DIARY OF A NATIONAL SCOUT: P.J. Du Toit: 1900-1902

First edition. A near fine, clean copy; in a modestly shelf worn dust jacket. Institute for Historical Research: Source Publication No. 2. A published diary covering the Second Anglo-Boer War period. "The life and work of Dr P. J. du Toit spanned a significant period in the history of South Africa. During his lifetime there were two World Wars, as well as the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902; in 1910 the two recently independent republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State were united with the colonies of the Gape of Good Hope and Natal in the Union of South Africa which, in 1961, became the Republic of South Africa. The last ten years of his life, from 1957 to 1967, saw the virtual disappearance of European colonialism which had dominated the African scene for more than two centuries. The life of P. J. du Toitthe individual, the scientist and the public figureis inextricably bound up with the rapidly changing patterns of social, political and scientific development brought about by these momentous events and his contribution, at both the national and the international level, must be seen against the background of these happenings."--The Royal Society. Thin octavo. 122 pages; appendices, sources, and index. Illustrated with facsimiles, photographs, and maps.…