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The Outline of History
''The Outline of History'', subtitled either "''The Whole Story of Man''" or "''Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind''", is a work by H. G. Wells that first appeared in an illustrated version of 24 fortnightly installments beginning on 22 November 1919 and was published as a single volume in 1920.〔Michael Sherborne, ''H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life'' (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 252; A.B. McKillop, ''The Spinster and the Prophet'' (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000), p. 147.〕 It sold more than two million copies, was translated into many languages, and had a considerable impact on the teaching of history in institutions of higher education.〔Michael Sherborne, ''H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life'' (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 252-53; David C. Smith, ''H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography'' (Yale University Press, 1986), pp. 258–60.〕 Wells modelled the
''Outline'' on the ''Encyclopédie'' of Denis Diderot.〔H.G. Wells, ''World Brain'', Garden City,
Doubleday Doran, 1938 (p. 20).〕
== Revised editions ==
Many revised versions were produced during Wells's lifetime, and the author kept notes on factual corrections he received from around the world. The last revision in his lifetime was published in 1937. In 1949, an expanded version was produced by Raymond Postgate, who extended the narrative through World War II, and later through 1969. Postgate wrote that "readers wish to hear the views of Wells, not those of Postgate," and endeavoured to preserve Wells's voice throughout. In later editions, G. P. Wells, the author's son, updated early chapters about prehistory to reflect current theories; previous editions, for instance, gave credence to the Piltdown Man hoax. The final edition appeared in 1971, but earlier editions are still in print.
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