From "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla":
From steaming lowlands down by the equator, where monstrous orchids blow, where beetles big as mice sit on the tent-ropes, and fireflies glide about by night like little moving stars, the travelers went three days through forests of cactus till they came to the open plains where the oryx are.
When Bwona Khubla had gone there three years ago, what with malaria with which he was shaking all over, and what with disgust at finding the water-hole dry, he had decided to die there, and in that part of the world such decisions are always fatal. In any case he was overdue to die, but hitherto his amazing resolution, and that terrible strength of character that so astounded his porters, had kept him alive and moved his safari on.
There is not doubt that he was a fearful man. . . .
*
This peculiar collection is a very real treat: we envy you the reading of it. Among the treasures in this volume are "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla," "How the Office of Postman Fell Vacant in Offord-Under-the-Wold," "The Prayer of Boob Aheera," "East and West," "A Pretty Quarrel," "How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning," "The Gift of the Gods," "The Sack of Emeralds," "The Old Brown Coat," "An Archive of the Older Mysteries," and "A City of Wonder," and a section he called Beyond the Fields We Know, which included "Publisher's Note," "Idle Days on the Yann," "A Shop in Go-By Street," and "The Avenger of Perdóndaris."
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 5001892-n
Book Description Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Tales of Three Hemispheres by Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Horror 0.66. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781598183115
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2811580099592
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9781598183115
Book Description HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L1-9781598183115
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ01OM3T_ns
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781598183115
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 0.66. Seller Inventory # 1598183117-2-1
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.66. Seller Inventory # 353-1598183117-new
Book Description Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9781598183115_lsuk