novelnovelThe People of the MistThe People of the Misthttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/100/original/thePeopleCollierCover.jpeg?1393618554In the African romance The People of the Mist British explorer Leonard Outram seeks out a mysterious lost civilization and their treasure of precious gems. Tit-Bits Weekly serialized PM from December 1893 to August 18...In the African romance <span style="font-style:italic;">The People of the Mist</span> British explorer Leonard Outram seeks out a mysterious lost civilization and their treasure of precious gems. <span style="font-style:italic;">Tit-Bits Weekly</span> serialized <span style="font-style:italic;">PM</span> from December 1893 to August 1894. The first book edition, published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, on 15 October 1894, featured 16 illustrations by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/8">Arthur Layard</a>. Longmans issued 10,000 copies in this printing. Longmans, New York, included the Layard illustrations in the first US edition published in 1894. George Newnes, London, published an edition c. 1906, which features 8 illustrations by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/12">Cyrus Cuneo</a>. In c. 1923 Hodder & Stoughton, London, published an edition with an illustrated dust jacket. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of <span style="font-style:italic;">PM</span> illustrated by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/49">Jack Matthew</a> in 1951, 1st thus. <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. 93, 103.</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. F17, 28-29.</p>
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The People of the Mist
In the African romance The People of the Mist British explorer Leonard Outram seeks out a mysterious lost civilization and their treasure of precious gems.
Tit-Bits Weekly serialized PM from December 1893 to August 1894. The first book edition, published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, on 15 October 1894, featured 16 illustrations by Arthur Layard. Longmans issued 10,000 copies in this printing. Longmans, New York, included the Layard illustrations in the first US edition published in 1894. George Newnes, London, published an edition c. 1906, which features 8 illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo. In c. 1923 Hodder & Stoughton, London, published an edition with an illustrated dust jacket. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of PM illustrated by Jack Matthew in 1951, 1st thus.
Further Reading
Pocock Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 93, 103.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F17, 28-29.
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Authorized Edition
New York: P. F. Collier & Son, None.
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1st US edition
New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894.
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1st UK edition
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894.
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1st Edition Thus
London: George Newnes, c. 1906.
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Reprint
London: Hodder & Stoughton, c. 1923.
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Macdonald Illustrated Edition
London: Macdonald & Co, 1951.
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1st Edition Thus
New York: Ballantine, 1973.
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1st Edition Thus
New York: Del Rey, 1977.
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They had left the road of ice and were flying through the air
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'Ah! Yellow Devil,' the dwarf cried as he swung, 'look behind you.'
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Holding out his hand above her as though in blessing.
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It was he who sprang.
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Otter... suddenly burst into song.
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'Praise him, the Deliverer.'
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This was what Leonard saw at length.
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Company by company it rushed past them.
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'I have to thank you for a great deal'
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'So help us, God.'
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Then a small black object projected itself towards the feet of the sentry.
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At last the headman Peter... went mad with fear.
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Staggering to his knees, he stretched out his arms towards the rising sun.
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Praise him, the deliverer
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So help us, God!
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Then a small black object projected itself towards the feet of the sentry
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'Be noble of be base'
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They had left the road of ice and were flying through the air
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Nam hurled himself backwards
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Crouched upon a stone... sat a tall and withered woman
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At last the headman Peter... went mad with fear
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Company by company it rushed past them
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Holding out his hand above her as though in blessing
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It was he who sprang
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Otter... suddenly burst into song
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Staggering to his knees, he stretched out his arms towards the rising sun
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This was what Leonard saw at length
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'Ah! Yellow Devil,' the dwarf cried as he swung, 'look behind you.'
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'I have to thank you for a great deal'
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Nam hurled himself backwards off the point of rock, bearing the treasure with him
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'Drive the spear into her till she speaks, comrade,' said Olfan
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'And hast thou come to claim me at the last?' she said, addressing Otter
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'The knife, the knife,' gasped Xavier
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Soa sprang backwards with a yell
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For a moment the ill-assorted pair stood together on the rock
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Otter, putting out all his strength, hurled himself and his burden into sheer space beneath
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Leonard, suspended from the shaft of the spear by one hand, must support Juanna's senseless form with the other
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