Download or read book Selections from the Smuts Papers: Volume 1, June 1886-May 1902 written by W. K. Hancock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1966-01-02 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great collection of letters and papers comprising the Smuts Papers has been assembled at the University of Cape Town by Dr Jean van der Poel, under Sir Keith Hancock's direction, since Smuts's death in 1950. The first four volumes of selections cover the period 1886-1919. The selections are divided into twelve parts, each with a short introductory section. Dr van der Poel has provided brief introductions to each letter, article or speech and has annotated every document. This volume contains the first five parts up to the peace negociations of Vereeniging and includes the Memoirs of the Boer War.