John S. Partington was the editor of The Wellsian.

'an ambitious and always informative review of European reactions to Well and his work...Parrinder and Partington collect a wealth of information, much of it translated into English for the first time, in readable essays of uniform quality.' ~ Kritikon Litterarum, 33 (2006)

• Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer \ Acknowledgements \ List of Contributors \ Timeline: European Reception of H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder \ Abbreviations \ Introduction, Patrick Parrinder \ French \ 1. H. G. Wells's Critical Reception in France, Joseph Altairac, trans. Barbara Ghiringhelli \ 2. Henry-D. Davray and Mercure de France, Annie Escuret \ Russian \ 3. Future Perfect: H. G. Wells and Bolshevik Russia, 1917-1932, Roger Cockrell \ 4. H. G. Wells in Russian Literary Criticism, 1890s-1940s, Adelaida Lyubimova and Boris Proskurnin \ 5. Russia Revisited, Vera Shamina and Maria Kozyreva \ German \ 6. White Elephants and Black Machines: H. G. Wells and German Culture, 1920-1945, Elmar Schenkel \ 7. Ignorance, Opportunism, Propaganda, and Dissent: The Reception of H. G. Wells in Nazi Germany, Richard Nate \ Polish \ 8. H. G. Wells's Polish Reception, Andrzej Juszczyk \ 9. On Translations of H. G. Wells's Work into Polish, Julius K. Palczewski \ Czech \ 10. A Welcome Guest: the Czech Reception of H. G. Wells, Bohuslav Manek \ Hungary \ 11. Critics and Apologists of H. G. Wells in Interwar Hungary, Gabriella Voo \ 12. The Puzzle of the Connection between H. G. Wells and the Hungarian Frigyes Karinthy, Katalin Csala \ Italian \ 13. H. G. Wells, Italian Futurism and Marinetti's The Untamables (Gli Indomabili), Maria Teresa Chialant \ Catalan \ 14. An Approximation of H. G. Wells's Impact on Catalonia, Teresa Iribarren i Donadeu \ Spanish \ 15. H. G. Wells and the Discourse of Censorship in Franco's Spain, Alberto Lazaro \ Portugese \ 16. News from Nowhere: Portuguese Dialogues with H. G. Wells, Jose Manuel Mota \ IRISH \ 17. Clashing Utopias: H. G. Wells and Catholic Ireland, Lucian Ashworth \ French and Russian Science Fiction \ 18. A Tale of Two Science Fictions: H. G. Wells in France and the Soviet Union, George Slusser and Daniele Chatelain \ European Film \ 19. 'The Invisible Wells' in European Cinema and Television, Nicoletta Vallorani \ European Unification \ 20. H. G. Wells and the International Paneuropean Union, John S. Partington \ Bibliography \ Index.