novelnovelStella FregeliusStella Fregeliushttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/stellaFregeliusCollierCover.jpgStella Fregelius, A Tale of Three Destinies is a romance in which lovers telepathically communicate from beyond the grave through a precursor to the radio called an “aërophone.” SF bears some parallels to Haggard’s ow...<span style="font-style:italic;">Stella Fregelius, A Tale of Three Destinies</span> is a romance in which lovers telepathically communicate from beyond the grave through a precursor to the radio called an “aërophone.” <span style="font-style:italic;">SF</span> bears some parallels to Haggard’s own relationship with his first love Lily Archer, née Jackson. <span style="font-style:italic;">SF</span> was initially serialized in <span style="font-style:italic;">T.P.'s Weekly</span> November 1902 through April 1903. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first edition on 27 October 1903, but this was not illustrated. Longmans, London, published the first UK edition which was also not illustrated. George Newnes, London, published an edition with four illustrations by <a href="/illustrators/12">Cyrus Cuneo</span> c. 1906. I am unsure if the frontispiece for the P. F. Collier & Son Authorized Edition is original to this edition or taken from another issue. <h4>Further Reading</h4> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Pocock, Tom. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire</span>. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 130. Print.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Whatmore, D.E.. <span style="font-style:italic;">H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography</span>. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F26, 40-41. Print.</p>
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Stella Fregelius
Stella Fregelius, A Tale of Three Destinies is a romance in which lovers telepathically communicate from beyond the grave through a precursor to the radio called an “aërophone.” SF bears some parallels to Haggard’s own relationship with his first love Lily Archer, née Jackson. SF was initially serialized in T.P.'s Weekly November 1902 through April 1903. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first edition on 27 October 1903, but this was not illustrated. Longmans, London, published the first UK edition which was also not illustrated. George Newnes, London, published an edition with four illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo c. 1906. I am unsure if the frontispiece for the P. F. Collier & Son Authorized Edition is original to this edition or taken from another issue.
Further Reading
Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 130. Print.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F26, 40-41. Print.
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At the door he turned and looked at her
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I take your soul to mine, I give my soul to yours
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Morris looked up, and lo! there before him, unexpected and ineffable, was Stella!
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There, poised at the extreme point of the sloping forecastle, was the woman to whose siren-like song he had been listening
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