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The list was promoted by Crisco 1492 14:33, 17 April 2015 [1].

List of works by H. Rider Haggard edit

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Nominator(s): SchroCat (talk) 07:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

H. Rider Haggard was a prolific and high-profile English writer, probably best known for his Allan Quatermain series of stories. He wrote much, much more besides, and his output included 56 novels, 3 short-story collections and nearly 100 letters to The Times. He was also an expert on land management and agricultural reform and wrote several non-fictional books on the subject, which added to his works on South Africa and the Zulus, about which he was knowledgeable following his time in the country.

This is a fresh bibliography, made partly from a limited one on the main Rider Haggard article, but greatly expanded and now brought into line with MOS requirements, and fully sourced throughout. All comments are welcome. – SchroCat (talk) 07:40, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment from Tim riley

  • I can't find a letter from Rider Haggard about Dr Barnardo's Homes in The Times of 16 November 1907. Tim riley talk 14:46, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's because it's not a letter! My source has that on page 5 there is a report on remarks he made on the subject. - SchroCat (talk) 15:00, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support – my only query being answered. This is an impeccable piece of work, and plainly meets FL criteria in my view. Tim riley talk 15:36, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many thanks Tim - your thoughts and your edits - are as appreciated as always. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 15:43, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from The Rambling Man (talk) 18:29, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comments
  • Starting the second sentence with "Rider Haggard was the " reads awkwardly to me, it would be smoother from my perspective to just say "He was..."
  • Link Norfolk? Link Natal.
  • Are there suitable links for the Transvaal court and the Pretoria Horse? They are uncommon terms...
  • Nothing, unfortunately. I've linked Transvaal and Pretoria to their respective locations instead. - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • "His time in" new para, normally we'd reassert the subject matter.
  • Again, sorry if this is tedious, but "called to the bar" could be linked...
  • Might be worth putting Morton N. Cohen into context. Yes he has an article but why is what he says of interest here?
  • Consider linking Sally Army.
  • "by the paper" really picky, but shouldn't this be newspaper?
  • Sometimes I think it's worth noting the original sort order, i.e. "initially sorted in chronological order..."
  • If United Empire and The New Review etc aren't notable enough to have an article, why would letters published in them be notable enough for inclusion here?
  • United Empire was the journal of the Royal Colonial Institute – now the Royal Commonwealth Society, so I think we should be OK with that. The New Review was slightly different, but it was published by Longmans Green between 1889 and1897 (see the BL entry). Given the publisher I went for a more inclusionist approach, but happy to remove if you advise otherwise. - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ayesha series is mentioned a few times, but not linked (as far as I could see) and not explained...
  • There is no link for her, unfortunately, but I'll add a footnote to explain - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Co-written with Andrew Lang[31]" any reason why this has its own ref, while all the other refs are in their own col?
  • Was Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll  really published by "Longmans" and not "Longmans Green" (who published his novels both before and after this Idyll?)
  • "Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent" hard to delineate where this was published....
  • Check for en-dash violations, e.g. ref 5 needs an en-dash in the page range.

The Rambling Man (talk) 20:11, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Many thanks RM. All sorted except where commented otherwise. Many thanks for your time and thoughts here. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 09:03, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The Rambling Man (talk) 18:29, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • " In 1911 he also served on the Royal Commission examining coastal erosion. He was also " -rep of he and also.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:54, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Yep - good spot. I've tweaked the section a little, which gets rid of the duplication. - SchroCat (talk) 11:07, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support An excellent list, I recognize a few film titles in there which were based on those books, I wasn't aware of some of them!♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:17, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - You know, just reading the lead I didn't get the impression that Allan Quatermain was a series, nor did I realize that he wrote short stories. This should probably be made a bit more explicit in the lead. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:14, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • A couple of tweaks made, which should cover it - let me know if you think it needs any more, or should be done differently. Cheers - SchroCat (talk) 14:23, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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