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Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : Henry Rider Haggard
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  • Release : 1887
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 276 pages

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Book The Witches Head

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  • Author : Henry Rider Haggard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1887
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 362 pages

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Book The witch s head

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  • Author : Henry Rider Haggard
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  • Release : 1885
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 314 pages

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Book The Witch s Head  1884

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-04-08
  • ISBN : 9781093241204
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head 1884 written by H. Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witch's Head is the second novel by H. Rider Haggard, which he wrote just prior to King Solomon's MinesHaggard wrote the novel following his debut effort Dawn. He was unable to find any magazine that would serialise the story, but it was accepted for publication by the firm that had put out Dawn. Haggard later wrote that "although, except for the African part, it is not in my opinion so good a story as Dawn, it was extremely well recei ved and within certain limits very successful

Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2014-05-11
  • ISBN : 9781499526431
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head written by H. Rider Haggard and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excerpt from "My First Book" : I WROTE a second novel-'The Witch's Head.' This book I endeavoured to publish serially by posting the MS to the editors of various magazines for their consideration. But in those days there were no literary agents or Authors' Societies to help young writers with their experience and advice, and the bulky manuscript always came back to my hand like a boomerang, till at length I wearied of the attempt. Of course I sent to the wrong people; afterwards the editor of a leading monthly told me that he would have been delighted to run the book had it fallen into the hands of his firm. In the end, as in the case of 'Dawn,' I published 'The Witch's Head' in three volumes. Its reception astonished me, for I did not think so well of the book as I had done of its predecessor. In that view, by the way, the public has borne out my judgment, for to this day three copies of ' Dawn ' are absorbed for every two of 'The Witch's Head,' a proportion that has never varied since the two works appeared in one-volume form. 'The Witch's Head' was very well reviewed; indeed, in one or two cases, the notices were almost enthusiastic, most of all when they dealt with the African part of the book, which I had inserted as padding, the fight between Jeremy and the Boer giant being singled out for especial praise. Whatever it may lack, one merit this novel has, however, that was overlooked by all the reviewers. Omitting the fictitious incidents introduced for the purposes of the story, it contains an accurate account of the great disaster inflicted upon our troops by the Zulus at Isandhlwana. I was in the country at the time of the massacre, and heard its story from the lips of survivors; also, in writing of it, I studied the official reports in the blue books and the minutes of the court martial. 'The Witch's Head' attained the dignity of being pirated in America, and in England went out of print in a few weeks, but no argument that I could use would induce my publishers to re-issue it in a one volume edition. The risk was too great, they said. Then it was I came to the conclusion that I would abandon the making of books. The work was very hard, and when put to the test of experience the glamour that surrounds this occupation vanished. I did not care much for the publicity it involved, and, like most young authors, I failed to appreciate being sneered at by anonymous critics who happened not to admire what I wrote, and whom I had no opportunity of answering. It is true that then, as now, I liked the work for its own sake. Indeed, I have always thought that literature would be a charming profession if its conditions allowed of the depositing of manuscripts, when completed, in a drawer, there to languish in obscurity, or of their private publication only. But I could not afford myself these luxuries. I was too modest to hope for any renown worth having, and for the rest the game seemed scarcely worth the candle. I had published a history and two novels. On the history I had lost fifty pounds, on the first novel I had made ten pounds, and on the second fifty; net profit on the three, ten pounds, which in the case of a man with other occupations and duties did not appear to be an adequate return for the labour involved. But I was not destined to escape thus from the toils of romance. One day I chanced to read a clever article in favour of boys' books, and it occurred to me that I might be able to do as well as others in that line. I was working at the Bar at the time, but in my spare evenings, more from amusement than from any other reason, I entered on the literary adventure that ended in the appearance of 'King Solomon's Mines.' This romance has proved very successful, although three firms, including my own publishers, refused even to consider it. But as it can scarcely be called one of my first books, I shall not speak of it here.

Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Aegypan
  • Release : 2011-05
  • ISBN : 9781606645215
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Aegypan. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have my idol," said his uncle, "and it has made me forget my sister and your mother. Had she not written at last when she was dying, I should have forgotten you too." The boy looked up puzzled. "An idol!" "Yes," went on his uncle in his dreamy way -- "an idol. Many people have them; they keep them in the cupboard with their family skeleton; sometimes the two are identical. And they call them by many names, too; frequently it is a woman's name; sometimes that of a passion; sometimes that of a vice, but a virtue's -- not often."

Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-04-28
  • ISBN : 9781717496614
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witch's Head is the second novel by H. Rider Haggard, which he wrote just prior to King Solomon's Mines.Haggard wrote the novel following his debut effort Dawn. He was unable to find any magazine that would serialise the story, but it was accepted for publication by the firm that had put out Dawn. Haggard later wrote that "although, except for the African part, it is not in my opinion so good a story as Dawn, it was extremely well received and within certain limits very successful." The 1893 edition was illustrated by Charles H. M. Kerr.

Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : Haggard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1887
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 544 pages

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Book The Witch s Head  A Novel

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  • Author : Sir H Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2019-02-25
  • ISBN : 9780469708303
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head A Novel written by Sir H Rider Haggard and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : Henry Rider Haggard
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  • Release : 1935*
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 344 pages

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Book The Witch s Head

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  • Author : Henry Rider Haggard
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  • Release : 1940
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 286 pages

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Book The Witch s Head  1884   By  H  Rider Haggard

Download or read book The Witch s Head 1884 By H Rider Haggard written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Witch's Head is the second novel by H Rider Haggard, which he wrote just prior to King Solomon's Mines. Background Haggard wrote the novel following his debut effort Dawn. He was unable to find any magazine that would serialise the story, but it was accepted for publication by the firm that had put out Dawn. Haggard later wrote that "although, except for the African part, it is not in my opinion so good a story as Dawn, it was extremely well received and within certain limits very successful." Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE (22 June 1856 - 14 May 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. Early years Henry Rider Haggard, generally known as H. Rider Haggard or Rider Haggard, was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the eighth of ten children, to Sir William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet. His father was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to British parents. Haggard was initially sent to Garsington Rectory in Oxfordshire to study under Reverend H. J. Graham, but unlike his older brothers who graduated from various private schools, he attended Ipswich Grammar School. This was because his father, who perhaps regarded him as somebody who was not going to amount to much, could no longer afford to maintain his expensive private education. After failing his army entrance exam, he was sent to a private crammer in London to prepare for the entrance exam for the British Foreign Office, [4] for which he never sat. During his two years in London he came into contact with people interested in the study of psychical phenomena. In 1875, Haggard's father sent him to what is now South Africa to take up an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Natal.[8] In 1876 he was transferred to the staff of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, Special Commissioner for the Transvaal. It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria in April 1877 for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Boer Republic of the Transvaal. Indeed, Haggard raised the Union flag and read out much of the proclamation following the loss of voice of the official originally entrusted with the duty. At about that time, Haggard fell in love with Mary Elizabeth "Lilly" Jackson, whom he intended to marry once he obtained paid employment in Africa. In 1878 he became Registrar of the High Court in the Transvaal, and wrote to his father informing him that he intended to return to England and marry her. His father forbade it until Haggard had made a career for himself, and by 1879 Jackson had married Frank Archer, a well-to-do banker. When Haggard eventually returned to England, he married a friend of his sister, Marianna Louisa Margitson (1859-1943) in 1880, and the couple travelled to Africa together. They had a son named Jack (who died of measles at age 10) and three daughters, Angela, Dorothy and Lilias. Lilias Rider Haggard became an author, edited The Rabbit Skin Cap and I Walked By Night, and wrote a biography of her father entitled The Cloak That I Left (published in 1951).

Book The Witch s Head  Volume I

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  • Author : H. Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2016-05-19
  • ISBN : 9781357382803
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head Volume I written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Witch s Head  Vol  II

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  • Author : Sir H Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2016-05-19
  • ISBN : 9781357415983
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head Vol II written by Sir H Rider Haggard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Witch   s Head

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  • Author : Sir Henry Rider Haggard
  • Publisher : Library of Alexandria
  • Release : 2011-01-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 609 pages

Download or read book The Witch s Head written by Sir Henry Rider Haggard and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mr. Cardus left the sitting-room where he had been talking to Ernest, he passed down a passage in the rambling old house which led him into a courtyard. On the farther side of the yard, which was walled in, stood a neat red-brick building one story high, consisting of two rooms and a passage. On to this building were attached a series of low green-houses, and against the wall at the farther end of these houses was a lean-to in which stood the boiler that supplied the pipes with hot water. The little red-brick building was Mr. Cardus’s office, for he was a lawyer by profession; the long tail of glass behind it were his orchid-houses, for orchid-growing was his sole amusement. Thetout ensemble, office and orchid-houses, seemed curiously out of place in the gray and ancient courtyard where they stood, looking as they did on to the old one-storied house, scarred by the passage of centuries of tempestuous weather. Some such idea seemed to strike Mr. Cardus as he closed the door behind him, preparatory to crossing the courtyard. “Queer contrast,” he muttered to himself; “very queer. Something like that between Reginald Cardus, Esquire, Misanthrope, of Dum’s Ness, and Mr. Reginald Cardus, Solicitor, Chairman of the Stokesly Board of Guardians, Bailiff of Kesterwick, etc. And yet in both cases they are part of the same establishment. Case of old and new style!” Mr. Cardus did not make his way straight to the office. He struck off to the right, and entered the long line of glass-houses, walking up from house to house, till he reached the partition where the temperate sort were placed to bloom, and which was connected with his office by a glass door. Through this last he walked softly, with a cat-like step, till he reached the door, where he paused to observe a large coarse man, who was standing at the far end of the room, looking out intently on the courtyard. “Ah, my friend,” he said to himself, “so the shoe is beginning to pinch. Well, it is time.” Then he pushed the door softly open, passed into the room with the same cat-like step, closed it, and, seating himself at his writing-table, took up a pen. Apparently the coarse-looking man at the window was too much absorbed in his own thoughts to hear him, for he still stood staring into space.

Book The Witch s Head

Download or read book The Witch s Head written by H. Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 2009-09-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Witch s Head

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  • Author : Haggard H. Rider (author)
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  • Release : 1901
  • ISBN : 9781787365940
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Witch s Head written by Haggard H. Rider (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: