Preface 



and permanent form. I desire to express my 

 thanks to the Editor of The Nineteenth Century 

 and After for permission to republish two articles 

 which appeared in that magazine (see Chapters 

 X., XII. and XIII.), and also to the Editor of 

 The Graphic for allowing me to reprint an illus- 

 trated account of my journey across the Desert 

 which appeared in that periodical. The sub- 

 stance of each article and the summary of all 

 is that Land Settlement is the most urgent 

 question before the people of South Africa, as 

 well as one of the grandest problems of the age. 



London, 30th September 1913. 



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