Cape and Its People and Other Essays by South African Writers - Hardcover
- PublisherGreenwood Press,London
- ISBN 10 0837128552
- ISBN 13 9780837128559
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages416
- EditorNoble Roderick
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The Cape and Its People, and Other Essays. By South African Writers
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(New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970) 837128552
(1970)
ISBN 10: 0837128552
ISBN 13: 9780837128559
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Book Description Text facsimile of the Juta edition of 1869. 8vo; original brown cloth, with lettering to spine; no dustwrapper, as issued; pp. viii + 408; few tables. Occasional faint spotting. Very good condition. 'The editor states that the object of the volume was "to present within a moderate compass a fair representation of the ideas of some of our principal thinkers and writers in South Africa on questions of Literary, Scientific, and Social Interest." The following list of contributed articles deal mainly with subjects of South African interest :- Adamson, Rev. J.: Lion Hill Cliff, Table Bay. Atherstone, Dr. W. J.: By the Sea Side. A Physician's Holiday. Bleek, W. H. I.: The Bushman Language. Dale, Sir Langham: The Cape and its People. Fuller, Sir Thomas Ekins: Table Mountain: An Art Study. Glanville, T. B.: Reverence: and the want of it in this Colony. McGibbon, J.: The Botany of Table Mountain. Maclear, Sir Thomas: Earth Measurements. Noble, John: War and Peace: Reminiscences of Travel on the Frontier. Ross, W. H.: Our Climate: it its Relation to Health and Disease. Rubidge, Dr.: Irrigation and Tree Planting. Stewart, Rev. Dr.: The City of Mozambique. Trimen, Roland: Insect Life in South Africa.' - Mendelssohn II, p. 108. Seller Inventory # 7177
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