After his first fictional foray into time travel (“The Chronic Argonauts”), Wells anonymously published a series of seven fictionalized essays in The National Observer that contained the genesis of what was to come.
—Michael Main
‘Possibly not,’ said the Philosophical Inventor. ‘But now you begin to see the object of my investigations into the geometry of four dimensions. I have a vague inkling of a machine—’

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  1. The National Observer Essays by H. G. Wells, 7-part serial, National Observer, 17 March 1894 to 23 June 1894 [nonconsecutive issues].
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by traditional storytellers [uncredited]
  2. Part 1.
    “Time Travelling: Possibility or Paradox” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 17 March 1894.
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by traditional storytellers
  3. Part 2.
    “The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 24 March 1894.
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by traditional storytellers
  4. Part 3.
    “A.D. 12,203: A Glimpse of the Future” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 31 March 1894.
    5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by traditional storytellers
  5. Part 4.
    “The Refinement of Humanity: A.D. 12,203” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 21 April 1894.
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  6. Part 5.
    “The Sunset of Mankind” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 28 April 1894.
    7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by traditional storytellers
  7. Part 6.
    “In the Underworld” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 19 May 1894.
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  8. Part 7.
    “The Time-Traveller Returns” by H. G. Wells, in the National Observer, 23 June 1894.
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Indexer Notes

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  1. Length—a bit more than 10,000 words in all.