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Ayesha

Ayeshacover

Ayesha, The Return of She is the sequel to She (1887) (and therefore She and Allan [1921] and Wisdom’s Daughter [1923]). In this romance Leo Vincey and Horace Holly seek Ayesha in Tibet. Haggard wrote Ayesha twenty years after publishing She in a hiatus he frames as deliberate, and “in obedience to my original plan” (qtd. Whatmore 43).

Windsor Magazine serialized Ayesha between December 1904 and October 1905 in a printing that included illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, published the 1st US edition on 6 October 1905. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch also serialized this novel in the Sunday numbers weekly from 3 September to 10 December 1905, in a run illustrated by Martin and McEvoy. Ward Lock and Co., London, published Ayesha on 6 October 1905, in a printing accompanied by 32 full-page illustrations by Greiffenhagen. 25,000 copies printed. The first Canadian edition was published by William Briggs, Toronto, in 1905. This printing included eight of Greiffenhagen's illustrations. Tauchnitz of Leipzig published a copyright edition in 1905 in two volumes. In 1908 Ward Lock and Co. published a paperback edition of Ayesha with an illustrated cover and 8 illustrations by Greiffenhagen.

Further Reading


Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life, An Autobiography. 2 Vols. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. II: 203.


Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 131, 148.


Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F28, 42-43.



Editions of Ayesha

Ayeshastlouisdispatch10dec1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 111. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10 December 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch10sep1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 20. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10 September 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch12nov1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 83. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 12 November 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch15oct1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 56. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 15 October 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch17sep1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 27. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 17 September 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch19nov1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 90. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 19 November 1905.
Ayeshacover
1st UK edition. London: Ward Lock & Co., 1905.
Ayeshawilliambriggscover
1st CA edition. Toronto: William Briggs, 1905.
Ayeshanydoubleday1905cover
1st US edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1905.
Ilritornodiayesha1932dustjacket
Romantica Mondiale Sonzogno. Milano: Casa Editrice Sonzogno, 1932.
Ayeshadelraydustjacket
1st Edition Thus. New York: Del Rey, 1976.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch22oct1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 62. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 22 October 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch24sep1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 34. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 September 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch1oct1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 41. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 24 September 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch26nov1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 97. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 26 November 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch29oct1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 69. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 29 October 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch3dec1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 104. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3 December 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch3sep1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 13. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3 September 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch5nov1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 76. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5 November 1905.
Ayeshastlouisdispatch8oct1905
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, vol. 58, no. 48. St. Louis: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8 October 1905.
Ayeshathepopularmagazineapril1905dustjacket
The Popular Magazine, vol. 3, no. 6. New York: Street & Smith, April 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine617
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock & Co., April 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine299
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 22. London: Ward, Lock & Co., August 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine27
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock &. Co., December 1904.
Ayeshawindsormagazine365
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock &. Co., February 1905.
Ayeshathepopularmagazinejan1905dustjacket
The Popular Magazine, vol. 3, no. 3. New York: Street & Smith, January 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine41
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock &. Co., January 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine169
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 22. London: Ward, Lock & Co., July 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine41
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 22. London: Ward, Lock & Co., June 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine499
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock &. Co., March 1905.
Ayeshapopularmagazinemarch1905
The Popular Magazine, vol. 3, no. 5. New York: Street & Smith, March 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine745
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 21. London: Ward, Lock &. Co., May 1905.
Ayeshawindsormagazine405
The Windsor Magazine, vol. 22. London: Ward, Lock & Co., September 1905.

Illustrations from Ayesha

Ayeshaheldnydoubleday324
Nowshenydoubleday1905252
Thetoughnydoubleday190580
Inthenydoubleday1905104
Itwasnydoubleday1905170
Tossedhernydoubleday1905328
Atonewilliambriggsfrontispiece
Shedrewstlouisdispatch17sep1905
Areyou132
Ayeshadost280
Seethere34
Ridefast158
Itrose182
Shegrew206
Ina262
Drivethem298
Isaw296
Iseemed380
Seeyonder332
Itwas56
Hewas86
Ashe128
Hethrew90
Hurledit234
Alonein238
Fromthe257
Holdinghim269
Inthat290
Ayeshatore351
Whatseeks220
Wedragged52
Witha368
Slavestook116
Wego180
Shebent258
Whathave264
Iansweredstlouisdispatch24sep1905
Thenwhilestlouisdispatch1oct1905
Bythis361
Theferryboatstlouisdispatch8oct1905
Herewestlouisdispatch15oct1905
Asayeshanydoubleday1905246
Atonefrontispiece
Shetook308
Atonenydoubleday1905frontispiece
Whois36
Thewretchstlouisdispatch22oct1905
Whodoststlouisdispatch29oct1905
Wedrankstlouisdispatch5nov1905
Seetherestlouisdispatch3sep1905
Atonewindsormagazine33
Slavestookwindsormagazine379
Ayeshawindsormagazine499
Areyouwindsormagazine505
Ridefastwindsormagazine619
Ifeltwindsormagazine621
Wegowindsormagazine625
Rantowindsormagazine749
Shegrewwindsormagazine754
Whathavewindsormagazine171
Ashadowywindsormagazine179
Ayeshadostwindsormagazine181
Inthatwindsormagazine301
Drivethemwindsormagazine307
Whenwewindsormagazine314
Hepouredwindsormagazine411
Seetherewindsormagazine37
Suchwaswindsormagazine45
Ayeshawindsormagazine237
Whydashwindsormagazine246
Hewaswindsormagazine253
Manhavewindsormagazine371
Tobewindsormagazine385
Isawwindsormagazine509
Letthewindsormagazine759
Aloneinwindsormagazine43
Leokneltwindsormagazine46
Inawindsormagazine55
Isawwindsormagazine304
Ayeshatorewindsormagazine415
Mymindwindsormagazine29
Whoiswindsormagazine41
Draggingthewindsormagazine239
Ayeshawindsormagazine365
Throwingonewindsormagazine367
Ashewindsormagazine383
Wedisembarkedwindsormagazine501
Ayeshawindsormagazine617
Atlengthwindsormagazine633
Ayeshawindsormagazine745
Whatseekswindsormagazine757
Hurleditwindsormagazine763
Shebentwindsormagazine53
Thebetrothalwindsormagazine175
Tobewindsormagazine182
Shetookwindsormagazine311
Shethrustwindsormagazine317
Lookyonderwindsormagazine407
Ayeshawavedwindsormagazine419
Theirfirststlouisdispatch10sep1905
Ariseshestlouisdispatch12nov1905
Thouartstlouisdispatch19nov1905
Iwillstlouisdispatch26nov1905
Ayeshaveiledstlouisdispatch3dec1905
Didistlouisdispatch10dec1905
Ayeshathepopularmagazinejan1905dustjacket
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Ayeshadelraydustjacket
Ayeshapopularmagazinemarch1905
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