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Stewart, James : Kafir Phrase Book

(Lovedale: The Lovedale Press, 1916)

Cover title is 'Kafir Phrase Book and Vocabulary'. 8vo; original dark green cloth, lettered in black to upper cover; pp. 94. Cloth very mottled; endpapers foxed and pages somewhat browned (a variety of papers used); some archival tape reinforcing to gutters. Good working copy. (Strange Collection, 938 [Earlier edition]; Doke, p. 232 [Later edition], Murphy and Goff, 1109 [1961 revision]). "He made a study of the Xhosa language and became proficient in it (cf. his Notes on Kaffir grammar ..., Lovedale, 1888; his Outlines of Kaffir grammar ..., Lovedale, 1901; and his Kaffir phrase book and vocabulary, Lovedale, 1899, of which eleven editions appeared by 1928, with a revised edition in modern spelling, 1956) ... He was one of the first Scotsmen of high academic training to give himself to mission work, and thereby he set the pattern for others. Srong in intellect, with a swift and comprehending grasp of men and affairs, he often showed a great tenderness and largeness of heart. Milner once called him 'the greatest human in South Africa'." - DSAB I, pp. 771-2.