Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales, by Henry Rider Haggard This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales Author: Henry Rider Haggard Release Date: April 22, 2006 [EBook #6073] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS *** Produced by John Bickers; Dagny; David Widger SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS AND OTHER TALES By H. Rider Haggard Contents SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS MAGEPA THE BUCK THE BLUE CURTAINS LITTLE FLOWER ONLY A DREAM BARBARA WHO CAME BACK CHAPTER CHAPTER I V CHAPTER CHAPTER II VI CHAPTER CHAPTER III VII CHAPTER CHAPTER IV VIII SMITH AND THE PHARAOHS I Scientists, or some scientists—for occasionally one learned person differs from other learned persons—tell us they know all that is worth knowing about man, which statement, of course, includes woman. They trace him from his remotest origin; they show us how his bones changed and his shape modified, also how, under the influence of his needs and passions, his intelligence developed from something very humble.