In late 1897 Stanley, who had known equatorial and western Africa since 1867, travelled for the first time into the interior of the south. His weekly letters from Bulawayo, Johannesburg and Pretoria describe the new railway town of Rhodesia, the gold reefs and mines of the Rand and the Transvaal capital on the eve of the Boer War, ending with a summary of impressions.
A short, revealing view of South Africa before the war, written from the outlook of an imperial enthusiast. Download the free EPUB.