Mr Meeson's Will

Mr Meeson's Will
	Meeson's will tattooed on the back of Augusta Smithers
Author	H. Rider Haggard
Language	English
Publication date	1888
Publication place	United Kingdom

Mr Meeson's Will is an 1888 novel by H. Rider Haggard.^[1]^[2] It was based on a well known anecdote of the time.^[3]^[4] The plot concerns a marooned man's will tattooed on the back of a woman.^[5]

Adaptation

It was turned into silent films in 1915^[6] and 1916 (as The Grasp of Greed with Lon Chaney).

^ R.D. Mullen, "The Books of H. Rider Haggard: A Chronological Survey" Science Fiction Studies, # 16, Volume 5, Part 3, November 1978, accessed 13 December 2013
^ "Wholesale Plagiarism". Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. NSW. 4 December 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Origin of "Mr. Meeson's Will."". Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser. Grafton, NSW. 12 January 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "NOVELS THAT HAVE COME TRUE". Traralgon Record (MORNING. ed.). Traralgon, Vic. 23 February 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Catherine O. Frank, Of Testaments and Tattoos: The Wills Act of 1837 and Rider Haggard's Mr. Meeson's Will, 18 Law & Lit. 323, 334 (2006).
^ "ACADEMY PICTURES". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tasmania. 10 February 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.