Wells still awaits his Boswell, but we have "The World of H. G. Wells" by Van Wyck-Brooks (1915, Kennerley), a lively and appreciative critique, and "H. G. Wells, A Biography and a Critical Estimate of his Work" by J. D. Beresford (1915, Holt), still briefer, equally interesting, and containing a list of his writings to date. An autobiographical sketch was written for the Russian edition of his works (1909) and published in T. P.'s Magazine (1912).
Of magazine articles and critiques the following have for one reason or another special interest:
"Les Idées de Wells sur l'Humanité future" by Charles Duguet in Revue des Idées, 1908.
"Wells" by Chesterton in American Magazine, vol. 71, p. 32 (1910).
"Wells and his Point of View" in Catholic World, vol. 91 (four articles, 1910).
"Wells and Bergson" by P. E. B. Jourdain in Hibbert Journal, vol. 10, p. 835, July, 1912. "H. G. Wells et la Pensée contemporaine" by René Leguy in Mercure de France (1912).
The contributions of Mr. Wells to current magazines and newspapers are too numerous to enumerate, but I must not omit the two articles on Socialism which he contributed to The Independent, October 25 and November 3, 1906, and an article on "The Nature of Love" (The Independent, August 13, 1908).
[1] See "Major Prophets of To-day", p. 232.
[2] "Heretics", by G. K. Chesterton, p. 85.