novelnovelThe Ivory ChildThe Ivory ChildnovelNovelhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/70/original/theIvoryLongmansCover.jpg?1379260387The Allan Quatermain adventure The Ivory Child is a sequel to Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) and a precursor to The Ancient Allan (1919). In this African romance, Haggard's big game hunter, his companion Hans, and L...The Allan Quatermain adventure <em>The Ivory Child</em> is a sequel to <em>Allan and the Holy Flower</em> (1915) and a precursor to <em>The Ancient Allan</em> (1919). In this African romance, Haggard's big game hunter, his companion Hans, and Lord...The Allan Quatermain adventure The Ivory Child is a sequel to Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) and a precursor to The Ancient Allan (1919). In this African romance, Haggard's big game hunter, his companion Hans, and Lord Ragnall must face an enormous elephant god and survive a civil war between the white and black Kendah peoples, in order to rescue the lady Luna Ragnall from Harût and Marût, the priests of Isis which abducted her. D.E. Whatmore says IC was serialized in 1915 in various periodicals, but I can find no evidence of this. Cassell and Co., London, published the first book edition on 6 January 1916, which featured four full-page illustrations by A. C. Michael. Cassell printed 13,500 copies for this edition. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first US edition in 1916 with identical illustrations by Michael. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of IC illustrated by Hookway Cowles in 1958. Further Reading Pocock Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 187. Print. Whatmore, D. E. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F43, 59-60. Print.
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The Allan Quatermain adventure The Ivory Child is a sequel to Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) and a precursor to The Ancient Allan (1919). In this African romance, Haggard's big game hunter, his companion Hans, and Lord Ragnall must face an enormous elephant god and survive a civil war between the white and black Kendah peoples, in order to rescue the lady Luna Ragnall from Harût and Marût, the priests of Isis which abducted her. D.E. Whatmore says IC was serialized in 1915 in various periodicals, but I can find no evidence of this. Cassell and Co., London, published the first book edition on 6 January 1916, which featured four full-page illustrations by A. C. Michael. Cassell printed 13,500 copies for this edition. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first US edition in 1916 with identical illustrations by Michael. Macdonald & Co., London, published an edition of IC illustrated by Hookway Cowles in 1958.
Further Reading
Pocock Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 187. Print.
Whatmore, D. E. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F43, 59-60. Print.
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Outlined clearly against the sky, I perceived the devilish elephant of my vision
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The doors of the sanctuary were thrown wide and from between them issued— the goddess Isis of the Egyptians
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I took the bowl and held it under my nose.
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There came the huge elephant, Jana, at a slow, shambling trot.
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