Lowell, Percival

Mars, by Percival Lowell, 1895
Astronomer Lowell did not consider this a work of fiction, let alone science fiction, when he first published it over a hundred years ago, but it worked out that way.
http://www.bibliomania.com/NonFiction/Lowell/Mars/index.html

Noto: An Unexplained Corner of Japan
In plain text, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2605

The Soul of the Far East
In plain text, or as a zip file, at Project Gutenberg.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1409

The Soul of the Far East
Online book.
http://encyclopediaindex.com/b/sofre10.htm