Dreams

"There is a world in one of the far-off stars, and things do not happen here as they happen there..."
A COLLECTION OF STORIES WITH SUBJECTS ON SPIRITUALITY, MYSTICISM, ANGELS, DREAM STORIES, AND MUCH MORE
A VERY RARE & GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1891 UK 1ST EDITON 1ST PRINTING, BOUND IN LONDON 132 YEARS AGO

This is a mystical collection of dreams that I would call... "hauntingly beautiful." Within its pages, you will find the author's dreams, which speak of spirituality, angels, hell, Other realms, and much more. I have many books, and I must say this is unto its own. A true 1891 1st edition printed during the height of the Victorian Era. Finding any print year of this book from the 19th century is rare much less the true 1st printing. They don't make books like these anymore, and I don't think they ever will. I would snag this one before it's gone; a very hard-to-come-by edition, especially in this kind of condition.

"It contains grand passages, which indicate a struggling, aspiring, rising moral nature, capable of high conceptions and of true, deep insight." -Independent.

"The book stands as the only one of its kind. It is like seeing visions to read it; and no one can read it understandingly and not be inspired to fresh struggles to attain the true, the good, and the beautiful." -Public Opinion.

The overall condition of this book is very good despite being printed 131 years ago. The covers show some age and shelf wear with some regular handling, little marks, small stains, small scratches, and regular wear. The pages are nice and have some natural age toning and light reading use. It is a 131 years old book, so it's not going to be new; however, for a 19th-century edition, it's one of the nicest printings of this book I have owned.

It is a collection of allegories of life, as vividly condensed as tales by Maupassant or Coppee, but each opening up a long vista to the imagination….Miss Schreiner has thought much and deeply of the mysteries of human life before she poured out her doubts and longings in the African story, and in these dreams, we may see the kernel of some of her best work." -San Francisco Chronicle.

To a small girl-child who may live to grasp somewhat of that
which for us is yet sight, not touch.

"The book is a treasure for a lifetime….Never was there depicted a more earnest sympathy with the life that has lost its hold on good and wandered from its true course. The spiritual significance is as great as the intellectual grasp. The human life, the life next beyond this human life, are both sources of inspiration from which she draws." -Sunday Budget.

Note.

These Dreams are printed in the order in which they were written.

In the case of two, there was a lapse of some years between the writing of the first and last parts; these are placed according to the date of the first part.

Olive Schreiner.

Matjesfontein,
Cape Colony,
South Africa.
November 1890.

Contents
I. THE LOST JOY.

II. THE HUNTER.

III. THE GARDENS OF PLEASURE.

IV. IN A FAR-OFF WORLD.

V. THREE DREAMS IN A DESERT.

VI. A DREAM OF WILD BEES.

VII. IN A RUINED CHAPEL.

VIII. LIFE'S GIFTS.

IX. THE ARTIST'S SECRET.

X. "I THOUGHT I STOOD."

XI. THE SUNLIGHT LAY ACROSS MY BED.