted than the major novels like A Passage to India and Howards End, behind their amusing comedy are glimpses of profound themes. The Machine Stops is described by the author "as a reaction to one of the earlier heavens of H. G. Wells". Many of the stories express an instinctive belief in the force of Nature.

CONTENTS:
1. THE STOY OF A PANIC
2. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE
3. THE CELESTIAL OMNIBUS
4. OTHER KINGDOM
5. THE CURATE’S FRIEND
6. THE ROAD FROM COLONUS
7. THE MACHINE STOPS
8. THE POINT OF IT
9. MR ANDREWS
10. CO-ORDINATION
11. THE STORY OF THE SIREN
12. THE ETERNAL MOMENT