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The character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial efforts to spread civilization in the Dark Continent, though he also favours native Africans having a say in their affairs. An outdoorsman who finds English cities and climate unbearable, he prefers to spend most of his life in Africa, where he grew up under the care of his widower father, a Christian missionary. In the earliest-written novels, native Africans refer to Quatermain as Macumazahn, meaning "Watcher-by-Night," a reference to his nocturnal habits and keen instincts. In later-written novels, Macumazahn is said to be a short form of Macumazana, meaning "One who stands out." Quatermain is frequently accompanied by his native servant, the Hottentot Hans, a wise and caring family retainer from his youth. His sarcastic comments offer a sharp critique of European conventions. In his final adventures, Quatermain is joined by two British companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good of the Royal Navy, and by his African friend Umslopogaas. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents King Solomon's Mines (1885) Allan Quatermain (1887) Allan's Wife (1889) Maiwa's Revenge (1888) Marie (1912) Child of Storm (1912) Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) Finished (1917) The Ivory Child (1916) The Ancient Allan (1920) King Solomon's Mines (1885) mprobable and fable-like, the story tells of English adventurers who travel to the interior of a remote African country, a vanished empire with legends of lost treasure. Allan's Wife (1889) Elephants, lions, baboons, and other fauna of the African wilds abound on these pages, and we have a Zulu impi and the resulting carnage described with the author's usual vivid power of narration. Our old friend, Allan Quatermain, figures as the hero throughout, and the most substantial part of the volume is occupied with the story of his wooing, and the brief episode of his marrie.

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The character Quatermain is an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial efforts to spread civilization in the Dark Continent, though he also favours native Africans having a say in their affairs. An outdoorsman who finds English cities and climate unbearable, he prefers to spend most of his life in Africa, where he grew up under the care of his widower father, a Christian missionary. In the earliest-written novels, native Africans refer to Quatermain as Macumazahn, meaning "Watcher-by-Night," a reference to his nocturnal habits and keen instincts. In later-written novels, Macumazahn is said to be a short form of Macumazana, meaning "One who stands out." Quatermain is frequently accompanied by his native servant, the Hottentot Hans, a wise and caring family retainer from his youth. His sarcastic comments offer a sharp critique of European conventions. In his final adventures, Quatermain is joined by two British companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good of the Royal Navy, and by his African friend Umslopogaas. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation. Contents Allan Quatermain Series King Solomon's Mines (1885) Allan Quatermain (1887) Allan's Wife (1889) Maiwa's Revenge (1888) Marie (1912) Child of Storm (1912) Allan and the Holy Flower (1915) Finished (1917) The Ivory Child (1916) The Ancient Allan (1920) Hunter Quatermain's Story (1885) A Tale Of Three Lions or Allan The Hunter (1887) Long Odds (1889) Ayesha Series She (1886) Ayesha, The Return of She (1905) She and Allan (1921) Beatrice (1890) King Solomon's Mines (1885) mprobable and fable-like, the story tells of English adventurers who travel to the interior of a remote African country, a vanished empire with legends of lost treasure. Allan's Wife (1889) Elephants, lions, baboons, and other fauna of the African wilds abound on these pages, and we have a Zulu impi and the resulting carnage described with the author's usu.