Selections from the Smuts Papers Volume 1, June 1886-May 1902 [Paperback]

The first four volumes of Selections from the Smuts Papers cover the period 18861919. This volume includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. This volume contains the first five parts up to the peace negotiations of Vereeniging and includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. This volume contains the first five parts up to the peace negotiations of Vereeniging and includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. The first four volumes of selections cover the period 18861919. The selections are divided into twelve parts, each with a short introductory section. Dr van der Poel has provided brief introductions to each letter, article or speech and has annotated every document. This volume contains the first five parts up to the peace negociations of Vereeniging and includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.Preface; Part I. The Student Years. 12 June 188611 September 1895: 1. Stellenbosch documents 14; 2. Cambridge documents 515; 3. The Middle Temple documents 1621; Part II. Entry into Politics. 26 October 18955 October 1899: 4. The Cape Colony documents 2240; 5. The South African Republic documents 41129; Part III. The Anglo-Boer War. 4 September 18994 January 1902: Documents 130172; Part IV. Vereeniging. 12 May 190231 May 1902: Documents 173179; Part V. Memoirs of the Boer War: Document 180; 1. The fall of Pretoria; 2. Donkerhoek or Diamond Hill; 3. Reorganizatiol/