Science Fiction by Gaslight

Science Fiction by Gaslight: A History and Anthology of Science Fiction in the Popular Magazines, 1891-1911. Sam Moskowitz, ed. and introd. Westport, CT: Hyperion, 1968.

The introd. is long and useful; includes sections on "Marvelous Inventions," "Future War," and significant stories by E. P. Butler, J. B. Harris-Burland, J. K. Jerome, H. P. Spofford, and H. G. Wells—q.v. under Fiction.