“On Extinction”
1893-09-30
non-fiction
By H. G. Wells

Synopsis

A discussion of how some species become extinct and what it must be like to know.

History

First publication: Chamber’s Journal, September 30, 1893

Review

A very short article and again pretty much common sense to us today, these ideas may have been new to people in 1893.


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We have the story in these editions:

Early Writings by H. G. Wells, hardcover, University of California Press, 1975-00-00

The Time Machine: An Invention: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism, edited by Stephen Arata, trade paperback, W. W. Norton & Company, 2009-00-00