This report from an outpost of the British Empire in Northern Burma during the last decade of the nineteenth century highlights the colonial mindset. Written for an American Audience of the period.

A thrilling personal account of a hunting trip on the vast plains of South Africa. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

What Men Liv by and Other Tales.

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from H. Rider Haggard, ‘A Tale of Three Lions’In this thrilling tale of danger and adventure, young Harry joins his father, the famous Alan Quatermain, on a hunt for lions deep in Africa.Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of the scale of Victorian literature, conti...

Meet Edogawa Rampo, the undisputed master of Japanese suspense, psychological terror, and the grotesque widely known as "The Edgar Allan Poe of Japan." This essential collection gathers some of his most brilliant and unsettling short stories, alongside a tale that reflects the dark, uncanny folklore that inspired him.Rampo's tales are a disturbing look into obsession, identity, and the limits of the human body and mind:The Human Chair: A clau...

Step into the thrilling and romantic world of George Barr McCutcheon’s Truxton King: A Story of Graustark, a tale that combines adventure, intrigue, and the timeless struggle between duty and desire. Set in the fictional kingdom of Graustark, this novel weaves a captivating story of a young American who finds himself entangled in royal affairs far beyond his expectations.As McCutcheon’s narrative unfolds, you’ll be drawn into a world of political conspiraci...

Little Jannita sat alone beside a milk-bush. Before her and behind her stretched the plain, covered with red sand and thorny karoo bushes; and here and there a milk-bush, looking like a bundle of pale green rods tied together. Not a tree was to be seen anywhere, except on the banks of the river, and that was far away, and the sun beat on her head. Round her fed the Angora goats she was herding; pretty things, especially the little ones, with white silky curls that touched the ground

A journey to the home of the Esquimaux in Greenland during the mid Nineteenth Century exploring the Native customs and habits.

The essay describes the experience of the English narrator, possibly Orwell himself, called upon to shoot an aggressive elephant while working as a police officer in Burma. Because the locals expect him to do the job, he does so against his better judgment, his anguish increased by the elephant's slow and painful death. After all, as he writes, he kills the animal 'solely to avoid looking a fool'.The story is regarded as a metaphor for British imperialism, and for Orwell's view that...

A trip through the ancient African Kingdom of Dahomey and description of the country and the king, Gelele and his customs. Annotated with Illustrations.