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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Henry Rider Haggard

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF

HENRY RIDER HAGGARD



Compiled by David Widger



HAGGARD



CONTENTS

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##  ALLAN QUATERMAIN

##  NADA THE LILY

##  WHEN THE WORLD SHOOK

##  MARIE

##  CHILD OF STORM

##  FINISHED

##  MONTEZUMA'S DAUGHTER

##  KING SOLOMON'S MINES

##  QUEEN SHEBA'S RING

##  MAIWA'S REVENGE

##  ERIC BRIGHTEYES

##  MORNING STAR

##  ALLAN'S WIFE

HUNTER QUATERMAIN'S STORY

##  TALE OF THREE LIONS

LONG ODDS

##  BENITA, AN AFRICAN ROMANCE

##  THE BRETHREN

##  THE WORLD'S DESIRE

THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE

##  CLEOPATRA

##  THE IVORY CHILD

##  BLACK HEART AND WHITE HEART

##  ELISSA

##  MOON OF ISRAEL

##  THE YELLOW GOD

##  THE WIZARD

##  RED EVE

##  BEATRICE

##  THE WANDERER'S NECKLACE

##  THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN

##  LOVE ETERNAL

##  THE LADY OF BLOSSHOLME

##  SWALLOW

##  ALLAN AND THE HOLY FLOWER

##  PEARL-MAIDEN

##  AYESHA

##  SHE

##  SHE AND ALLAN

##  LYSBETH

##  DOCTOR THERNE

##  JESS

##  STELLA FREGELIUS

##  SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS

##  THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST

##  THE GHOST KINGS

##  CETYWAYO AND HIS WHITE NEIGHBOURS

##  FAIR MARGARET

##  DAWN

##  COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.

##  MR. MEESON'S WILL

##  THE LAST BOER WAR

##  REGENERATION

##  THE ANCIENT ALLAN








TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES






ALLAN QUATERMAIN

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE CONSUL’S YARN

CHAPTER II THE BLACK HAND

CHAPTER III THE MISSION STATION

CHAPTER IV ALPHONSE AND HIS ANNETTE

CHAPTER V UMSLOPOGAAS MAKES A PROMISE

CHAPTER VI THE NIGHT WEARS ON

CHAPTER VII A SLAUGHTER GRIM AND GREAT

CHAPTER VIII ALPHONSE EXPLAINS

CHAPTER IX INTO THE UNKNOWN

CHAPTER X THE ROSE OF FIRE

CHAPTER XI THE FROWNING CITY

CHAPTER XII THE SISTER QUEENS

CHAPTER XIII ABOUT THE ZU-VENDI PEOPLE

CHAPTER XIV THE FLOWER TEMPLE

CHAPTER XV SORAIS’ SONG

CHAPTER XVI BEFORE THE STATUE

CHAPTER XVII THE STORM BREAKS

CHAPTER XVIII WAR! RED WAR!

CHAPTER XIX A STRANGE WEDDING

CHAPTER XX THE BATTLE OF THE PASS

CHAPTER XXI AWAY! AWAY!

CHAPTER XXII HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR

CHAPTER XXIII I HAVE SPOKEN

CHAPTER XXIV BY ANOTHER HAND

NOTE BY GEORGE CURTIS, Esq.

AUTHORITIES






NADA THE LILY

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION
PREFACE

NADA THE LILY

INTRODUCTION


CHAPTER I.   THE BOY CHAKA PROPHESIES

CHAPTER II.   MOPO IS IN TROUBLE

CHAPTER III.   MOPO VENTURES HOME

CHAPTER IV.   THE FLIGHT OF MOPO AND BALEKA

CHAPTER V.   MOPO BECOMES THE KING’S DOCTOR

CHAPTER VI.   THE BIRTH OF UMSLOPOGAAS

CHAPTER VII.   UMSLOPOGAAS ANSWERS THE KING

CHAPTER VIII.   THE GREAT INGOMBOCO

CHAPTER IX.   THE LOSS OF UMSLOPOGAAS

CHAPTER X.   THE TRIAL OF MOPO

CHAPTER XI.   THE COUNSEL OF BALEKA

CHAPTER XII.   THE TALE OF GALAZI THE WOLF

CHAPTER XIII.   GALAZI BECOMES KING OF THE WOLVES

CHAPTER XIV.   THE WOLF-BRETHREN

CHAPTER XV.   THE DEATH OF THE KING’S SLAYERS

CHAPTER XVI.   UMSLOPOGAAS VENTURES OUT TO WIN THE AXE

CHAPTER XVII.   UMSLOPOGAAS BECOMES CHIEF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE AXE

CHAPTER XVIII.   THE CURSE OF BALEKA

CHAPTER XIX.   MASILO COMES TO THE KRAAL DUGUZA

CHAPTER XX.   MOPO BARGAINS WITH THE PRINCES

CHAPTER XXI.   THE DEATH OF CHAKA

CHAPTER XXII.   MOPO GOES TO SEEK THE SLAUGHTERER

CHAPTER XXIII.   MOPO REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE SLAUGHTERER

CHAPTER XXIV.   THE SLAYING OF THE BOERS

CHAPTER XXV.   THE WAR WITH THE HALAKAZI PEOPLE

CHAPTER XXVI.   THE FINDING OF NADA

CHAPTER XXVII.   THE STAMPING OF THE FIRE

CHAPTER XXVIII.   THE LILY IS BROUGHT TO DINGAAN

CHAPTER XXIX.   MOPO TELLS HIS TALE

CHAPTER XXX.   THE COMING OF NADA

CHAPTER XXXI.   THE WAR OF THE WOMEN

CHAPTER XXXII.   ZINITA COMES TO THE KING

CHAPTER XXXIII.     THE END OF THE PEOPLE, BLACK AND GREY

CHAPTER XXXIV.   THE LILY’S FAREWELL

CHAPTER XXXV.   THE VENGEANCE OF MOPO AND HIS FOSTERLING

CHAPTER XXXVI.   MOPO ENDS HIS TALE






WHEN THE WORLD SHOOK

Being an Account of the Great Adventure
of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot

by H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION


WHEN THE WORLD SHOOK


Chapter I. Arbuthnot Describes Himself

Chapter II. Bastin and Bickley

Chapter III. Natalie

Chapter IV. Death and Departure

Chapter V. The Cyclone

Chapter VI. Land

Chapter VII. The Orofenans

Chapter VIII. Bastin Attempts the Martyr’s Crown

Chapter IX. The Island in the Lake

Chapter X. The Dwellers in the Tomb

Chapter XI. Resurrection

Chapter XII. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!

Chapter XIII. Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues

Chapter XIV. The Under-world

Chapter XV. Oro in His House

Chapter XVI. Visions of the Past

Chapter XVII. Yva Explains

Chapter XVIII. The Accident

Chapter XIX. The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley

Chapter XX. Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night

Chapter XXI. Love’s Eternal Altar

Chapter XXII. The Command

Chapter XXIII. In the Temple of Fate

Chapter XXIV. The Chariot of the Pit

Chapter XXV. Sacrifice

Chapter XXVI. Tommy

Chapter XXVII. Bastin Discovers a Resemblance

NOTE By J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.






MARIE

AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF THE LATE ALLAN QUATERMAIN

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

PREFACE

EDITOR’S NOTE


CHAPTER I.   ALLAN LEARNS FRENCH

CHAPTER II.   THE ATTACK ON MARAISFONTEIN

CHAPTER III.   THE RESCUE

CHAPTER IV.   HERNANDO PEREIRA

CHAPTER V.   THE SHOOTING MATCH

CHAPTER VI.   THE PARTING

CHAPTER VII.   ALLAN’S CALL

CHAPTER VIII.   THE CAMP OF DEATH

CHAPTER IX.   THE PROMISE

CHAPTER X.   VROUW PRINSLOO SPEAKS HER MIND

CHAPTER XI.   THE SHOT IN THE KLOOF

CHAPTER XII.   DINGAAN’S BET

CHAPTER XIII.   THE REHEARSAL

CHAPTER XIV.   THE PLAY

CHAPTER XV.   RETIEF ASKS A FAVOUR

CHAPTER XVI.   THE COUNCIL

CHAPTER XVII.   THE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XVIII.      THE TREATY

CHAPTER XIX.   DEPART IN PEACE

CHAPTER XX.   THE COURT-MARTIAL

CHAPTER XXI.   THE INNOCENT BLOOD






CHILD OF STORM

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

AUTHOR’S NOTE


CHAPTER I.   ALLAN QUATERMAIN HEARS OF MAMEENA

CHAPTER II.   THE MOONSHINE OF ZIKALI

CHAPTER III.   THE BUFFALO WITH THE CLEFT HORN

CHAPTER IV.   MAMEENA

CHAPTER V.   TWO BUCKS AND THE DOE

CHAPTER VI.   THE AMBUSH

CHAPTER VII.   SADUKO BRINGS THE MARRIAGE GIFT

CHAPTER VIII.   THE KING’S DAUGHTER

CHAPTER IX.   ALLAN RETURNS TO ZULULAND

CHAPTER X.   THE SMELLING-OUT

CHAPTER XI.   THE SIN OF UMBELAZI

CHAPTER XII.   PANDA’S PRAYER

CHAPTER XIII.   UMBELAZI THE FALLEN

CHAPTER XIV.      UMBEZI AND THE BLOOD ROYAL

CHAPTER XV.   MAMEENA CLAIMS THE KISS

CHAPTER XVI.   MAMEENA—MAMEENA—MAMEENA!






FINISHED

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — ALLAN QUATERMAIN MEETS ANSCOMBE

CHAPTER II. — MR. MARNHAM

CHAPTER III. — THE HUNTERS HUNTED

CHAPTER IV. — DOCTOR RODD

CHAPTER V. — A GAME OF CARDS

CHAPTER VI. — MISS HEDA

CHAPTER VII. — THE STOEP

CHAPTER VIII. — RODD’S LAST CARD

CHAPTER IX. — FLIGHT

CHAPTER X. — NOMBE

CHAPTER XI. — ZIKALI. —

CHAPTER XII. — TRAPPED

CHAPTER XIII. — CETEWAYO

CHAPTER XIV. — THE VALLEY OF BONES

CHAPTER XV. — THE GREAT COUNCIL

CHAPTER XVI. — WAR

CHAPTER XVII. — KAATJE BRINGS NEWS

CHAPTER XVIII. — ISANDHLWANA

CHAPTER XIX. — ALLAN AWAKES

CHAPTER XX. — HEDA’S TALE

CHAPTER XXI. — THE KING VISITS ZIKALI. —

CHAPTER XXII. — THE MADNESS OF NOMBE

CHAPTER XXIII. — THE KRAAL JAZI. —






MONTEZUMA’S DAUGHTER

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


MONTEZUMA’S DAUGHTER


CHAPTER I -- WHY THOMAS WINGFIELD TELLS HIS TALE

CHAPTER II -- OF THE PARENTAGE OF THOMAS WINGFIELD

CHAPTER III -- THE COMING OF THE SPANIARD

CHAPTER IV -- THOMAS TELLS HIS LOVE

CHAPTER V -- THOMAS SWEARS AN OATH

CHAPTER VI -- GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART

CHAPTER VII -- ANDRES DE FONSECA

CHAPTER VIII -- THE SECOND MEETING

CHAPTER IX -- THOMAS BECOMES RICH

CHAPTER X -- THE PASSING OF ISABELLA DE SIGUENZA

CHAPTER XI -- THE LOSS OF THE CARAK

CHAPTER XII -- THOMAS COMES TO SHORE

CHAPTER XIII -- THE STONE OF SACRIFICE

CHAPTER XIV -- THE SAVING OF GUATEMOC

CHAPTER XV -- THE COURT OF MONTEZUMA

CHAPTER XVI -- THOMAS BECOMES A GOD

CHAPTER XVII -- THE ARISING OF PAPANTZIN

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE NAMING OF THE BRIDES

CHAPTER XIX -- THE FOUR GODDESSES

CHAPTER XX -- OTOMIE'S COUNSEL

CHAPTER XXI -- THE KISS OF LOVE

CHAPTER XXII -- THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS

CHAPTER XXIII -- THOMAS IS MARRIED

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE NIGHT OF FEAR

CHAPTER XXV -- THE BURYING OF MONTEZUMA'S TREASURE

CHAPTER XXVI -- THE CROWNING OF GUATEMOC

CHAPTER XXVII -- THE FALL OF TENOCTITLAN

CHAPTER XXVIII -- THOMAS IS DOOMED

CHAPTER XXIX -- DE GARCIA SPEAKS HIS MIND

CHAPTER XXX -- THE ESCAPE

CHAPTER XXXI -- OTOMIE PLEADS WITH HER PEOPLE

CHAPTER XXXII -- THE END OF GUATEMOC

CHAPTER XXXIII -- ISABELLA DE SIGUENZA IS AVENGED

CHAPTER XXXIV -- THE SIEGE OF THE CITY OF PINES

CHAPTER XXXV -- THE LAST SACRIFICE OF THE WOMEN OF THE OTOMIE

CHAPTER XXXVI -- THE SURRENDER

CHAPTER XXXVII -- VENGEANCE

CHAPTER XXXVIII -- OTOMIE'S FAREWELL   

CHAPTER XXXIX -- THOMAS COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD

CHAPTER XL -- AMEN






KING SOLOMON'S MINES

By H. Rider Haggard




CONTENTS

CHAPTER  
I   I MEET SIR HENRY CURTIS
II   THE LEGEND OF SOLOMON'S MINES
III   UMBOPA ENTERS OUR SERVICE
IV   AN ELEPHANT HUNT
V   OUR MARCH INTO THE DESERT
VI   WATER! WATER!
VII   SOLOMON'S ROAD
VIII   WE ENTER KUKUANALAND
IX   TWALA THE KING
X   THE WITCH-HUNT
XI   WE GIVE A SIGN
XII   BEFORE THE BATTLE
XIII   THE ATTACK
XIV   THE LAST STAND OF THE GREYS
XV   GOOD FALLS SICK
XVI   THE PLACE OF DEATH
XVII   SOLOMON'S TREASURE CHAMBER
XVIII   WE ABANDON HOPE
XIX   IGNOSI'S FAREWELL
XX   FOUND






QUEEN SHEBA’S RING

by H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I -- THE COMING OF THE RING

CHAPTER II -- THE ADVICE OF SERGEANT QUICK

CHAPTER III -- THE PROFESSOR GOES OUT SHOOTING

CHAPTER IV -- THE DEATH WIND

CHAPTER V -- PHARAOH MAKES TROUBLE

CHAPTER VI -- HOW WE ESCAPED FROM HARMAC

CHAPTER VII -- BARUNG

CHAPTER VIII -- THE SHADOW OF FATE

CHAPTER IX -- THE SWEARING OF THE OATH

CHAPTER X -- QUICK LIGHTS A MATCH

CHAPTER XI -- THE RESCUE FAILS

CHAPTER XII -- THE DEN OF LIONS

CHAPTER XIII -- THE ADVENTURES OF HIGGS

CHAPTER XIV -- HOW PHARAOH MET SHADRACH

CHAPTER XV -- SERGEANT QUICK HAS A PRESENTIMENT

CHAPTER XVI -- HARMAC COMES TO MUR

CHAPTER XVII -- I FIND MY SON

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE BURNING OF THE PALACE

CHAPTER XIX -- STARVATION

CHAPTER XX -- THE TRIAL AND AFTER






MAIWA’S REVENGE

OR THE WAR OF THE LITTLE HAND

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

PREFACE

MAIWA’S REVENGE

I—GOBO STRIKES

II—A MORNING’S SPORT

III—THE FIRST ROUND

IV—THE LAST ROUND

V—THE MESSAGE OF MAIWA

VI—THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN

VII—THE ATTACK

VIII—MAIWA IS AVENGED






ERIC BRIGHTEYES

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

ERIC BRIGHTEYES


I -- HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST FOUND GROA THE WITCH

II -- HOW ERIC TOLD HIS LOVE TO GUDRUDA IN THE SNOW ON COLDBACK

III -- HOW ASMUND BADE ERIC TO HIS YULE-FEAST

IV -- HOW ERIC CAME DOWN GOLDEN FALLS

V -- HOW ERIC WON THE SWORD WHITEFIRE

VI -- HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST WAS BETROTHED TO UNNA

VII -- HOW ERIC WENT UP MOSFELL AGAINST SKALLAGRIM THE BARESARK

VIII -- HOW OSPAKAR BLACKTOOTH FOUND ERIC BRIGHTEYES AND SKALLAGRIM LAMBSTAIL ON HORSE-HEAD HEIGHTS

IX -- HOW SWANHILD DEALT WITH GUDRUDA

X -- HOW ASMUND SPOKE WITH SWANHILD

XI -- HOW SWANHILD BID FAREWELL TO ERIC

XII -- HOW ERIC WAS OUTLAWED AND SAILED A-VIKING

XIII -- HOW HALL THE MATE CUT THE GRAPNEL CHAIN

XIV -- HOW ERIC DREAMED A DREAM

XV -- HOW ERIC DWELT IN LONDON TOWN

XVI -- HOW SWANHILD WALKED THE SEAS

XVII -- HOW ASMUND THE PRIEST WEDDED UNNA, THOROD'S DAUGHTER

XVIII -- HOW EARL ATLI FOUND ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM ON THE SOUTHERN ROCKS OF STRAUMEY ISLE

XIX -- HOW KOLL THE HALF-WITTED BROUGHT TIDINGS FROM ICELAND

XX -- HOW ERIC WAS NAMED ANEW

XXI -- HOW HALL OF LITHDALE TOOK TIDINGS TO ICELAND

XXII -- HOW ERIC CAME HOME AGAIN

XXIII -- HOW ERIC WAS A GUEST AT THE WEDDING-FEAST OF GUDRUDA THE FAIR

XXIV -- HOW THE FEAST WENT

XXV -- HOW THE FEAST ENDED

XXVI -- HOW ERIC VENTURED DOWN TO MIDDALHOF AND WHAT HE FOUND

XXVII -- HOW GUDRUDA WENT UP TO MOSFELL

XXVIII -- HOW SWANHILD WON TIDINGS OF ERIC

XXIX -- HOW WENT THE BRIDAL NIGHT

XXX -- HOW THE DAWN CAME

XXXI -- HOW ERIC SENT AWAY HIS MEN FROM MOSFELL

XXXII -- HOW ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM GREW FEY

XXXIII -- HOW ERIC AND SKALLAGRIM FOUGHT THEIR LAST GREAT FIGHT






MORNING STAR

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

DEDICATION
AUTHOR’S NOTE

MORNING STAR

CHAPTER I -- THE PLOT OF ABI

CHAPTER II -- THE PROMISE OF THE GOD

CHAPTER III -- RAMES, THE PRINCESS, AND THE CROCODILE

CHAPTER IV -- RAMES, THE PRINCESS, AND THE CROCODILE

CHAPTER V -- HOW RAMES FOUGHT THE PRINCE OF KESH

CHAPTER VI -- THE OATH OF RAMES AND OF TUA

CHAPTER VII -- TUA COMES TO MEMPHIS

CHAPTER VIII -- THE MAGIC IMAGE

CHAPTER IX -- THE DOOM OF PHARAOH

CHAPTER X -- THE COMING OF THE KA

CHAPTER XI -- THE DREAM OF ABI

CHAPTER XII -- THE ROYAL MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XIII -- ABI LEARNS THE TRUTH

CHAPTER XIV -- THE BOAT OF RA

CHAPTER XV -- TUA AND THE KING OF TAT

CHAPTER XVI -- THE BEGGAR AND THE KING

CHAPTER XVII -- TUA FINDS HER LOVER

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE JUDGMENT OF THE GODS






ALLAN’S WIFE

by H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

ALLAN’S WIFE

CHAPTER I -- EARLY DAYS

CHAPTER II -- THE FIRE-FIGHT

CHAPTER III -- NORTHWARDS

CHAPTER IV -- THE ZULU IMPI

CHAPTER V -- THE END OF THE LAAGER

CHAPTER VI -- STELLA

CHAPTER VII -- THE BABOON-WOMAN

CHAPTER VIII -- THE MARBLE KRAALS

CHAPTER IX -- "LET US GO IN, ALLAN!"

CHAPTER X -- HENDRIKA PLOTS EVIL

CHAPTER XI -- GONE!

CHAPTER XII -- THE MAGIC OF INDABA-ZIMBI

CHAPTER XIII -- WHAT HAPPENED TO STELLA

CHAPTER XIV -- FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER






A TALE OF THREE LIONS

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. THE INTEREST ON TEN SHILLINGS

CHAPTER II. WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE POOL

CHAPTER III. JIM-JIM IS AVENGED






BENITA—AN AFRICAN ROMANCE

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


BENITA—AN AFRICAN ROMANCE

I -- CONFIDENCES

II -- THE END OF THE "ZANZIBAR."

III -- HOW ROBERT CAME ASHORE

IV -- MR. CLIFFORD

V -- JACOB MEYER

VI -- THE GOLD COIN

VII -- THE MESSENGERS

VIII -- BAMBATSE

IX -- THE OATH OF MADUNA

X -- THE MOUNTAIN TOP

XI -- THE SLEEPERS IN THE CAVE

XII -- THE BEGINNING OF THE SEARCH

XIII -- BENITA PLANS ESCAPE

XIV -- THE FLIGHT

XV -- THE CHASE

XVI -- BACK AT BAMBATSE

XVII -- THE FIRST EXPERIMENT

XVIII -- THE OTHER BENITA

XIX -- THE AWAKING

XX -- JACOB MEYER SEES A SPIRIT

XXI -- THE MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD

XXII -- THE VOICE OF THE LIVING

XXIII -- BENITA GIVES HER ANSWER

XXIV -- THE TRUE GOLD






THE BRETHREN

By H. Rider Haggard



Contents

Dedication

AUTHOR’S NOTE:

PROLOGUE

Chapter One: By The Waters of Death Creek

Chapter Two: Sir Andew D’Arcy

Chapter Three: The Knighting of the Brethren

Chapter Four: The Letter of Saladin

Chapter Five: The Wine Merchant

Chapter Six: The Christmas Feast at Steeple

Chapter Seven: The Banner of Saladin

Chapter Eight: The Widow Masouda

Chapter Nine: The Horses Flame and Smoke

Chapter Ten: On Board the Galley

Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-Je-Bal

Chapter Twelve: The Lord of Death

Chapter Thirteen: The Embassy

Chapter Fourteen: The Combat on the Bridge

Chapter Fifteen: The Flight to Emesa

Chapter Sixteen: The Sultan Saladin

Chapter Seventeen: The Brethren Depart from Damascus

Chapter Eighteen: Wulf Pays for the Drugged Wine

Chapter Nineteen: Before the Walls of Ascalon

Chapter Twenty: The Luck of the Star of Hassan

Chapter Twenty-One: What Befell Godwin

Chapter Twenty-two: At Jerusalem

Chapter Twenty-Three: Saint Rosamund

Chapter Twenty Four: The Dregs of the Cup






THE WORLD’S DESIRE

By H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang



CONTENTS

PREFACE

THE WORLD’S DESIRE

BOOK I

BOOK II

BOOK III






CLEOPATRA

by H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

AUTHOR’S NOTE


CLEOPATRA


INTRODUCTION


BOOK I—THE PREPARATION OF HARMACHIS

CHAPTER I -- OF THE BIRTH OF HARMACHIS; THE PROPHECY OF THE HATHORS; AND THE SLAYING OF THE INNOCENT CHILD

CHAPTER II -- OF THE DISOBEDIENCE OF HARMACHIS; OF THE SLAYING OF THE LION; AND OF THE SPEECH OF THE OLD WIFE, ATOUA

CHAPTER III -- OF THE REBUKE OF AMENEMHAT; OF THE PRAYER OF HARMACHIS; AND OF THE SIGN GIVEN BY THE HOLY GODS

CHAPTER IV -- OF THE DEPARTURE OF HARMACHIS AND OF HIS MEETING WITH HIS UNCLE SEPA, THE HIGH PRIEST OF ANNU EL RA; OF HIS LIFE AT ANNU, AND OF THE WORDS OF SEPA

CHAPTER V -- OF THE RETURN OF HARMACHIS TO ABOUTHIS; OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE MYSTERIES; OF THE CHANT OF ISIS; AND OF THE WARNING OF AMENEMHAT

CHAPTER VI -- OF THE INITIATION OF HARMACHIS; OF HIS VISIONS; OF HIS PASSING TO THE CITY THAT IS IN THE PLACE OF DEATH; AND OF THE DECLARATIONS OF ISIS, THE MESSENGER

CHAPTER VII -- OF THE AWAKING OF HARMACHIS; OF THE CEREMONY OF HIS CROWNING AS PHARAOH OF THE UPPER AND THE LOWER LAND; AND OF THE OFFERINGS MADE TO PHARAOH


BOOK II—THE FALL OF HARMACHIS

CHAPTER I -- OF THE FAREWELL OF AMENEMHAT TO HARMACHIS; OF THE COMING OF HARMACHIS TO ALEXANDRIA; OF THE EXHORTATION OF SEPA; OF THE PASSING OF CLEOPATRA ROBED AS ISIS; AND OF THE OVERTHROW OF THE GLADIATOR BY HARMACHIS

CHAPTER II -- OF THE COMING OF CHARMION; AND OF THE WRATH OF SEPA

CHAPTER III -- OF THE COMING OF HARMACHIS TO THE PALACE; OF HOW HE DREW PAULUS THROUGH THE GATES; OF CLEOPATRA SLEEPING; AND OF THE MAGIC OF HARMACHIS WHICH HE SHOWED HER

CHAPTER IV -- OF THE WAYS OF CHARMION; AND OF THE CROWNING OF HARMACHIS AS THE KING OF LOVE

CHAPTER V -- OF THE COMING OF CLEOPATRA TO THE CHAMBER OF HARMACHIS; OF THE THROWING FORTH OF THE KERCHIEF OF CHARMION; OF THE STARS; AND OF THE GIFT BY CLEOPATRA OF HER FRIENDSHIP TO HER SERVANT HARMACHIS

CHAPTER VI -- OF THE WORDS AND JEALOUSY OF CHARMION; OF THE LAUGHTER OF HARMACHIS; OF THE MAKING READY FOR THE DEED OF BLOOD

CHAPTER VII -- OF THE VEILED WORDS OF CHARMION; OF THE PASSING OF HARMACHIS INTO THE PRESENCE OF CLEOPATRA; AND OF THE OVERTHROW OF HARMACHIS

CHAPTER VIII -- OF THE AWAKING OF HARMACHIS; OF THE SIGHT OF DEATH; OF THE COMING OF CLEOPATRA; AND OF HER COMFORTABLE WORDS

CHAPTER IX -- OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF HARMACHIS; OF THE SCORN OF CHARMION; OF THE SETTING FREE OF HARMACHIS; AND OF THE COMING OF QUINTUS DELLIUS

CHAPTER X -- OF THE TROUBLE OF CLEOPATRA; OF HER OATH TO HARMACHIS; AND OF THE TELLING BY HARMACHIS TO CLEOPATRA OF THE SECRET OF THE TREASURE THAT LAY BENEATH THE MASS OF â?oHERâ?

CHAPTER XI -- OF THE TOMB OF THE DIVINE MENKAU-RA; OF THE WRITING ON THE BREAST OF MENKAU-RA; OF THE DRAWING FORTH OF THE TREASURE; OF THE DWELLER IN THE TOMB; AND OF THE FLIGHT OF CLEOPATRA AND HARMACHIS FROM THE HOLY PLACE

CHAPTER XII -- OF THE COMING BACK OF HARMACHIS; OF THE GREETING OF CHARMION; AND OF THE ANSWER OF CLEOPATRA TO QUINTUS DELLIUS, THE AMBASSADOR OF ANTONY THE TRIUMVIR

CHAPTER XIII -- OF THE REPROACH OF HARMACHIS; OF THE STRUGGLE OF HARMACHIS WITH THE GUARDS; OF THE BLOW OF BRENNUS; AND OF THE SECRET SPEECH OF CLEOPATRA

CHAPTER XIV -- OF THE TENDER CARE OF CHARMION; OF THE HEALING OF HARMACHIS; OF THE SAILING OF THE FLEET OF CLEOPATRA FOR CILICIA; AND OF THE SPEECH OF BRENNUS TO HARMACHIS

CHAPTER XV -- OF THE FEAST OF CLEOPATRA; OF THE MELTING OF THE PEARL; OF THE SAYING OF HARMACHIS; AND OF CLEOPATRAâ?TS VOW OF LOVE

CHAPTER XVI -- OF THE PLAN OF CHARMION; OF THE CONFESSION OF CHARMION; AND OF THE ANSWER OF HARMACHIS


BOOK III—THE VENGEANCE OF HARMACHIS

CHAPTER I -- OF THE ESCAPE OF HARMACHIS FROM TARSUS; OF HIS BEING CAST FORTH AS AN OFFERING TO THE GODS OF THE SEA; OF HIS SOJOURN IN THE ISLE OF CYPRUS; OF HIS RETURN TO ABOUTHIS; AND OF THE DEATH OF AMENEMHAT

CHAPTER II -- OF THE LAST MISERY OF HARMACHIS; OF THE CALLING DOWN OF THE HOLY ISIS BY THE WORD OF FEAR; OF THE PROMISE OF ISIS; OF THE COMING OF ATOUA, AND OF THE WORDS OF ATOUA

CHAPTER III -- OF THE LIFE OF HIM WHO WAS NAMED THE LEARNED OLYMPUS, IN THE TOMB OF THE HARPERS THAT IS BY TÁP�; OF HIS COUNSEL TO CLEOPATRA; OF THE MESSAGE OF CHARMION; AND OF THE PASSING OF OLYMPUS DOWN TO ALEXANDRIA

CHAPTER IV -- OF THE MEETING OF CHARMION WITH THE LEARNED OLYMPUS; OF HER SPEECH WITH HIM; OF THE COMING OF OLYMPUS INTO THE PRESENCE OF CLEOPATRA; AND OF THE COMMANDS OF CLEOPATRA.

CHAPTER V -- OF THE DRAWING FORTH OF ANTONY FROM THE TIMONIUM BACK TO CLEOPATRA; OF THE FEAST MADE BY CLEOPATRA; AND OF THE MANNER OF THE DEATH OF EUDOSIUS THE STEWARD

CHAPTER VI -- OF THE WORKINGS OF THE LEARNED OLYMPUS AT MEMPHIS; OF THE POISONINGS OF CLEOPATRA; OF THE SPEECH OF ANTONY TO HIS CAPTAINS; AND OF THE PASSING OF ISIS FROM THE LAND OF KHEM

CHAPTER VII -- OF THE SURRENDER OF THE TROOPS AND FLEET OF ANTONY BEFORE THE CANOPIC GATE; OF THE END OF ANTONY, AND OF THE BREWING OF THE DRAUGHT OF DEATH

CHAPTER VIII -- OF THE LAST SUPPER OF CLEOPATRA; OF THE SONG OF CHARMION; OF THE DRINKING OF THE DRAUGHT OF DEATH; OF THE REVEALING OF HARMACHIS; OF THE SUMMONING OF THE SPIRITS BY HARMACHIS; AND OF THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA

CHAPTER IX -- OF THE FAREWELL OF CHARMION; OF THE DEATH OF CHARMION; OF THE DEATH OF THE OLD WIFE, ATOUA; OF THE COMING OF HARMACHIS TO ABOUTHIS; OF HIS CONFESSION IN THE HALL OF SIX-AND-THIRTY PILLARS; AND OF THE DECLARING OF THE DOOM OF HARMACHIS

CHAPTER X -- OF THE LAST WRITING OF HARMACHIS, THE ROYAL EGYPTIAN






THE IVORY CHILD

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I -- ALLAN GIVES A SHOOTING LESSON

CHAPTER II -- ALLAN MAKES A BET

CHAPTER III -- MISS HOLMES

CHAPTER IV -- HARÛT AND MARÛT

CHAPTER V -- THE PLOT

CHAPTER VI -- THE BONA FIDE GOLD MINE

CHAPTER VII -- LORD RAGNALL'S STORY

CHAPTER VIII -- THE START

CHAPTER IX -- THE MEETING IN THE DESERT

CHAPTER X -- CHARGE!

CHAPTER XI -- ALLAN IS CAPTURED

CHAPTER XII -- THE FIRST CURSE

CHAPTER XIII -- JANA

CHAPTER XIV -- THE CHASE

CHAPTER XV -- THE DWELLER IN THE CAVE

CHAPTER XVI -- HANS STEALS THE KEYS

CHAPTER XVII -- THE SANCTUARY AND THE OATH

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE EMBASSY

CHAPTER XIX -- ALLAN QUATERMAIN MISSES

CHAPTER XX -- ALLAN WEEPS

CHAPTER XXI -- HOMEWARDS






BLACK HEART AND WHITE HEART

by H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

DEDICATION

AUTHOR’S NOTE


BLACK HEART AND WHITE HEART

CHAPTER I -- PHILIP HADDEN AND KING CETYWAYO

CHAPTER II -- THE BEE PROPHESIES

CHAPTER III -- THE END OF THE HUNT

CHAPTER IV -- NANEA

CHAPTER V -- THE DOOM POOL

CHAPTER VI -- THE GHOST OF THE DEAD






ELISSA

OR THE DOOM OF ZIMBABWE

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

ELISSA

CHAPTER I -- THE CARAVAN

CHAPTER II -- THE GROVE OF BAALTIS

CHAPTER III -- ITHOBAL THE KING

CHAPTER IV -- THE DREAM OF ISSACHAR

CHAPTER V -- THE PLACE OF SACRIFICE

CHAPTER VI -- THE HALL OF AUDIENCE

CHAPTER VII -- THE BLACK DWARF

CHAPTER VIII -- AZIEL PLIGHTS HIS TROTH

CHAPTER IX -- GREETING TO THE BAALTIS

CHAPTER X -- THE EMBASSY

CHAPTER XI -- METEM SELLS IMAGES

CHAPTER XII -- THE TRYST

CHAPTER XIII -- THE SACRILEGE OF AZIEL

CHAPTER XIV -- THE MARTYRDOM OF ISSACHAR

CHAPTER XV -- ELISSA TAKES SANCTUARY

CHAPTER XVI -- THE CAGE OF DEATH

CHAPTER XVII -- "THERE IS HOPE"






MOON OF ISRAEL

A TALE OF THE EXODUS

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD



CONTENTS


AUTHOR’S NOTE

MOON OF ISRAEL

CHAPTER I -- SCRIBE ANA COMES TO TANIS

CHAPTER II -- THE BREAKING OF THE CUP

CHAPTER III -- USERTI

CHAPTER IV -- THE COURT OF BETROTHAL

CHAPTER V -- THE PROPHECY

CHAPTER VI -- THE LAND OF GOSHEN

CHAPTER VII -- THE AMBUSH

CHAPTER VIII -- SETI COUNSELS PHARAOH

CHAPTER IX -- THE SMITING OF AMON

CHAPTER X -- THE DEATH OF PHARAOH

CHAPTER XI -- THE CROWNING OF AMENMESES

CHAPTER XII -- THE MESSAGE OF JABEZ

CHAPTER XIII -- THE RED NILE

CHAPTER XIV -- KI COMES TO MEMPHIS

CHAPTER XV -- THE NIGHT OF FEAR

CHAPTER XVI -- JABEZ SELLS HORSES

CHAPTER XVII -- THE DREAM OF MERAPI

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE CROWNING OF MERAPI






THE YELLOW GOD

AN IDOL OF AFRICA

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I -- SAHARA LIMITED

CHAPTER II -- THE YELLOW GOD

CHAPTER III -- JEEKIE TELLS A TALE

CHAPTER IV -- ALAN AND BARBARA

CHAPTER V -- BARBARA MAKES A SPEECH

CHAPTER VI -- MR. HASWELL LOSES HIS TEMPER

CHAPTER VII -- THE DIARY

CHAPTER VIII -- THE DWARF FOLK

CHAPTER IX -- THE DAWN

CHAPTER X -- BONSA TOWN

CHAPTER XI -- THE HALL OF THE DEAD

CHAPTER XII -- THE GOLD HOUSE

CHAPTER XIII -- THE FEAST OF LITTLE BONSA

CHAPTER XIV -- THE MOTHER OF JEEKIE

CHAPTER XV -- ALAN FALLS ILL

CHAPTER XVI -- WHAT THE ASIKA SHOWED ALAN

CHAPTER XVII -- THE END OF THE MUNGANA

CHAPTER XVIII -- A MEETING IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER XIX -- THE LAST OF THE ASIKI

CHAPTER XX -- THE ASIKA'S MESSAGE






THE WIZARD

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

THE WIZARD

CHAPTER I -- THE DEPUTATION

CHAPTER II -- THOMAS OWEN

CHAPTER III -- THE TEMPTATION

CHAPTER IV -- THE VISION

CHAPTER V -- THE FEAST OF THE FIRST-FRUITS

CHAPTER VI -- THE DRINKING OF THE CUP

CHAPTER VII -- THE RECOVERY OF THE KING


CHAPTER VIII -- THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE

CHAPTER IX -- THE CRISIS

CHAPTER X -- THE SECOND TRIAL BY FIRE

CHAPTER XI -- THE WISDOM OF THE DEAD

CHAPTER XII -- THE MESSAGE OF HOKOSA

CHAPTER XIII --- THE BASKET OF FRUIT

CHAPTER XIV -- THE EATING OF THE FRUIT


CHAPTER XV -- NOMA COMES TO HAFELA

CHAPTER XVI -- THE REPENTANCE OF HOKOSA

CHAPTER XVII -- THE LOOSING OF NOMA

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE PASSING OF OWEN

CHAPTER XIX -- THE FALL OF THE GREAT PLACE

CHAPTER XX -- NOMA SETS A SNARE

CHAPTER XXI -- HOKOSA IS LIFTED UP

CHAPTER XXII -- THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS






RED EVE

by H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1911.



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

RED EVE


CHAPTER I -- THE TRYSTING-PLACE

CHAPTER II -- THE FIGHT BY THE RIVER

CHAPTER III -- FATHER ANDREW

CHAPTER IV -- THE PENANCE

CHAPTER V -- GREY DICK SHOWS HIS ARCHERY

CHAPTER VI -- THE SNARE


CHAPTER VII -- THE LOVE PHILTRE

CHAPTER VIII -- TOO LATE

CHAPTER IX -- CRECY FIELD

CHAPTER X -- THE KING'S CHAMPION

CHAPTER XI -- THE CHALLENGE

CHAPTER XII -- THE MAN FROM THE EAST


CHAPTER XIII -- MURGH'S ARROW

CHAPTER XIV -- AT THE PLACE OF ARMS

CHAPTER XV -- THE DEATH AT WORK

CHAPTER XVI -- AT AVIGNON

CHAPTER XVII -- A MEETING

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE PLAGUE PIT

CHAPTER XIX -- THE DOOM






BEATRICE

By H. Rider Haggard



First Published in 1893.



CONTENTS

BEATRICE


CHAPTER I -- A MIST WRAITH

CHAPTER II -- AT THE BELL ROCK

CHAPTER III -- A CONFESSION OF FAITH

CHAPTER IV -- THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR

CHAPTER V -- ELIZABETH IS THANKFUL

CHAPTER VI -- OWEN DAVIES AT HOME

CHAPTER VII -- A MATRIMONIAL TALE

CHAPTER VIII -- EXPLANATORY

CHAPTER IX -- WHAT BEATRICE DREAMED

CHAPTER X -- LADY HONORIA MAKES ARRANGEMENTS

CHAPTER XI -- BEATRICE MAKES AN APPOINTMENT

CHAPTER XII -- THE WRITING ON THE SAND

CHAPTER XIII -- GEOFFREY LECTURES

CHAPTER XIV -- DRIFTING

CHAPTER XV -- ONLY GOOD-NIGHT

CHAPTER XVI -- THE FLAT NEAR THE EDGWARE ROAD

CHAPTER XVII -- GEOFFREY WINS HIS CASE

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE RISING STAR

CHAPTER XIX -- GEOFFREY HAS A VISITOR

CHAPTER XX -- BACK AT BRYNGELLY

CHAPTER XXI -- THE THIRD APPEAL

CHAPTER XXII -- A NIGHT OF STORM

CHAPTER XXIII -- A DAWN OF RAIN

CHAPTER XXIV -- LADY HONORIA TAKES THE FIELD

CHAPTER XXV -- ELIZABETH SHOWS HER TEETH

CHAPTER XXVI -- WHAT BEATRICE SWORE

CHAPTER XXVII -- THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

CHAPTER XXVIII -- I WILL WAIT FOR YOU

CHAPTER XXIX -- A WOMANâ?TS LAST WORD

CHAPTER XXX -- AVE ATQUE VALE

CHAPTER XXXI -- THE DUCHESSâ?TS BALL






THE WANDERER’S NECKLACE

by H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1914.



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

NOTE BY THE EDITOR

THE WANDERER’S NECKLACE


BOOK I

CHAPTER I -- OLAF

CHAPTER II -- THE SLAYING OF THE BEAR

CHAPTER III -- THE WANDERER'S NECKLACE

CHAPTER IV -- IDUNA WEARS THE NECKLACE

CHAPTER V -- THE BATTLE ON THE SEA

CHAPTER VI -- HOW OLAF FOUGHT WITH ODIN


BOOK II

CHAPTER I -- IRENE, EMPRESS OF THE EARTH

CHAPTER II -- THE BLIND CÆSAR

CHAPTER III -- MOTHER AND SON

CHAPTER IV -- OLAF OFFERS HIS SWORD

CHAPTER V -- AVE POST SECULA

CHAPTER VI -- HELIODORE

CHAPTER VII -- VICTORY OR VALHALLA!

CHAPTER VIII -- THE TRIAL OF OLAF

CHAPTER IX -- THE HALL OF THE PIT

CHAPTER X -- OLAF GIVES JUDGMENT


BOOK III

CHAPTER I -- TIDINGS FROM EGYPT

CHAPTER II -- THE STATUES BY THE NILE

CHAPTER III -- THE VALLEY OF THE DEAD KINGS

CHAPTER IV -- THE CALIPH HARUN

CHAPTER V -- IRENE'S PRAYER






THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published in 1922.



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN


BOOK I

CHAPTER I -- THE SWORD AND THE RING

CHAPTER II -- THE LADY BLANCHE

CHAPTER III -- HUBERT COMES TO LONDON

CHAPTER IV -- KARI

CHAPTER V -- THE COMING OF BLANCHE

CHAPTER VI -- MARRIAGE-AND AFTER


BOOK II

CHAPTER I -- THE NEW WORLD

CHAPTER II -- THE ROCKY ISLE

CHAPTER III -- THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOON

CHAPTER IV -- THE ORACLE OF RIMAC

CHAPTER V -- KARI GOES

CHAPTER VI -- THE CHOICE

CHAPTER VII -- THE RETURN OF KARI

CHAPTER VIII -- THE FIELD OF BLOOD

CHAPTER IX -- KARI COMES TO HIS OWN

CHAPTER X -- THE GREAT HORROR

CHAPTER XI -- THE HOUSE OF DEATH

CHAPTER XII -- THE FIGHT TO THE DEATH

CHAPTER XIII -- THE KISS OF QUILLA






LOVE ETERNAL

By H. Rider Haggard




CONTENTS

I   HONEST JOHN
II   ISOBEL KISSES GODFREY
III   THE PLANTAGENET LADY
IV   THE GARDEN IN THE SQUARE
V   MADAME RIENNES
VI   EXPERIENCES
VII   MR. KNIGHT AND DUTY
VIII   THE PASTEUR TAKES THE FIELD
IX   THE PASTEUR CONQUERS
X   GODFREY BECOMES A HERO
XI   JULIETTE'S FAREWELL
XII   HOME
XIII   THE INTERVENING YEARS
XIV   TOGETHER
XV   FOR EVER
XVI   LOVE AND LOSS
XVII   INDIA
XVIII   FRANCE—AND AFTER
XIX   MARRIAGE
XX   ORDERS
XXI   LOVE ETERNAL




LOVE ETERNAL


CHAPTER I

HONEST JOHN






THE LADY OF BLOSSHOLME

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I -- SIR JOHN FOTERELL

CHAPTER II -- THE MURDER BY THE MERE

CHAPTER III -- A WEDDING

CHAPTER IV -- THE ABBOT'S OATH

CHAPTER V -- WHAT PASSED AT CRANWELL

CHAPTER VI -- EMLYN'S CURSE

CHAPTER VII -- THE ABBOT'S OFFER

CHAPTER VIII -- EMLYN CALLS HER MAN

CHAPTER IX -- THE BLOSSHOLME WITCHINGS

CHAPTER X -- MOTHER MEGGES AND THE GHOST

CHAPTER XI -- DOOMED

CHAPTER XII -- THE STAKE

CHAPTER XIII -- THE MESSENGER

CHAPTER XIV -- JACOB AND THE JEWELS

CHAPTER XV -- THE DEVIL AT COURT

CHAPTER XVI -- THE VOICE IN THE FOREST

CHAPTER XVII -- BETWEEN DOOM AND HONOUR

CHAPTER XVIII -- OUT OF THE SHADOWS






SWALLOW

A TALE OF THE GREAT TREK

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


SWALLOW


CHAPTER I -- WHY VROUW BOTMAR TELLS HER TALE

CHAPTER II -- HOW SUZANNE FOUND RALPH KENZIE

CHAPTER III -- THE STORY OF THE SHIPWRECK

CHAPTER IV -- THE SHADOW OF THE ENGLISHMEN

CHAPTER V -- A LOVE SCENE AND A QUARREL

CHAPTER VI -- THE COMING OF THE ENGLISHMEN

CHAPTER VII -- THE SIN OF VROUW BOTMAR

CHAPTER VIII -- THE WISDOM OF SUZANNE

CHAPTER IX -- HOW SUZANNE SAVED SIHAMBA

CHAPTER X -- THE OATH OF SIHAMBA

CHAPTER XI -- A FIGHT AND A SHOT

CHAPTER XII -- WHAT THE COW SHOWED ZINTI

CHAPTER XIII -- THE SCHIMMEL'S FIRST RACE

CHAPTER XIV -- THE WEDDING

CHAPTER XV -- RALPH RETURNS INTO THE SEA

CHAPTER XVI -- HOW RALPH CAME BACK TO THE STEAD

CHAPTER XVII -- THE HIDDEN KRANTZ

CHAPTER XVIII -- WHAT PASSED IN THE HUT

CHAPTER XIX -- HOW THE SCHIMMEL CROSSED THE RED WATER

CHAPTER XX -- THE OMEN OF THE WHITE SWALLOW

CHAPTER XXI -- THE VISION OF RALPH AND SUZANNE

CHAPTER XXII -- THE WAR OF THE CLEAN SPEAR

CHAPTER XXIII -- HOW SUZANNE BECAME A CHIEFTAINESS

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE MADNESS OF RALPH KENZIE

CHAPTER XXV -- THE GREAT TREK

CHAPTER XXVI -- HOW GAASHA BROUGHT GOOD LUCK

CHAPTER XXVII -- SWART PIET SETS A SNARE

CHAPTER XXVIII -- THE COMING OF THE IMPI

CHAPTER XXIX -- THIRST

CHAPTER XXX -- SIHAMBA PREVAILS

CHAPTER XXXI -- SIHAMBA'S FAREWELL

CHAPTER XXXII -- THE PASS OF THE QUATHLAMBA

CHAPTER XXXIII -- RALPH FINDS THE DREAM MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER XXXIV -- THE AVENGER OF BLOOD

CHAPTER XXXV -- THE SCHIMMEL'S LAST RACE







ALLAN AND THE HOLY FLOWER

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1915.



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I -- BROTHER JOHN

CHAPTER II -- THE AUCTION ROOM

CHAPTER III -- SIR ALEXANDER AND STEPHEN

CHAPTER IV -- MAVOVO AND HANS

CHAPTER V -- HASSAN

CHAPTER VI -- THE SLAVE ROAD

CHAPTER VII -- THE RUSH OF THE SLAVES

CHAPTER VIII -- THE MAGIC MIRROR

CHAPTER IX -- BAUSI THE KING

CHAPTER X -- THE SENTENCE

CHAPTER XI -- THE COMING OF DOGEETAH

CHAPTER XII -- BROTHER JOHN'S STORY

CHAPTER XIII -- RICA TOWN

CHAPTER XIV -- THE KALUBI'S OATH

CHAPTER XV -- THE MOTOMBO

CHAPTER XVI -- THE GODS

CHAPTER XVII -- THE HOME OF THE HOLY FLOWER

CHAPTER XVIII -- FATE STABS

CHAPTER XIX -- THE TRUE HOLY FLOWER

CHAPTER XX -- THE BATTLE OF THE GATE






PEARL-MAIDEN

A Tale Of The Fall of Jerusalem

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1901.



CONTENTS


PEARL-MAIDEN


CHAPTER I -- THE PRISON AT CÆSAREA

CHAPTER II -- THE VOICE OF A GOD

CHAPTER III -- THE GRAIN STORE

CHAPTER IV -- THE BIRTH OF MIRIAM

CHAPTER V -- MIRIAM IS ENTHRONED

CHAPTER VI -- CALEB

CHAPTER VII -- MARCUS

CHAPTER VIII -- MARCUS AND CALEB

CHAPTER IX -- THE JUSTICE OF FLORUS

CHAPTER X -- BENONI

CHAPTER XI -- THE ESSENES LOSE THEIR QUEEN

CHAPTER XII -- THE RING, THE NECKLACE AND THE LETTER

CHAPTER XIII -- WOE, WOE TO JERUSALEM

CHAPTER XIV -- THE ESSENES FIND THEIR QUEEN AGAIN

CHAPTER XV -- WHAT PASSED IN THE TOWER

CHAPTER XVI -- THE SANHEDRIM

CHAPTER XVII -- THE SANHEDRIM

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE DEATH-STRUGGLE OF ISRAEL

CHAPTER XIX -- PEARL-MAIDEN

CHAPTER XX -- THE MERCHANT DEMETRIUS

CHAPTER XXI -- THE CAESARS AND PRINCE DOMITIAN

CHAPTER XXII -- THE TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XXIII -- THE SLAVE-RING

CHAPTER XXIV -- MASTER AND SLAVE

CHAPTER XXV -- THE REWARD OF SATURIUS

CHAPTER XXVI -- THE JUDGMENT OF DOMITIAN

CHAPTER XXVII -- THE BISHOP CYRIL

CHAPTER XXVIII -- THE LAMP

CHAPTER XXIX -- HOW MARCUS CHANGED HIS FAITH






AYESHA

THE RETURN OF SHE

By H. Rider Haggard.

1905.



CONTENTS


AUTHOR’S NOTE

INTRODUCTION

AYESHA


CHAPTER I -- THE DOUBLE SIGN

CHAPTER II -- THE LAMASERY

CHAPTER III -- THE BEACON LIGHT

CHAPTER IV -- THE AVALANCHE

CHAPTER V -- THE GLACIER

CHAPTER VI -- IN THE GATE

CHAPTER VII -- THE FIRST ORDEAL

CHAPTER VIII -- THE DEATH-HOUNDS

CHAPTER IX -- THE COURT OF KALOON

CHAPTER X -- IN THE SHAMAN'S CHAMBER

CHAPTER XI -- THE HUNT AND THE KILL

CHAPTER XII -- THE MESSENGER

CHAPTER XIII -- BENEATH THE SHADOWING WINGS

CHAPTER XIV -- THE COURT OF DEATH

CHAPTER XV -- THE SECOND ORDEAL

CHAPTER XVI -- THE CHANGE

CHAPTER XVII -- THE BETROTHAL

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE THIRD ORDEAL

CHAPTER XIX -- LEO AND THE LEOPARD

CHAPTER XX -- AYESHA'S ALCHEMY

CHAPTER XXI --THE PROPHECY OF ATENE

CHAPTER XXII -- THE LOOSING OF THE POWERS

CHAPTER XXIII -- THE YIELDING OF AYESHA

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE PASSING OF AYESHA






SHE AND ALLAN

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1921.



CONTENTS


NOTE BY THE LATE MR. ALLAN QUATERMAIN

SHE AND ALLAN


CHAPTER I -- THE TALISMAN

CHAPTER II -- THE MESSENGERS

CHAPTER III -- UMSLOPOGAAS OF THE AXE

CHAPTER IV -- THE LION AND THE AXE

CHAPTER V -- INEZ

CHAPTER VI -- THE SEA-COW HUNT


CHAPTER VII -- THE OATH

CHAPTER VIII -- PURSUIT

CHAPTER IX -- THE SWAMP

CHAPTER X -- THE ATTACK

CHAPTER XI -- THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN WALL

CHAPTER XII -- THE WHITE WITCH


CHAPTER XIII -- ALLAN HEARS A STRANGE TALE

CHAPTER XIV -- ALLAN MISSES OPPORTUNITY

CHAPTER XV -- ROBERTSON IS LOST

CHAPTER XVI -- ALLAN'S VISION

CHAPTER XVII -- THE MIDNIGHT BATTLE

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE SLAYING OF REZU


CHAPTER XIX -- THE SPELL

CHAPTER XX -- THE SPELL

CHAPTER XXI -- THE LESSON /a>

CHAPTER XXII -- AYESHA'S FAREWELL

CHAPTER XXIII -- WHAT UMSLOPOGAAS SAW

CHAPTER XXIV -- UMSLOPOGAAS WEARS THE GREAT MEDICINE

CHAPTER XXV -- ALLAN DELIVERS THE MESSAGE






LYSBETH

A Tale Of The Dutch

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1901.



CONTENTS

DEDICATION

AUTHOR’S NOTE

LYSBETH

BOOK THE FIRST -- THE SOWING

CHAPTER I -- THE WOLF AND THE BADGER

CHAPTER II -- SHE WHO BUYS-PAYS

CHAPTER III -- MONTALVO WINS A TRICK

CHAPTER IV -- THREE WAKINGS

CHAPTER V -- THE DREAM OF DIRK

CHAPTER VI -- THE BETROTHAL OF LYSBETH

CHAPTER VII -- HENDRIK BRANT HAS A VISITOR

CHAPTER VIII -- THE MARE'S STABLE


BOOK THE SECOND -- THE RIPENING

CHAPTER IX -- ADRIAN, FOY, AND MARTIN THE RED

CHAPTER X -- ADRIAN GOES OUT HAWKING

CHAPTER XI -- ADRIAN RESCUES BEAUTY IN DISTRESS

CHAPTER XII -- THE SUMMONS

CHAPTER XIII -- MOTHER'S GIFTS ARE GOOD GIFTS

CHAPTER XIV -- SWORD SILENCE RECEIVES THE SECRET

CHAPTER XV -- SENOR RAMIRO

CHAPTER XVI -- THE MASTER

CHAPTER XVII -- BETROTHED

CHAPTER XVIII -- FOY SEES A VISION

CHAPTER XIX -- THE FRAY IN THE SHOT TOWER

CHAPTER XX -- IN THE GEVANGENHUIS

CHAPTER XXI -- HOW MARTIN TURNED COWARD

CHAPTER XXII -- A MEETING AND A PARTING


BOOK THE THIRD -- THE HARVESTING

CHAPTER XXIII -- FATHER AND SON

CHAPTER XXIV -- MARTHA PREACHES A SERMON AND TELLS A SECRET

CHAPTER XXV -- THE RED MILL

CHAPTER XXVI -- THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE BRIDE

CHAPTER XXVII -- WHAT ELSA SAW IN THE MOONLIGHT

CHAPTER XXVIII -- ATONEMENT

CHAPTER XXIX --

CHAPTER XXX -- TWO SCENES






DOCTOR THERNE

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


AUTHOR’S NOTE

DOCTOR THERNE


CHAPTER I -- THE DILIGENCE

CHAPTER II -- THE HACIENDA

CHAPTER III -- SIR JOHN BELL

CHAPTER IV -- STEPHEN STRONG GOES BAIL


CHAPTER V -- THE TRIAL

CHAPTER VI -- THE GATE OF DARKNESS

CHAPTER VII -- CROSSING THE RUBICON

CHAPTER VIII -- BRAVO THE A.V.'S


CHAPTER IX -- FORTUNE

CHAPTER X -- JANE MEETS DR. MERCHISON

CHAPTER XI -- THE COMING OF THE RED-HEADED MAN

CHAPTER XII -- THE SHADOW OF PESTILENCE

CHAPTER XIII -- HARVEST






JESS

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1887.



CONTENTS


JESS


CHAPTER I -- JOHN HAS AN ADVENTURE

CHAPTER II -- HOW THE SISTERS CAME TO MOOIFONTEIN

CHAPTER III -- MR. FRANK MULLER

CHAPTER IV -- BESSIE IS ASKED IN MARRIAGE

CHAPTER V -- DREAMS ARE FOOLISHNESS

CHAPTER VI -- THE STORM BREAKS

CHAPTER VII -- LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM

CHAPTER VIII -- JESS GOES TO PRETORIA

CHAPTER IX -- JANTJE'S STORY

CHAPTER X -- JOHN HAS AN ESCAPE

CHAPTER XI -- ON THE BRINK

CHAPTER XII -- OVER IT

CHAPTER XIII -- FRANK MULLER SHOWS HIS HAND

CHAPTER XIV -- JOHN TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XV -- A ROUGH JOURNEY

CHAPTER XVI -- PRETORIA

CHAPTER XVII -- THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY

CHAPTER XVIII -- AND AFTER

CHAPTER XIX -- HANS COETZEE COMES TO PRETORIA

CHAPTER XX -- THE GREAT MAN

CHAPTER XXI -- JESS GETS A PASS

CHAPTER XXII -- ON THE ROAD

CHAPTER XXIII -- IN THE DRIFT OF THE VAAL

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE SHADOW OF DEATH

CHAPTER XXV -- MEANWHILE

CHAPTER XXVI -- FRANK MULLER'S FAMILIAR

CHAPTER XXVII -- SILAS IS CONVINCED

CHAPTER XXVIII -- BESSIE IS PUT TO THE QUESTION

CHAPTER XXIX -- CONDEMNED TO DEATH

CHAPTER XXX -- "WE MUST PART, JOHN"

CHAPTER XXXI -- JESS FINDS A FRIEND

CHAPTER XXXII -- HE SHALL DIE

CHAPTER XXXIII -- VENGEANCE

CHAPTER XXXIV -- TANTA COETZEE TO THE RESCUE

CHAPTER XXXV -- THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER







STELLA FREGELIUS

A TALE OF THREE DESTINIES

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


DEDICATION

AUTHOR’S NOTE

STELLA FREGELIUS


CHAPTER I -- MORRIS, MARY, AND THE AEROPHONE

CHAPTER II -- THE COLONEL AND SOME REFLECTIONS

CHAPTER III -- "POOR PORSON"

CHAPTER IV -- MARY PREACHES AND THE COLONEL PREVAILS

CHAPTER V -- A PROPOSAL AND A PROMISE

CHAPTER VI -- THE GOOD OLD DAYS

CHAPTER VII -- BEAULIEU

CHAPTER VIII -- THE SUNK ROCKS AND THE SINGER

CHAPTER IX -- MISS FREGELIUS

CHAPTER X -- DAWN AND THE LAND

CHAPTER XI -- A MORNING SERVICE

CHAPTER XII -- MR. LAYARD'S WOOING

CHAPTER XIII -- TWO QUESTIONS, AND THE ANSWER

CHAPTER XIV -- THE RETURN OF THE COLONEL

CHAPTER XV -- THREE INTERVIEWS

CHAPTER XVI -- A MARRIAGE AND AFTER

CHAPTER XVII -- THE RETURN OF MARY

CHAPTER XVIII --TWO EXPLANATIONS

CHAPTER XIX -- MORRIS, THE MARRIED MAN

CHAPTER XX -- STELLA'S DIARY

CHAPTER XXI -- THE END OF STELLA'S DIARY

CHAPTER XXII -- THE EVIL GATE

CHAPTER XXIII -- STELLA COMES

CHAPTER XXIV -- DREAMS AND THE SLEEP






SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS AND OTHER TALES

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS


SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS


MAGEPA THE BUCK

THE BLUE CURTAINS

LITTLE FLOWER

ONLY A DREAM


BARBARA WHO CAME BACK


CHAPTER I -- THE RECTORY BLIND

CHAPTER II -- THE NEW YEAR FEAST

CHAPTER III -- AUNT MARIA

CHAPTER IV -- A YEAR LATER

CHAPTER V -- WEDDED

CHAPTER VI -- PARTED

CHAPTER VII -- BARBARA'S SIN

CHAPTER VIII -- THE ATONEMENT






THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1894.



CONTENTS


AUTHOR’S NOTE

THE PEOPLE OF THE MIST


CHAPTER I -- THE SINS OF THE FATHER ARE VISITED ON THE CHILDREN

CHAPTER II -- THE SWEARING OF THE OATH

CHAPTER III -- AFTER SEVEN YEARS

CHAPTER IV -- THE LAST VIGIL

CHAPTER V -- OTTER GIVES COUNSEL

CHAPTER VI -- THE TALE OF SOA

CHAPTER VII -- LEONARD SWEARS ON THE BLOOD OF ACA

CHAPTER VIII -- THE START

CHAPTER IX -- THE YELLOW DEVIL'S NEST

CHAPTER X -- LEONARD MAKES A PLAN

CHAPTER XI -- THAT HERO OTTER

CHAPTER XII -- A CHOICE LOT

CHAPTER XIII -- A MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XIV -- VENGEANCE

CHAPTER XV -- DISILLUSION

CHAPTER XVI -- MISUNDERSTANDINGS

CHAPTER XVII -- THE DEATH OF MAVOOM

CHAPTER XVIII -- SOA SHOWS HER TEETH

CHAPTER XIX -- SOA SHOWS HER TEETH

CHAPTER XX -- THE COMING OF ACA

CHAPTER XXI -- THE FOLLY OF OTTER

CHAPTER XXII -- THE TEMPLE OF JAL

CHAPTER XXIII -- HOW JUANNA CONQUERED NAM

CHAPTER XXIV -- OLFAN TELLS OF THE RUBIES

CHAPTER XXV -- THE SACRIFICE AFTER THE NEW ORDER

CHAPTER XXVI -- THE LAST OF THE SETTLEMENT MEN

CHAPTER XXVII -- FATHER AND DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XXVIII -- JUANNA PREVARICATES

CHAPTER XXIX -- THE TRIAL OF THE GODS

CHAPTER XXX -- FRANCISCO'S EXPIATION

CHAPTER XXXI -- THE WHITE DAWN

CHAPTER XXXII -- HOW OTTER FOUGHT THE WATER DWELLER

CHAPTER XXXIII -- TRAPPED

CHAPTER XXXIV -- NAM'S LAST ARGUMENT

CHAPTER XXXV -- BE NOBLE OR BE BASE

CHAPTER XXXVI -- HOW OTTER CAME BACK

CHAPTER XXXVII -- "I AM REPAID, QUEEN"

CHAPTER XXXVIII -- THE TRIUMPH OF NAM

CHAPTER XXXIX -- THE PASSING OF THE BRIDGE

CHAPTER XL -- OTTER'S FAREWELL






THE GHOST KINGS

By H. Rider Haggard

First published July 1908.



CONTENTS

EXPANDED CONTENTS

EXTRACT FROM LETTER HEADED “THE KING’S KRAAL, ZULULAND, 12TH MAY, 1855.”

CHAPTER I -- THE GIRL

CHAPTER II -- THE BOY

CHAPTER III -- GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER IV -- ISHMAEL

CHAPTER V -- NOIE

CHAPTER VI -- THE CASTING OF THE LOTS

CHAPTER VII -- THE MESSAGE OF THE KING

CHAPTER VIII -- MR. DOVE VISITS ISHMAEL

CHAPTER IX -- THE TAKING OF NOIE

CHAPTER X -- THE OMEN OF THE STAR

CHAPTER XI -- ISHMAEL VISITS THE INKOSAZANA

CHAPTER XII -- RACHEL SEES A VISION

CHAPTER XIII -- RICHARD COMES

CHAPTER XIV -- WHAT CHANCED AT RAMAH

CHAPTER XV -- RACHEL COMES HOME

CHAPTER XVI -- THE THREE DAYS

CHAPTER XVII -- RACHEL LOSES HER SPIRIT

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE CURSE OF THE INKOSAZANA

CHAPTER XIX -- RACHEL FINDS HER SPIRIT

CHAPTER XX -- THE MOTHER OF THE TREES

CHAPTER XXI -- THE CITY OF THE DEAD

CHAPTER XXII -- IN THE SANCTUARY

CHAPTER XXIII -- THE DREAM IN THE NORTH

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE END AND THE BEGINNING






CETYWAYO AND HIS WHITE NEIGHBOURS

OR, REMARKS ON RECENT EVENTS IN ZULULAND, NATAL, AND THE TRANSVAAL.

First Published 1882.



CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION

CETYWAYO AND HIS WHITE NEIGHBOURS

CETYWAYO AND THE ZULU SETTLEMENT

NATAL AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT


THE TRANSVAAL

CHAPTER I -- ITS INHABITANTS, LAWS, AND CUSTOMS

CHAPTER II -- EVENTS PRECEDING THE ANNEXATION

CHAPTER III -- THE ANNEXATION

CHAPTER IV -- THE TRANSVAAL UNDER BRITISH RULE

CHAPTER V -- THE BOER REBELLION

CHAPTER VI -- THE RETROCESSION OF THE TRANSVAAL


APPENDIX






FAIR MARGARET

By H. Rider Haggard

WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. R. SKELTON

1907




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I -- HOW PETER MET THE SPANIARD

CHAPTER II -- JOHN CASTELL

CHAPTER III -- PETER GATHERS VIOLETS

CHAPTER IV -- LOVERS DEAR

CHAPTER V -- CASTELL'S SECRET

CHAPTER VI -- FAREWELL

CHAPTER VII -- NEWS FROM SPAIN

CHAPTER VIII -- D'AGUILAR SPEAKS

CHAPTER IX -- THE SNARE

CHAPTER X -- THE CHASE

CHAPTER XI -- THE MEETING ON THE SEA

CHAPTER XII -- FATHER HENRIQUES

CHAPTER XIII -- THE ADVENTURE OF THE INN

CHAPTER XIV -- INEZ AND HER GARDEN

CHAPTER XV -- PETER PLAYS A PART

CHAPTER XVI -- BETTY SHOWS HER TEETH

CHAPTER XVII -- THE PLOT

CHAPTER XVIII -- THE HOLY HERMANDAD

CHAPTER XIX -- BETTY PAYS HER DEBTS

CHAPTER XX -- ISABELLA OF SPAIN

CHAPTER XXI -- BETTY STATES HER CASE

CHAPTER XXII -- THE DOOM OF JOHN CASTELL

CHAPTER XXIII -- FATHER HENRIQUES AND THE BAKER'S OVEN

CHAPTER XXIV -- THE FALCON STOOPS

CHAPTER XXV -- HOW THE MARGARET WON OUT TO SEA

ENVOI






DAWN

By H. Rider Haggard

1884




CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
CHAPTER LIII
CHAPTER LIV
CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
CHAPTER LVII
CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
CHAPTER LXI
CHAPTER LXII
CHAPTER LXIII
CHAPTER LXIV
CHAPTER LXV
CHAPTER LXVI
CHAPTER LXVII
CHAPTER LXVIII
CHAPTER LXIX
CHAPTER LXX
CHAPTER LXXI
CHAPTER LXXII
CHAPTER LXXIII
CHAPTER LXXIV
CHAPTER LXXV
CHAPTER LXXVI






COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.

A Tale Of Country Life

By H. Rider Haggard

First Published 1888.



CONTENTS

COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.

CHAPTER I. — HAROLD QUARITCH MEDITATES

CHAPTER II. — THE COLONEL MEETS THE SQUIRE

CHAPTER III. — THE TALE OF SIR JAMES DE LA MOLLE

CHAPTER IV. — THE END OF THE TALE

CHAPTER V. — THE SQUIRE EXPLAINS THE POSITION

CHAPTER VI. — LAWYER QUEST

CHAPTER VII. — EDWARD COSSEY, ESQUIRE

CHAPTER VIII. — MR. QUEST’S WIFE

CHAPTER IX. — THE SHADOW OF RUIN

CHAPTER X. — THE TENNIS PARTY

CHAPTER XI. — IDA’S BARGAIN

CHAPTER XII. — GEORGE PROPHESIES

CHAPTER XIII. — ABOUT ART

CHAPTER XIV. — THE TIGER SHOWS HER CLAWS

CHAPTER XV. — THE HAPPY DAYS

CHAPTER XVI. — THE HOUSE WITH THE RED PILLARS

CHAPTER XVII. — THE TIGRESS IN HER DEN

CHAPTER XVIII. — “WHAT SOME HAVE FOUND SO SWEET”

CHAPTER XIX. — IN PAWN

CHAPTER XX. — “GOOD-BYE TO YOU, EDWARD”

CHAPTER XXI. — THE COLONEL GOES OUT SHOOTING

CHAPTER XXII. — THE END OF THE MATCH

CHAPTER XXIII. — THE BLOW FALLS

CHAPTER XXIV. — “GOOD-BYE, MY DEAR, GOOD-BYE!”

CHAPTER XXV. — THE SQUIRE GIVES HIS CONSENT

CHAPTER XXVI. — BELLE PAYS A VISIT

CHAPTER XXVII. — MR. QUEST HAS HIS INNINGS

CHAPTER XXVIII. — HOW GEORGE TREATED JOHNNIE

CHAPTER XXIX. — EDWARD COSSEY MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT

CHAPTER XXX. — HAROLD TAKES THE NEWS

CHAPTER XXXI. — IDA RECANTS

CHAPTER XXXII. — GEORGE PROPHESIES AGAIN

CHAPTER XXXIII. — THE SQUIRE SPEAKS HIS MIND

CHAPTER XXXIV. — GEORGE’S DIPLOMATIC ERRAND

CHAPTER XXXV. — THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES

CHAPTER XXXVI. — HOW THE GAME ENDED

CHAPTER XXXVII. — SISTER AGNES

CHAPTER XXXVIII. — COLONEL QUARITCH EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS

CHAPTER XXXIX. — THE COLONEL GOES TO SLEEP

CHAPTER XL. — BUT NOT TO BED

CHAPTER XLI. — HOW THE NIGHT WENT

CHAPTER XLII. — IDA GOES TO MEET HER FATE

CHAPTER XLIII. — GEORGE IS SEEN TO LAUGH

CHAPTER XLIV. — CHRISTMAS CHIMES

CONCLUSION






MR. MEESON’S WILL

By H. Rider Haggard



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — AUGUSTA AND HER PUBLISHER.

CHAPTER II. — HOW EUSTACE WAS DISINHERITED.

CHAPTER III. — AUGUSTA’S LITTLE SISTER.

CHAPTER IV. — AUGUSTA’S DECISION.

CHAPTER V. — THE R.M.S. KANGAROO.

CHAPTER VI. — MR. TOMBEY GOES FORWARD.

CHAPTER VII. — THE CATASTROPHE.

CHAPTER VIII. — KERGUELEN LAND.

CHAPTER IX. — AUGUSTA TO THE RESCUE.

CHAPTER X. — THE LAST OF MR. MEESON.

CHAPTER XI. — RESCUED.

CHAPTER XII. — SOUTHAMPTON QUAY.

CHAPTER XIII. — EUSTACE BUYS A PAPER.

CHAPTER XIV. — AT HANOVER-SQUARE.

CHAPTER XV. — EUSTACE CONSULTS A LAWYER.

CHAPTER XVI. — SHORT ON LEGAL ETIQUETTE.

CHAPTER XVII. — HOW AUGUSTA WAS FILED.

CHAPTER XVIII. — AUGUSTA FLIES.

CHAPTER XIX. — MEESON V. ADDISON AND ANOTHER.

CHAPTER XX. — JAMES BREAKS DOWN.

CHAPTER XXI. — GRANT AS PRAYED.

CHAPTER XXII. — ST. GEORGE’S, HANOVER-SQUARE.

CHAPTER XXIII. — MEESON’S ONCE AGAIN.






THE LAST BOER WAR

H. Rider Haggard




CONTENTS.

  PAGES
Author's Note v
CHAPTER I.
Its Inhabitants, Laws, and Customs.
Invasion by Mosilikatze — Arrival of the emigrant Boers — Establishment of the South African Republic — The Sand River Convention — Growth of the territory of the republic — The native tribes surrounding it —  Capabilities of the country — Its climate — Its inhabitants — The Boers  — Their peculiarities and mode of life — Their abhorrence of settled government and payment of taxes — The Dutch patriotic party — Form of government previous to the annexation — Courts of law — The commando system — Revenue arrangements — Native races in the Transvaal 1-22
CHAPTER II.
Events Preceding the Annexation.
Mr. Burgers elected president — His character and aspirations — His pension from the English Government — His visit to England — The railway loan — Relations of the republic with native tribes — The pass laws — Its quarrel with Cetywayo — Confiscation of native territory in the Keate Award — Treaty with the Swazi king — The Secocœni war — Capture of Johannes' stronghold by the Swazi allies — Attack on Secocœni's mountain — Defeat and dispersion of the Boers — Elation of the natives — Von Schlickmann's volunteers —  Cruelties perpetrated — Abel Erasmus — Treatment of natives by Boers  — Public meeting at Potchefstroom in 1868 — The slavery question —  Some evidence on the subject — Pecuniary position of the Transvaal prior to the annexation — Internal troubles — Divisions amongst the Boers — Hopeless condition of the country 23-49
CHAPTER III.
The Annexation.
Anxiety of Lord Carnarvon — Despatch of Sir T. Shepstone as Special Commissioner to the Transvaal — Sir T. Shepstone, his great experience and ability — His progress to Pretoria, and reception there — Feelings excited by the arrival of the mission — The annexation not a foregone conclusion — Charge brought against Sir T. Shepstone of having called up the Zulu army to sweep the Transvaal — Its complete falsehood — Cetywayo's message to Sir T. Shepstone — Evidence on the matter summed up — General desire of the natives for English rule — Habitual disregard of their interests — Assembly of the Volksraad — Rejection of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Bill and of President Burgers' new constitution — President Burgers' speeches to the Raad — His posthumous statement — Communication to the Raad of Sir T. Shepstone's intention to annex the country — Despatch of Commission to inquire into the alleged peace with Secocœni — Its fraudulent character discovered — Progress of affairs in the Transvaal — Paul Kruger and his party — Restlessness of natives — Arrangements for the annexation — The annexation proclamation 50-86
CHAPTER IV.
The Transvaal under British Rule.
Reception of the annexation — Major Clarke and the Volunteers — Effect of the annexation on credit and commerce — Hoisting of the Union Jack — Ratification of the annexation by Parliament — Messrs. Kruger and Jorissen's mission to England — Agitation against the annexation in the Cape Colony — Sir T. Shepstone's tour — Causes of the growth of discontent among the Boers — Return of Messrs. Jorissen and Kruger  — The Government dispenses with their services — Despatch of a second deputation to England — Outbreak of war with Secocœni — Major Clarke, R.A. — The Gunn of Gunn plot — Mission of Captain Paterson and Mr. Sergeaunt to Matabeleland — Its melancholy termination — The Isandhlwana disaster — Departure of Sir T. Shepstone for England — Another Boer meeting — The Pretoria Horse — Advance of the Boers on Pretoria —  Arrival of Sir B. Frere at Pretoria and dispersion of the Boers —  Arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley — His proclamation — The Secocœni expedition — Proceedings of the Boers — Mr. Pretorius — Mr. Gladstone's Mid-Lothian speeches, their effect — Sir G. Wolseley's speech at Pretoria, its good results — Influx of Englishmen and cessation of agitation — Financial position of the country after three years of British rule — Letter of the Boer leaders to Mr. Courtney 87-119
CHAPTER V.
The Boer Rebellion.
Accession of Mr. Gladstone to power — His letters to the Boer leader and the loyals — His refusal to rescind the annexation — The Boers encouraged by prominent members of the Radical party — The Bezeidenhout incident — Despatch of troops to Potchefstroom — Mass meeting of the 8th December 1880 — Appointment of the Triumvirate and declaration of the republic — Despatch of Boer proclamation to Sir O. Lanyon — His reply — Outbreak of hostilities at Potchefstroom  — Defence of the court-house by Major Clarke — The massacre of the detachment of the 94th under Colonel Anstruther — Dr. Ward — The Boer rejoicings — The Transvaal placed under martial law — Abandonment of their homes by the people of Pretoria — Sir Owen Lanyon's admirable defence organisation — Second proclamation issued by the Boers — Its complete falsehood — Life at Pretoria during the siege — Murders of natives by the Boers — Loyal conduct of the native chiefs — Difficulty of preventing them from attacking the Boers — Occupation of Lang's Nek by the Boers — Sir George Colley's departure to Newcastle — The condition of that town — The attack on Lang's Nek — Its desperate nature — Effect of victory on the Boers — The battle at the Ingogo —  Our defeat — Sufferings of the wounded — Major Essex — Advance of the Boers into Natal — Constant alarms — Expected attack on Newcastle —  Its unorganised and indefensible condition — Arrival of the reinforcements and retreat of the Boers to the Nek — Despatch of General Wood to bring up more reinforcements — Majuba Hill — Our disaster, and death of Sir George Colley — Cause of our defeat — A Boer version of the disaster — Sir George Colley's tactics 120-155
CHAPTER VI.
The Retrocession of the Transvaal.
The Queen's Speech — President Brand and Lord Kimberley — Sir Henry de Villiers — Sir George Colley's plan — Paul Kruger's offer — Sir George Colley's remonstrance — Complimentary telegrams — Effect of Majuba on the Boers and English Government — Collapse of the Government — Reasons of the surrender — Professional sentimentalists  — The Transvaal Independence Committee — Conclusion of the armistice  — The preliminary peace — Reception of the news in Natal — Newcastle after the declaration of peace — Exodus of the loyal inhabitants of the Transvaal — The value of property in Pretoria — The Transvaal officials dismissed — The Royal Commission — Mode of trial of persons accused of atrocities — Decision of the Commission and its results  — The severance of territory question — Arguments pro and con — Opinion of Sir E. Wood — Humility of the Commissioners and its cause — Their decision on the Keate Award question — The Montsioa difficulty — The compensation and financial clauses of the report of the Commission — The duties of the British Resident — Sir E. Wood's dissent from the report of the Commission — Signing of the Convention — Burial of the Union Jack — The native side of the question — Interview between the Commissioners and the native chiefs — Their opinion of the surrender — Objections of the Boer Volksraad to the Convention — Mr. Gladstone temporises — The ratification — Its insolent tone — Mr. Hudson, the British Resident  — The Boer festival — The results of the Convention — The larger issue of the matter — Its effect on the Transvaal — Its moral aspects — Its effect on the native mind 156-202
CHAPTER VII.
Extract from Introduction to new edition of 1888 203
APPENDIX.
I. The Potchefstroom Atrocities, &c. 231
II. Pledges given by Mr. Gladstone's Government as to the Retention of the Transvaal 239
III. A Boer on Boer Designs 241






REGENERATION

Being an Account of the Social Work of The Salvation Army in Great Britain.

By H. Rider Haggard

1910



CONTENTS

DEDICATION

AUTHOR'S NOTE

INTRODUCTORY

MEN'S SOCIAL WORK, LONDON

THE SPA ROAD ELEVATOR

THE GREAT PETER STREET SHELTER

THE FREE BREAKFAST SERVICE

THE EX-CRIMINALS

THE MEN'S WORKSHOP

STURGE HOUSE, BOW ROAD

THE CENTRAL LABOUR BUREAU

THE EMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL WORK IN LONDON

THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL WORK

HILLSBOROUGH HOUSE INEBRIATES' HOME

THE MATERNITY NURSING HOME

THE MATERNITY RECEIVING HOME

THE MATERNITY HOSPITAL

'THE NEST'

THE TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN SOCIAL WORKERS

THE WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME

THE INEBRIATES' HOME

THE WOMEN'S INDUSTRIAL HOME

THE WOMEN'S SHELTER

THE SLUM SETTLEMENT

THE PICCADILLY MIDNIGHT WORK

THE ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU

WORK IN THE PROVINCES

THE MEN'S SOCIAL WORK

OAKHILL HOUSE

THE MEN'S SOCIAL WORK

THE ARDENSHAW WOMEN'S HOME

THE WOMEN'S LODGING-HOUSE

THE LAND AND INDUSTRIAL COLONY

THE SMALL-HOLDINGS SETTLEMENT

IMPRESSIONS OF GENERAL BOOTH

THE CHIEF OF THE STAFF

NOTE ON THE RELIGION OF THE SALVATION ARMY

LEGACIES

APPENDIX A

NOTES ON THE ARMY'S FUTURE

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

NOTES:




SHE

By H. Rider Haggard

1886.



CONTENTS

SHE
INTRODUCTION
I MY VISITOR
II THE YEARS ROLL BY
III THE SHERD OF AMENARTAS
IV THE SQUALL
V THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN
VI AN EARLY CHRISTIAN CEREMONY
VII USTANE SINGS
VIII THE FEAST, AND AFTER!
IX A LITTLE FOOT
X SPECULATIONS
XI THE PLAIN OF KÔR
XII “SHE”
XIII AYESHA UNVEILS
XIV A SOUL IN HELL
XV AYESHA GIVES JUDGMENT
XVI THE TOMBS OF KÔR
XVII THE BALANCE TURNS
XVIII “GO, WOMAN!”
XIX “GIVE ME A BLACK GOAT!”
XX TRIUMPH
XXI THE DEAD AND LIVING MEET
XXII JOB HAS A PRESENTIMENT
XXIII THE TEMPLE OF TRUTH
XXIV WALKING THE PLANK
XXV THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
XXVI WHAT WE SAW
XXVII WE LEAP
XXVIII OVER THE MOUNTAIN







THE ANCIENT ALLAN

By H. Rider Haggard

1920

CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.   AN OLD FRIEND

CHAPTER II.   RAGNALL CASTLE

CHAPTER III.   ALLAN GIVES HIS WORD

CHAPTER IV.   THROUGH THE GATES

CHAPTER V.   THE WAGER

CHAPTER VI.   THE DOOM OF THE BOAT

CHAPTER VII.   BES STEALS THE SIGNET

CHAPTER VIII.   THE LADY AMADA

CHAPTER IX.   THE MESSENGERS

CHAPTER X.   SHABAKA PLIGHTS HIS TROTH

CHAPTER XI.   THE HOLY TANOFIR

CHAPTER XII.   THE SLAYING OF IDERNES

CHAPTER XIII.      AMADA RETURNS TO ISIS

CHAPTER XIV.   SHABAKA FIGHTS THE CROCODILE

CHAPTER XV.   THE SUMMONS

CHAPTER XVI.   TANOFIR FINDS HIS BROKEN CUP

CHAPTER XVII.   THE BATTLE—AND AFTER