Pen and Pencil Reminiscences of a Campaign in South Africa.

The author deprecates any serious criticism of the letterpress of this volume, the memoranda for which, it is remarked, were put together during a long and severe illness, and were compiled merely to "set off the pattern of the plate." The Kaffirs are described as being well made and tall men, but their method of fighting is said to consist of "skulking behind stones and bushes," and they are stated to be incorrigible beggars, liars, and thieves: there is a chapter on the Fingoes, our allies in the war, who are spoken of as "inferior as an animal to the Kaffir," The illustrations are extremely humourous, one of then depicting "the Cape Town Levy", which is described in the letterpress as being composed of "rascals of all sorts."

Source: (Mendelssohn Volume 1- page 932).

Hardback with brown decorative boards with gilt blocking and vignette to front board, and lettering to spine. Binding tender. Slight head and tail loss to spine. Gilt edges. Recased with new endpapers, light spotting to frontispiece and coloured title page. Undated circa 1861. Title. Dedication. Preface. List of plates. A further nineteen tinted colour plates with tissue guards. 35 pages text. Imp. 8vo.