Africa was as successful as in India and by the same methods is apparent, and it will repay per-usual to read his memoranda to the Home Government. His clear statement of the facts, his warnings of the dangers, and his uncanny foretelling of the future. are remarkable. What he said in the years 1879 to 1880 was borne out by the events of the Transvaal revolt in 1880, the South African War in 1899 to 1902 and the subsequent South African Union. Aar not his remarks on the necessity of South Africa producing its own statesmen apposite when one thinks of Botha and Smuts?
The reader must come to the conclusion that he was one of the men who have contributed to the The work be did in 1879 and 1880, upbuilding of the British Empire.
whatever was thought of it at that time, was realised in later years and utilised by subsequent statesmen of clearer vision. The method of the book is good in that a summary of: events in given at each stage before the reader is invited to read through the letters that passed between Sir Battle Frere and the Colonial Secretaries. We can throughly recommend this volume to our readers as a valuable contribution to the history of South Africa well worth reading.
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