1. I dedicate my Life of Adventure
To My Son,
Brandon Raymond Edwards
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 Quartermain and his companions,
As here in 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, Prologue to Allan Quartermain – H. Rider Haggard
(adapted).