| Author: | H. Rider Haggard | ISBN: | 1230000232733 |
| Publisher: | The Horsham House Press | Publication: | April 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | H. Rider Haggard |
| ISBN: | 1230000232733 |
| Publisher: | The Horsham House Press |
| Publication: | April 12, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
A novella by adventure novelist H Rider Haggard, first published in 1911.
What am I to look at? A small, white-haired man with a thin and rather plaintive face in which are set two large, dark eyes that continually seem to soften and develop. That is my picture. And what am I in the world? I will tell you. On certain days of the week I employ myself in editing a trade journal that has to do with haberdashery. On another day I act as auctioneer to a firm which imports and sells cheap Italian statuary; modern, very modern copies of the antique, florid marble vases, and so forth. Some of you who read may have passed such marts in different parts of the city, or even have dropped in and purchased a bust or a tazza for a surprisingly small sum. Perhaps I knocked it down to you, only too pleased to find a bonâ fidebidder amongst my company. - Excerpt from The Mahatma and the Hare.
A novella by adventure novelist H Rider Haggard, first published in 1911.
What am I to look at? A small, white-haired man with a thin and rather plaintive face in which are set two large, dark eyes that continually seem to soften and develop. That is my picture. And what am I in the world? I will tell you. On certain days of the week I employ myself in editing a trade journal that has to do with haberdashery. On another day I act as auctioneer to a firm which imports and sells cheap Italian statuary; modern, very modern copies of the antique, florid marble vases, and so forth. Some of you who read may have passed such marts in different parts of the city, or even have dropped in and purchased a bust or a tazza for a surprisingly small sum. Perhaps I knocked it down to you, only too pleased to find a bonâ fidebidder amongst my company. - Excerpt from The Mahatma and the Hare.
