
As with the first and second installments, Pearson’s Magazine advertised the story in red text at the top of the cover. June 1897 – Pearson’s Magazine Third Installment: The third installment of The War of the Worlds (Chapters IX-XI) was published in the June 1897 issue of Pearson’s Magazine. The full text of this installment is available on this site.


WELLS’ New Serial, in this Number.”) A facsimile of the May 1897 issue is found on HathiTrust. (See image: the text reads “INVASION OF THE EARTH BY MEN FROM MARS. As with the first installment, Pearson’s Magazine advertised the story in red text at the top of the cover. May 1897 – Pearson’s Magazine Second Installment: The second installment of The War of the Worlds (Chapters V-VIII) was published in the May 1897 issue of Pearson’s Magazine. WELLS, commences in this Number.”) A facsimile of the April 1897 issue is found on HathiTrust. (See image: the red text at the top of the cover reads “A NEW SERIAL, by H. Pearson’s specifically advertised the story on its cover-a rare practice for the magazine before this point. The War of the Worlds Publication TimelineĪpril 1897 – Pearson’s Magazine First Installment: The first installment of The War of the Worlds (Chapters I-IV) was published in the April 1897 issue of Pearson’s Magazine. See this site’s page on the novel’s background for more information.Īn expanded view of the timeline is available here (links to external page) and the text of each timeline entry is presented below the timeline. Note that this timeline does not include information about the publication of the novel in the United States or other countries, including its serialization in Cosmopolitan Magazine or the American volume editions.

This is an interactive timeline of the publication history of The War of the Worlds in Britain.
