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Henry Rider Haggard. King Solomon’s Mines
History of Collins
Life & Times. About the Author
King Solomon’s Mines
Table of Contents
AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 I Meet Sir Henry Curtis
CHAPTER 2 The Legend of Solomon’s Mines
CHAPTER 3 Umbopa Enters our Service
CHAPTER 4 An Elephant Hunt
CHAPTER 5 Our March into the Desert
CHAPTER 6 Water! Water!
CHAPTER 7 Solomon’s Road
CHAPTER 8 We Enter Kukuanaland
CHAPTER 9 Twala the King
CHAPTER 10 The Witch-Hunt
CHAPTER 11 We Give a Sign
CHAPTER 12 Before the Battle
CHAPTER 13 The Attack
CHAPTER 14 The Last Stand of the Greys
CHAPTER 15 Good Falls Sick
CHAPTER 16 The Place of Death
CHAPTER 17 Solomon’s Treasure Chamber
CHAPTER 18 We Abandon Hope
CHAPTER 19 Ignosi’s Farewell
CHAPTER 20 Found
CLASSIC LITERATURE: WORDS AND PHRASES. adapted from the Collins English Dictionary
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About the Publisher
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In 1819, Millworker William Collins from Glasgow, Scotland, set up a company for printing and publishing pamphlets, sermons, hymn books and prayer books. That company was Collins and was to mark the birth of HarperCollins Publishers as we know it today. The long tradition of Collins dictionary publishing can be traced back to the first dictionary William published in 1824, Greek and English Lexicon. Indeed, from 1840 onwards, he began to produce illustrated dictionaries and even obtained a licence to print and publish the Bible.
Soon after, William published the first Collins novel, Ready Reckoner, however it was the time of the Long Depression, where harvests were poor, prices were high, potato crops had failed and violence was erupting in Europe. As a result, many factories across the country were forced to close down and William chose to retire in 1846, partly due to the hardships he was facing.
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‘As I daresay you know,’ went on Sir Henry, ‘if a man dies intestate, and has no property but land, real property it is called in England, it all descends to his eldest son. It so happened that just at the time when we quarrelled our father died intestate. He had put off making his will until it was too late. The result was that my brother, who had not been brought up to any profession, was left without a penny. Of course it would have been my duty to provide for him, but at the time the quarrel between us was so bitter that I did not – to my shame I say it (and he sighed deeply) – offer to do anything. It was not that I grudged him justice, but I waited for him to make advances and he made none. I am sorry to trouble you with all this, Mr Quatermain, but I must make things clear, eh, Good?’
‘Quite so, quite so,’ said the captain. ‘Mr Quatermain will, I am sure, keep this history to himself.’
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