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قراءة كتاب Our Little Boer Cousin
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Little Cousin Series
Each volume illustrated with six or more full page plates in
tint. Cloth, 12mo, with decorative cover
per volume, 60 cents
LIST OF TITLES
By Mary Hazelton Wade, Mary F.
Nixon-Roulet, Blanche McManus,
Clara V. Winlow, Florence E.
Mendel and Others
- Our Little African Cousin
- Our Little Alaskan Cousin
- Our Little Arabian Cousin
- Our Little Argentine Cousin
- Our Little Armenian Cousin
- Our Little Australian Cousin
- Our Little Austrian Cousin
- Our Little Belgian Cousin
- Our Little Bohemian Cousin
- Our Little Boer Cousin
- Our Little Brazilian Cousin
- Our Little Bulgarian Cousin
- Our Little Canadian Cousin
- Our Little Chinese Cousin
- Our Little Cuban Cousin
- Our Little Danish Cousin
- Our Little Dutch Cousin
- Our Little Egyptian Cousin
- Our Little English Cousin
- Our Little Eskimo Cousin
- Our Little French Cousin
- Our Little German Cousin
- Our Little Grecian Cousin
- Our Little Hawaiian Cousin
- Our Little Hindu Cousin
- Our Little Hungarian Cousin
- Our Little Indian Cousin
- Our Little Irish Cousin
- Our Little Italian Cousin
- Our Little Japanese Cousin
- Our Little Jewish Cousin
- Our Little Korean Cousin
- Our Little Malayan (Brown) Cousin
- Our Little Mexican Cousin
- Our Little Norwegian Cousin
- Our Little Panama Cousin
- Our Little Persian Cousin
- Our Little Philippine Cousin
- Our Little Polish Cousin
- Our Little Porto Rican Cousin
- Our Little Portuguese Cousin
- Our Little Russian Cousin
- Our Little Scotch Cousin
- Our Little Servian Cousin
- Our Little Siamese Cousin
- Our Little Spanish Cousin
- Our Little Swedish Cousin
- Our Little Swiss Cousin
- Our Little Turkish Cousin
THE PAGE COMPANY
53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.
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Copyright, 1915, by
The Page Company
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All rights reserved
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First Impression, September, 1915
TO
William Wallace Phelps, Jr.
MY BOOK-LOVING YOUNG FRIEND,
THIS LITTLE STORY OF THE BOERS IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
PREFACE
Far away in the African antipodes—at the extreme opposite side of the world from us—lies South Africa. Vast as is this British possession, it forms but the southernmost point or tip of the great dark continent. In its very heart lies the Transvaal—the home of our little Boer cousins.
The great "thirst-veldt" of the Kalahari Desert lies to the north-west of their land, which is about the size of England, and with a very similar climate, and to the south, beyond the Drakensberg Mountains, lies Natal, Kaffraria and Zululand.
The story of the Transvaal is the story of the Boers—a stalwart, patriotic and deeply religious race, whose history began one April day in 1652, about the time when Cromwell was at the height of his power, when four Dutch ships, under the daring Jan Van Riebek, entered the bay of Table Mountain and made their first landing at the Cape of Good Hope.
We have all read of the splendid valor of the Boers. Their history is as full of romance as it is of pathos and struggle. Such names as "Oom Paul" Kruger—four times president—General Botha, and General Joubert, come to us at once when we think of the Transvaal.
But there are other great names associated with this land; such remarkable ones as those of Livingstone the "Pathfinder," and "Messenger of God," as he was called; and of Cecil Rhodes, the "Empire Builder," whose dream it was to build the great north road—now nearing completion—which will stretch like a ribbon across the whole African continent from the Cape to the Mediterranean.
Perhaps, in this little story, you may gain a glimpse of the surroundings, the wholesome out-of-door farm-life, work and play of our little Boer cousins—boys and girls of the antipodes, and of the bright future which awaits the Transvaal.
The Author.
Chicago, June, 1915.
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