The Wizard (1896)
by H. Rider Haggard

The Wizard, was first published in 1896. This text was prepared from a 3-volume set published in 1900 titled—"Black Heart and White Heart, and Other Stories." These three volumes were dedicated to Nada Burnham (1894 - 1896), the daughter of Frederick Russell Burnham. A contemporary review can be found in the Discussion page.

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THE WIZARD

BY
H. RIDER HAGGARD

Dedication

To the Memory of the Child

Nada Burnham,

who "bound all to her" and, while her father cut his way through the hordes of the Ingobo Regiment, perished of the hardships of war at Buluwayo on 19th May, 1896, I dedicate these tales—and more particularly the last, that of a Faith which triumphed over savagery and death.

H. RIDER HAGGARD.

Ditchingham.
6th July 1896

Author's Note

Of the three stories that comprise this volume, one, "The Wizard," a tale of victorious faith, first appeared some years ago as a Christmas Annual. Another, "Elissa," is an attempt, difficult enough owing to the scantiness of the material left to us by time, to recreate the life of the ancient Poenician Zimbabwe, whose ruins still stand in Rhodesia, and, with the addition of the necessary love story, to suggest circumstances such as might have brought about or accompanied its fall at the hands of the surrounding savage tribes. The third, "Black Heart and White Heart," is a story of the courtship, trials and final union of a pair of Zulu lovers in the time of King Cetywayo.

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