Missionary Labours and Scenes in South Africa

The preliminary chapters deal with opinions of the author on the origin of the Hottentots, and gives a synopsis of the early work of the London Missionary Society in South Africa, reference being made to the labours of Drs. Vanderkemp and Philip, and other pioneer missionaries who predated Mr. Moffat. The volume gives a valuable account of mission work among the Bechuanas, with notes on the customs of the natives, and a description of the earlier travels of the author... There are some particulars concerning Dr Andrew Smith's expedition into the interior in 1835, and there is an ample account of the labours of the various missionary societies engaged amongst the Bechuanas, Matabeles, Basutos and other races at this period'. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, page 29.

Hardcover. English. John Snow. 1842. 624 pp with coloured frontis by G. Baxter and 20 black & white engravings by Baxter, some 2 to a page. Rebacked in the original black cloth with gilt title on spine, new end papers. A clean copy internally. Book No: 2503199