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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1900Original Publisher: International Pub. Co.Subjects: AfrikanersSouth African War, 1899-1902South AfricaHistory / Africa / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Africa / South / Republic of South AfricaNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAPTER IV.Livingstone and the Missionary Work in South Africa.HENRY M. STANLEY, M. P., was a convert to the excellence and magnitude of the labors of the missionaries in Africa by association with Dr. David Livingstone; and the explorations by Stanley have greatly enlarged the field of usefulness opened by the man he rescued from destitution, and who became his teacher and his example of dutiful life, unselfish and simple. The life of Livingstone was sublime at its close in the instruction it gave and the achievements that resulted, imparted by its logic and its lessons. Before his inspiration by ,Livingstone the daring explorer, who succored Earlier Opin- him, was not partial to the missionaries who were ion of Mis- in the African field. We find in missionary litera- sionary ture, presented to show the temper of Stanley when he first distinguished himself in the exploration of Africa, this extract of his writings in 1871 : "The bishop in crimson robe and with sacerdotal title, missionary-bishop of Central Africa -- why so named I cannot conceive -- has reached the bourne of aspiring priesthood, and is consequently ineffably happy. But this high-church, very high-church prelate, stalking in robe of office and queerest of head-dresses through the streets, is the most ridiculous sight outside of a clown-show. As a white man I protest solemnly against the absurdity. The King of Dahom... ... Read more

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Traces the history of South Africa from its earliest origins to the present day. ... Read more

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Brick by Brick is essential reading for anyone interested in discovering more about the history of South Africa. The title gives an overview of important political and social events in this country's turbulent history. South Africans and foreigners alike will find this an invaluable introduction to our past. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1901Original Publisher: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner ... Read more