I inscribe this book of adventure + 

to my son + 

Arthur John Rider Haggard + 

In the hope that in days to come + 

he, and many other boys whom I shall never know, may, + 

in the acts and thoughts of Allan Quatermain + 

and his companions, as herein recorded, + 

find something to help him and them to reach + 

to what, with Sir Henry Curtis, I hold to be the + 

highest rank whereto we can attain⁠— + 

the state and dignity of English Gentlemen + 

1887 + 