Historical dream account · English · published source text
The Consuls and the Gold-Hilted Sword
Horace G. Hutchinson
Dreams and Their Meanings (1901) · 1901 edition, chapter VII, printed pp.267–267; PDF pages 279–279; original scan leaves 283–283
Dreamer identified by the source: Mr. Haggard (as named in the source)
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" I dreamt that I was asked to dinner by the German Consul-General, and accepting, was ushered into a large room with trophies of East African arms on shields against the walls. (N.B. — I have myself been a great deal in East Africa.) " After dinner I went to inspect the arms, and amongst them saw a beautifully gold mounted sword which I pointed out to the French Vice-Consul, who at that moment joined me, as having probably been a present from the Sultan of Zanzibar to my host the German Consul-General. " At that moment the Russian Consul came up too. He pointed out how small was the hilt of the sword and how impossible in consequence it would be for a European to use the weapon, and whilst talking he waved his arm in an excited manner over his head as if he was wielding the sword, and to illustrate what he was saying. " At that moment I woke up and marvelled so at the vividness of the dream that I woke my wife up too and told it to her.
Source & context
A sleep-dream recollection reproduced in the 1901 edition’s chapters compiled by an unnamed collaborator, mainly from earlier Society for Psychical Research material. The quoted waking follow-up and supernatural interpretation are historical claims by the source, not independently verified events. The reporter is Mr. Haggard of the British Consulate at Trieste, as named in this edition; no first name or identity as the novelist is inferred.
Mr. Haggard (as named in the source), reported in Horace G. Hutchinson, Dreams and Their Meanings (London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1901), 1901 edition, chapter VII, printed pp.267–267; PDF pages 279–279; original scan leaves 283–283. Primary witness: original 1901 edition at Internet Archive. The compiler, dreamer, and separately credited earlier recorder are distinguished. Editorial title and navigation themes added; no generated narrative or new translation.
The publication year is not the dream date. No exact dream date or present-day person location is inferred. Dates printed in the narrative remain source wording.
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The original English 1901 edition is public domain in the United States by expired publication term; Archive metadata reports NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. No new Archive license or Public Domain Mark grant is asserted. The linked NoC-US statement describes the US-only rights basis; blanket worldwide clearance is not asserted. Hutchinson’s own writing and named or unidentified contributors are distinguished; no contributor is assigned the compiler’s death date. Named or initialled historical contributor as printed; contributor death date not established here. US publication-term basis is used, not Hutchinson’s death year..
Source locator and text provenance
1901 edition, chapter VII, printed pp.267–267; PDF pages 279–279; original scan leaves 283–283
The original text and redactions are preserved. The page title is an editorial navigation label.
Whitespace/linewrap normalization, witnessed end-of-line dehyphenation, and listed scan-verified OCR repairs only. No dream narrative, person, event, translation or stylistic rewrite added.
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Content notes
- Claimed premonition
- Weapon display
Connections in the Loom
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