Which is online in full and a darn good read even over one century later. The same ending was used for the 1953 film version, which I still consider to be the Star Wars of the 1950s, though with a much better plot and acting.

Now of course one could ask, if these Martians were so smart, how is it they didn't prepare themselves for microbial infection? I know, in the novel it was theorized they had no such problems on Mars. Of course who says they couldn't have learned from their mistakes? And imagine if Wells knew about nuclear weapons at the time.

Everything you ever wanted to know about WOTW and then some:

http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/

Some day I hope to see a film that does WOTW as it was written, meaning having it take place in 1890s England.