No publication date is given in this edition but it was written in the 1870s. It is presented in the form of letters to a friend back in England/Scotland and it describes quite nicely what the writer saw and experienced in the part of South Africa which was then known as the Province of The Cape of Good Hope. In today's world, 21st Century, we cringe at a lot of the issues and situations presented but it is history and should be valued as such. ( )