New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-04

New York. oct 81, lSsS
Tho Tribune published in its issue OF sunday
oo.ohar Il q sketch two and one-half columns
&. ,o,e,h entitled The Cause OF the Trouble
:, &C. Thought that this covered the field az well
nc Gu hr,ef an article could treat II. That mum
har can stil be obtained at the business ONCE
~ The Tribune Nearly all the British reviews
and many Of those published In America nave
ror some months been printing articles on the
,r~onsvaal question 4 key to this voluminous
neriodical literature g furnished IN The Cunu-
lative Index to Periodicals" That ana the
magazines referred TO may he found at the
Aston branch Of the Public Library.
To supply the great demand for material on
this subject at the NewYork Public Library
the librarians have brought together at the He-
liver, desk two or three sheffuls Of books treat
ing Of general South African history and travel
the Jameson raid Pau. KRUGER and Cecil
Rhodes on the same shelves are kept num-
her Of the latest British Blue Books on the sub
feet. together with a collection Of recent British
pamphlets So great has been the interest IN
England during the last few years IN South
Africa that the publishing activity has neeh
correspondence large. a few OF the books 70
he found IN the Public Library are given In the
following list:
Theals History Of South Africa" O4ondon.
Sonnenschein) IS the most comprehensive work
II IS in seven octave volumes and covers the
history during l4Nj-lS72 Wilmots History OF
our own Times In South Africa" london j. C.
Iuta & Co. 1S97-'9s) is In two octave volumes
and covers the period lN72-'NS. John Nixon $
Complete Story Of the Transvaal. From the
Great Trek 20 the Convention Of London don
don: Sampson Low. lSSl) brings the history
only 20 1884 A. p Killers Raid and Reform
by Pretoria Prisoner london. Macmillan.
1895 contains a brief general outline OF Trans
vaal history. ". g. Fishers THE Trans
vaal and the Beers 4 Brief History" london.
Chapman & Hall 1896. is likewise general
The general features Of British colonial policy
are outlined in the following: J Scott Kettle $
THE Partition of Africa" having many maps
dondon. Stanford, 1898. W. p. Worsfold s
South Africa A study in Colonial Admins
tration and Development U-ondon. Methuen.
1850 spenser Wilkinson's "British Policy In
South Africa" G.ondon Sampson Low. lNEo.
and In an anonymous book in the British
Fmpire Series" entitled British Africa" Gon-
don Kegan Paul 1880.
President Krueer's nfe IS sketched In F. r.
statham's Paul Kruger and HIS Times d}os-
ton. l.. c. Page & CO.. 1885 while much In
South Africa" may be derived from u. G. De
Waars "Wiih Rhodes in Mashonaland" G.on-
don: J. c. Juta & CO.. 1880. "Rhodesla and rs
Government" GondoA Smith. Elder Il Co..
1898 is the title Of a book by II. G Thomson
South Africa was a centre Of interest in 1896
The events Of that incident are told I'm The
Story Of an African Crisis Being the Truth
About the Jameson Raid and the Johannesburg
Revolt Of 1896" (New-York: New-Amsterdan
Book Company. 1890. by Edmund Garrett and
Z. J Edwards
Among books ~ travel and description these
should be mentioned. H. c. Hhlegas DON
Paurs People" (Nev-York Appleton. $3.50
Ponl,ney Bigelows white Mans Africa
(New York Harpers 1SgNl Henry VI. stan
leys "Through South Africa" Nondon Samp
son Low. 1898. Frances Newcomb's con Neil
and Farm" Oondon: Edward Arnold, $500
James Bryces impressions Of South Africa
(New-York. Century Company 1880. Captain
Francis Younghusband's south Africa ~ To
day" O.ondon. Methuen. 1888. and sketches
and Studies Of South Africa" Phadelphia
Lippinco,t. 1890. by the Very Rev W J. Knol
Little. Canon OF Worcester.
Books on the Bocr side Of the question seen
rather few So far as they are represented a
the Public Library. Two we're noticed a. VI
Manns THE Truth from Johannesburg. a Vim
dicaton Of the People" G.ondon: Hutchinson
$500 and Olive Schreincr's The South african
Question" Chicago: Seigel. 1880.