[Gutenberg 53028] • The Hampdenshire Wonder

THE HAMPDENSHIRE WONDER AND OTHER STORIES includes J.D. Beresford's classic science fiction tale of a wunderkind, Victor Stott, whose mental powers grow to preternatural levels.

• The Hampdenshire Wonder

• The Looking Glass

• The Misanthrope

• The Psychical Researcher's Tale--The Sceptical Poltergeist

John Davys Beresford (1873-1947) was a prolific English writer, best known for his literary criticism of H.G. Wells, as well as early science fiction inspired by Wells. Beresford was afflicted with infantile paralysis, but was able to partially overcome this, becoming a professional writer. In addition to literary criticism and science fiction, he wrote ghost and horror stories. English writer and creator of The Wombles, Elisabeth Beresford (1926-2010), was his daughter.