Of Conversation: An Apology (Unabridged)

"Of Conversation: An Apology" by H. G. Wells is a short essay. H. G. Wells once different, humorous social satire and ironic. I must admit that in conversation I am not a brilliant success. Partly, indeed, that may be owing to the assiduity with which my aunt suppressed my early essays in the art: «Children,» she said, «should be seen but not heard,» and incontinently rapped my knuckles.