The Standard Work 



ON 



"Caps Colony" 



Its History, Commerce, Industries and Resources 



By SOMEESET PLAYNE, F.R.G.8. 



With upwar:.s of 2,000 PHOTOGRAPHS on act 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 



Vi(k' Soiit/i African Press loiiiiiients 



FULL DESCRIPTIONS 



of some of the 

 ■PRINCIPAL FARMS 

 ir\ the 

 Gape Province. 



EVERY SIDE of 



Gape Golonia! life is 

 MAQNIFIGENTLY 

 PORTRAYED. 



Peice, in handsome cloth boards, 



25 - nett. 



Published by 



J. CJuta&Co., 



Mderley Street, Cape Town. 



Branches : 



JOHANNESBURG EAST LONDON. 



PORT ELIZABETH. STELLENBOSCH 



And 



BASINGhALL ST., LONDON, EC. 



The story of Cape Colony is well anil cnrefully 

 told . . The whole of this vast area has been 

 visited by Mr. Playue and his collaborators. . 

 —Cape Times. 20/1/12, 



A work dealing with every branch of South 

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

 book generally one wonders to whom it will prove 

 of greater value, to the fartner, the tourist, tlie 

 jjoliticiaiu the business man or thi' student. All 

 these are likely to find the work indispensable. . 

 It is difficult to find a side of Cane Colonial 

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

 ■1/1/1'2. 



Ho intensive is the whole nature of the volume, 

 that there should he a readij sale tlirougliont the 

 British dominions . . The South .4friran Neivs, 



11/1/12. 



It presents a very pleasing appearance and can 

 only be greeted with praise .. The book is worthy 

 of recommendation and ofshaviug in one's posses- 

 siofi. . . —0ns Land, 6/1/12. 



The work is a remarkable and worthy monu- 

 ment of industry. . The book is a decidi-d aqtUsi- 

 tion to the literature about South Africa, and as 

 a standard ivork of reference to the Cape JPro- 

 vince it will stand alone . . —Tlie Bioemfontein 

 Friend, 13/1/12. 



It is an amazing and entrancini; narrative. Mr. 

 Somerset Playne lias rendered signal service to 

 the Province by the publication of such an 

 arresting record ". . deserves the wid-est circula- 

 tion amonu all classes of the community . . . 

 — Diamond. Fields Advertiser, 22,1/12. 



Profusely and excellently illustrated . . The 

 information on the other hand is not only 

 interestmi,' but valuable . . A perusal of the 

 book is bound to be instructive. . The volume 

 is a distinctly valuable addition to South Africaa 

 literature, and should find a jd<(ee in every 

 lihrani, public or private . . —The Fast 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 cordiallij congratulnted: . . 

 —Sojctli Africa, 13/M2. 



