Author of more than fifty novels H. Ryder Haggard is best known for King Solomon's Mines which he wrote in 1885 as the result of a bet with his brother. His other great novel She was an out growth of his belief in the transmigration of souls. He traveled widely in South Africa and acquired an extensive knowledge of Bantu mythology which formed a basis for both She and King Solomon's Mines.   Below is H. Rider Haggard's  autograph signed on 16 April, 1905 in Ottawa, Canada. Cabinet Photograph Newsboy - Photographer New York, New York, U.S.A. c. 1890s