From DANAHAY 41: Reference to a Victorian debate regarding the existence of intelligent life on Mars. See Wells's article "Intelligence on Mars" in the Saturday Review 8 (April 4, 1896), p. 345-46.

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• Facsimile on HathiTrust of "Intelligence on Mars" in the Saturday Review (1896)

From DANAHAY 41: Wells was interested in the microscope to the point where he visited a microscope factory for his article "Through a Microscope."

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• Facsimile on The Internet Archive of H.G. Wells's "Through a Microscope: Some Moral Reflections" in Certain Personal Matters: A collection of Materials, Mainly Autobiographical (1897)