The editor comments on the progress made by the country since the publication, eleven years previously, " of the first Descriptive Handbook of the Cape Colony." There are several coloured illustrations, including folding views of Cape Town and Table Bay, and Port Elizabeth and Algoa Bay, a view of the Kimberley Mine, a Map of the Cape Colony, etc, etc, etc.
The following is a list of contributed articles, which are referred to at length in this Bibliography:
Atherston, The Hon. Dr.W.Guyon: Graham's Town and the Eastern Districts.
Baird, Dr. J:The Upper Karroo Plateau.
Bolus, Henry: Sketch of the Flora of South Africa
Douglas, The Hon. Arthur: Ostrich Farming.
Hahn, Professor P.D.: Viticulture of the Colony.
Reunert, Theodore: Diamond Mining at the Cape.
Saunders, Dr. H.W.: The Central Karroo Districts.
Spilhaus, W: Wool.