ROBERTSON, John.

Six years on the road: or, reminiscences of colonial life, scenes, & incidents.

Published for the author, and to be had of A. S. Robertson, W. L. Sammons, and W. Brittain [colophon: Saul Solomon & Co., Steam Printing Office, Cape Town], 1856. 12mo (195 x 115 mm), pp. [iv], iii, [iii], 96, errata slip; contemporary mauve cloth, morocco label on upper cover; slightly soiled, spine faded; the Hosken copy, with bookplate. First edition. ‘A curious little collection of essays, written in Cape Town about the middle of the nineteenth century, and mainly illustrative of that town and its suburbs at that period. One of the chapters deals with the state of the Cape Town Library, drawing attention to the lack of a proper catalogue, and criticising the selection of new books acquired from time to time’ (Mendelssohn). Other essays are entitled ‘The pace of the Cape colonist’, ‘A trip to Simon’s Town’, ‘Reading for the million – an hour in an omnibus’, ‘The physiognomy of dress’ and ‘Brookomania’.Hosken p. 170; Mendelssohn II p. 234; Theal p. 254. COPAC records two copies (Cambridge, British Library). Not found in NUC or OCLC.

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