Bridge over the River Cam (uncaptioned headpiece, Chapter I, "My Visitor," p. 7): extra lithograph by Maurice Greiffenhagen, engraved by Charles H. M. Kerr, in H. Rider Haggard's SHE: A History of Adventure, 1 ⅜ by 3 ¼ inches (3.3 cm high by 8.2 cm wide), partially framed. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]
Passage Realised: The Headpiece Reflects the Setting Established in "Introduction"
Some years ago I, the editor, was stopping with a friend, “vir doctissimus et amicus meus,” at a certain University, which for the purposes of this history we will call Cambridge, and was one day much struck with the appearance of two persons whom I saw going arm-in-arm down the street. One of these gentlemen was I think, without exception, the handsomest young fellow I have ever seen. He was very tall, very broad, and had a look of power and a grace of bearing that seemed as native to him as it is to a wild stag. In addition his face was almost without flaw — a good face as well as a beautiful one, and when he lifted his hat, which he did just then to a passing lady, I saw that his head was covered with little golden curls growing close to the scalp. ["Introduction," 1]
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Bibliography
Brantlinger, Patrick. Introduction. She: A History of Adventure. By H. Rider Haggard. London: Penguin, 2004. vii-xxviii.
Haggard, H. Rider. "SHE:" A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. The Graphic Magazine, Vols. XXXIV and XXXV. 2 October 1886 to 8 January 1887.
Haggard. H. Rider. SHE: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by E. K. Johnson. New York: Harper & Bros., 1887.
Haggard, H. Rider. SHE: A History of Adventure. Illustrated by Maurice Greiffenhagen and Charles H. M. Kerr. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888, rpt. 1896.
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