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Excerpt from Letters From an Uitlander: 1899-1902 There seems no need to say very much in introducing these letters to the public. They were written to me, in regular succession, from a date shortly before the war broke out. They make, it is obvious, no pretension to careful literary composition, and any attempt by their writer, or others, to have "edited" them with any completeness, would have necessitated the whole thing being re- cast, and would also have taken away from their fresh colloquial style. The writer is a man who has long been resident in South Africa, and has held more the position of onlooker than of participator, in its political and commercial affairs. He is not connected with gold mining, he has carefully watched events, and he is an honest English gentleman. More I am not at liberty to divulge, but this I am willing to vouch for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.