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Romancing With Wretchedness

Jonathan Keates THE COLLECTED LETTERS OF GEORGE GISSING, VOLUME IX, 1902-1903 edited by Paul F. Mattheisen, Arthur C. Young and Pierre Coustillas Ohio, £66.50, pp. 550 F or......

A Chameleon Among The Boers

Brian Willan THE SEED IS MINE: THE LIFE OF KAS MAINE, A SOUTH AFRICAN SHARECROPPER, 1894-1985 by Charles van Onselen James Currey Publishers, £14.95, pp. 660 K as Maine is an......