HE. By the Author of "It," "King Solomon's Wives," "Bess," "Much Darker Days," "Mr Morton's Subtler," and Other Romances. New York: George Munro, Publisher, 17 to 27 Vandewater Street, [1887]. Small octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-132 [1-4: ads] [1]-[24]: ads], publisher's pictorial white wrappers printed in orange, gray, gold and black, stapled. First U.S. edition. Issued as "Seaside Library 25 ct. Edition," number 126. A Haggard parody, perhaps written with some assistance from Haggard himself, that "consists of adventures around London paralleling those of Holly and Vincey, culminating in a swindle." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, p. 299. The supernatural (curses, witchcraft, etc.) are parodied and rationalized. An amusing story. Bleiler, p. 118. Reginald 08596. See Topp VI, p. 103 (citing a different, probably later, printing). Chip from lower edge of front cover, else a very good copy. (#179023).
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