A Year's Housekeeping in South Africa

£300 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

“The author had resided previously in New Zealand, and draws a comparison between Christchurch and Pietermaritzburg, which is by no means comparable to the latter city. The annoyances and discomforts of colonial life are discussed in a good-humoured and witty manner; the writer was much more contented with her Kaffir servants than is usually the case, and even has a good word to say for the ‘converted native’” (Mendelssohn). Mendelssohn I, p197; Robinson (Wayward Women) pp295-6.

• Year: 1877

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