King Solomon's Mines on The Jackdaw of Rheims: “Presently it began to grow light enough to read, so I drew out a little pocket copy of the "Ingoldsby Legends" which I had brought with me, and read "The Jackdaw of Rheims."”
She on Hamlet: “…Another thing that makes me fix the date of this entry at the middle of the eighteenth century is that, curiously enough, I have an acting copy of "Hamlet," written about 1740, in which these two lines are misquoted almost exactly in the same way, and I have little doubt but that the Vincey who…”
Allan Quatermain on Ingoldsby Legends: “But it seemed to me that there was yet something wanting, and so I produced a Prayer-Book, which has, together with the 'Ingoldsby Legends', that I often read when I lie awake at night, accompanied me in all my later wanderings.”
Journey Without Maps on King Solomon's Mines: “...there are a thousand names for it, King Solomon's Mines, the 'heart of darkness' if one is romantically inclined...”
The Third Man on Allan Quatermain: “If you have ever read the adventures of Allan Quartermain and the account of his voyage along the underground river to the city of Milosis, you will be able to picture the scene of Lime's last stand.”