Opening of the book
King Solomon’s Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
Contents
INTRODUCTION
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
PREPARER’S NOTE
This was typed from a 1907 edition published by Cassell and
Company, Limited.
DEDICATION
This faithful but unpretending record
of a remarkable adventure
is hereby respectfully dedicated
by the narrator,
ALLAN QUATERMAIN,
to all the big and little boys
who read it.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
The author ventures to take this opportunity to thank his readers for the kind reception they have accorded to the successive editions of this tale during the last twelve years. He hopes that in its present form it will fall into the hands of an even wider public, and that in years to come it may continue to afford amusement to those who are still young enough at heart to love a story of treasure, war, and wild adventure.
Ditchingham,
11 March, 1898.
POST SCRIPTUM
Now, in 1907, on the occasion of the issue of this edition, I can only add how glad I am that my romance should continue to please so many readers. Imagination has been verified by fact; the King
Solomon’s Mines I dreamed of have been discovered, and are putting out their gold once more, and, according to the latest reports, their diamonds also; the Kukuanas or, rather, the Matabele, have been tamed by the white man’s bullets, but still there seem to be many who find pleasure in these simple pages. That they may continue so to do, even to the third and fourth generation, or perhaps longer still, would,
I am sure, be the hope of our old and departed friend, Allan
Quatermain.
H. Rider Haggard.
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