Category: History - British
Invasion by Mosilikatze--Arrival of the emigrant Boers--Establishment of the South African Republic--The Sand River Convention--Growth of the territory of the republic--The native tribes surrounding it-- Capabilities of the country--Its climate--Its inhabitants--The Boers --Th...
When Parliament met in January 1881, the Government announced, through the mediumship of the Queen's Speech, that it was their intention to vindicate Her Majesty's authority in...
15. CHAPTER VII.The following pages, extracted from an introduction to a new edition to "Cetywayo and His White Neighbours," written in 1888, are reprinted here, because they contain matter of...
13. CHAPTER V.When the Liberal ministry became an accomplished fact instead of a happy possibility, Mr. Gladstone did not find it convenient to adopt the line of policy with reference to the...
10. CHAPTER III.The state of affairs described in the previous chapter was one that filled the Secretary of State for the Colonies with alarm. During his tenure of office Lord Carnarvon evident...
9. CHAPTER II.In or about the year 1872, the burghers of the Republic elected Mr. Burgers their President. This remarkable man was a native of the Cape Colony, and passed the first sixteen or...
8. CHAPTER I.The Transvaal is a country without a history. Its very existence was hardly known of until about fifty years ago. Of its past we know nothing. The generations who peopled its gr...
11. CHAPTER IV.The news of the Annexation was received all over the country with a sigh of relief, and in many parts of it with great rejoicings. At the Gold Fields, for instance, special than...
12. did. His note-book had been taken off his body, and sent down toPretoria with the other things. In it we found entries of his preparations for the trip, including the number and names of the bearers provided by Lo Bengula. We also found the...
5. CHAPTER V.Accession of Mr. Gladstone to power--His letters to the Boer leader and the loyals--His refusal to rescind the annexation--The Boers encouraged by prominent members of the Radic...
6. CHAPTER VI.The Queen's Speech--President Brand and Lord Kimberley--Sir Henry de Villiers--Sir George Colley's plan--Paul Kruger's offer--Sir George Colley's remonstrance--Complimentary tel...
4. CHAPTER IV.Reception of the annexation--Major Clarke and the Volunteers--Effect of the annexation on credit and commerce--Hoisting of the Union Jack--Ratification of the annexation by Parl...
3. CHAPTER III.Anxiety of Lord Carnarvon--Despatch of Sir T. Shepstone as Special Commissioner to the Transvaal--Sir T. Shepstone, his great experience and ability--His progress to Pretoria, a...
2. CHAPTER II.Mr. Burgers elected president--His character and aspirations--His pension from the English Government--His visit to England--The railway loan--Relations of the republic with nat...
1. CHAPTER I.Invasion by Mosilikatze--Arrival of the emigrant Boers--Establishment of the South African Republic--The Sand River Convention--Growth of the territory of the republic--The nati...
7. CHAPTER VII.