[43] “Out of Africa comes ever some new thing” is generally quoted in the Latin of Pliny, but it is probably as old as the first Ionian adventurers who sailed to Egypt or heard wild Phœnician tales. It is found in Aristotle: Λέγεταί τις παροιμία ὅτι ἀεὶ φέρει Λιβύη τι καινόν (Hist. Anim., viii. 28).
About This Book
The author offers a compact survey of South African conditions after a destructive war, combining historical sketches, travel impressions, and policy argument to diagnose reconstruction needs. Early chapters trace native societies and settler migrations and habits; middle sections record landscapes, veld sport, and journeys that illuminate local life. Later chapters analyse economic forces, land settlement, race relations, the gold-mining metropolis, constitutional arrangements, federation proposals, and military concerns. The work aims to clarify practical options for political organization and social repair, weighing facts and occasional prescriptions while avoiding purely academic judgment.