Dear Dr. Bolus
Subtitle: letters from Clanwilliam, London, New York & Europe written mainly during his medical education
By: by C. Louis Leipoldt to Harry Bolus in Cape Town from 1897 to 1911 ; edited with an introd., notes, and index by E. M. Sandler.
Contributors: Bolus, Harry, 1834-1911.; Sandler, E. M.
Publisher: Published for the University of Cape Town by A. A. Balkema
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Leipoldt, Christiaan Louis, 1880-1947.; Bolus, Harry, 1834-1911.; Medical students -- South Africa -- Correspondence.; Medical students -- England -- Correspondence.
Description: Among all the novels describing life in South Africa this is certainly the most poetic. The style perfectly suits the theme, and nowhere has the character of the Platteland Afrikaner been drawn with greater love and understanding. Pauline Smith's work has been acclaimed by great writers and critics such as Arnold Bennett and William Plomer. It has as great an appeal to popular taste as to the most fastidious. Professor Raymond Sands makes the following judgement: "...I think it has not yet been established, but I also think that it perhaps ought to be, that it is the best of the South African novels in English ... of itself complete, a finished work of art."
Notes: Includes index.