The Reminiscences Of Sir Walter Stanford Volume 2 1885-1929

Van Riebeeck Society No. 43

Published 1962

No dust jacket - otherwise in good condition. Slight wear on the spine.

Sir Walter Stanford served for many years in the Native Affairs Department of the Cape Colony, retiring in 1907, when he began to write his memoirs. The first volume describes his youth, education at Lovedale College and his work in the Native Affairs Department during the 1870s, concluding with the Cape Native Laws and Customs Commission in 1881–3.

Stanford's second volume records his life in Pondoland as chief magistrate, up to its annexation, the impact of the South African War, the creation of Ndabeni, Cape Town's first location and the Native Affairs Commission of 1904.