As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.

He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire. Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations predominantly Africa and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature continue to be popular and influential.