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Elissa: or, The Doom of Zimbabwe

F. H. Townsend

First published 1900
Type Interior Art


Both of the 1900 collections contain 8 illustrations of Elissa by Townsend. The story was first published as a serial, in The Long Bow from 1898-02-02 to -06-08, with illustrations by Townsend. --VisualHaggard.org The reported serial dates span 19 Wednesdays; the novel contains 17 chapters. VH does not report the frequency of Long Bow publication, the number of serial parts, or original number of illustrations. Its gallery for Elissa contains images of only 8 illustrations, probably.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1900 Black Heart and White Heart, and Other Stories Longmans, Green and Co. Collection |67
1900 Cover Elissa: The Doom of Zimbabwe / Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll Longmans, Green and Co. Collection |1.1
1903 Black Heart and White Heart, and Other Stories Longmans, Green and Co. Collection |67