The Standard Work 



ON 



'' Caps Colony 



f^ 



Its History, Commerce, Industries and Resources 



By SOMEESET PLAYNE, P.E.G.S. 



With upwaras of 2,000 PHOTOGRAPHS on art paper. SPECIAL ARTICLES 

 on : Viticulture, Poultry, Sheep, Cattle, Ostriches, Horses, Tobacco, etc., 

 by LEADING AUTHORITIES, 



This book is the finest work 

 of its kind ever* issued from 

 the London Press 



Vide South African Press comments 



FULL DESCRIPTIONS 



of some of the 



PRINCIPAL FARMS 



ir\ the 

 Gape ProViiAce. 



EVERY SIDE of 



Gape Colonial life is 

 MAQNIFIGENTLY 

 PORTRAYED. 



Price, in handsome cloth boards. 



25/- nett. 



Published l>v 



J. C.Juta&Co., 



Adderley Street, Cape Town. 



Branches : 



JOHANNESBURG. EAST LONDON. 



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And 



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The story of Cape Colony is well and carefully 

 told . . The 11 hole of this vast area has been 

 visited by vir. Plavne and his collaborators. . . 

 —Gapf Times. 20/1/12, 



A work dealing with every branch of South 

 .\frican life and activities. . . . Looking at the 

 book generally one wonders to whom it will prove 

 of gre-. ter value, to the farmer, thf tourist, the 

 politician, the business mail or the tituilent. All 

 these a e likely to fiui the work indispensable. . 

 lo is difflcLiit to And a side of C lue Coloaial 

 life that is not touched upon. . .—Cape Argus, 

 4/1/12. 



So intensive is the whole nature of the volume, 

 that there should be a ready sale throiujhont the 

 British dominions . . The South African. Neivs, 

 11/1/12. 



It presents a very pleasing appearance and can 

 only be greeted with praise Tne book is worthy 

 of recommendation and of having in one's posses- 

 sion. . . —0ns Land, 6, 1112, 



The work is a remarkable and worthy monu- 

 ment of industry. . The book is a deriiled aquisi- 

 tion to tlie literature about South Afnca. and as 

 a standard work of reference to the Gape Pro- 

 vince it will stand alone . . — The Bloemfontein 

 Friend, 13/1/12. 



It is an amazing and entrancing narrative. Mr. 

 Somerset Playne has rendered signal service to 

 the Province by the publication of such an 

 arresting record . . desevves the widest circula- 

 tion among all classes of the comnninity . , . 

 —Biimond Fields Advertiser, 22/1/12. 



Profusely and excellently illustrated . . The 

 information on the ether hand is not only 

 interest ng but valuable . . A perusal of the 

 Look is bound to be instructive. . The volume 

 is a distinctly valuable addition to South African 

 liter.ature, and should find a place in every 

 library, public or private . . —The East Lon- 

 don Daily Dispatch, 19/1,12. 



This is a very handsome volume such as wa 

 expect when we see the name of Mr. Playne 

 associated with it. Author, Printers and Pub- 

 lishers may alike be cordially congratulated. . . 

 —Soutli Africa, 13/1/12. 



