Barker, Ernest. History of the English Novel London: Witherby, 1938. This work provides a general, if somewhat dated, account of Haggard's place in the development of English fiction.

Cohen, Morton. Rider Haggard: His Life and Works. London: Hutchinson, 1960. Though it provides a thorough account of Haggard's life and useful plot summaries of his major works, this literary biography is marred by Cohen's condescending attitude toward his subject.

Darton, F. J. Harvey. Children's Books in England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. This work contains useful information about the kind of "boys' stories" Haggard wrote as well as other types of Victorian young adult literature.

Ellis, Peter Berresford. H. Rider Haggard: A Voice from the Infinite. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978. A thorough and sympathetic account of Haggard's life and work, Ellis's book also includes a comprehensive bibliography of Haggard's writings.

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