Molteno (Percy Alport) Selections from the Correspondence of ..., 1892-1914. Edited By Vivian Solomon. , Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1981.

First. 8vo., [ii[,367pp., with illustratioons; brown cloth gilt. Fine. (VRS Second Series No. 12). Percy Molteno (1861-1937) was a son of Sir John Molteno, first prime minister of the Cape Colony. He trained as a lawyer but did not progress in that career. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Donald Currie, the shipping magnate, and went to work for his father-in-law in England. One of his triumphs was supplying suitable refrigeration to enable the carriage of South African fruit to England. He remained passionately interested in the political life of the colony and conducted a wide-ranging correspondence with many of its leading luminaries. During the South African War he supported the pro-Boer movement and, in 1906, entered the British parliament under the leadership of the Liberal Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. This selection of letters makes fascinating reading for the student of South Africa's and England's history of the time. (Book ref. 03506)  £25.00

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