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RHODES OF AFRICA by FELIX GROSS and pages of half-ton illustrations FREDERICK A. PRAEGER NEW YORK Cecil Rhodes In Memoriam AUTHORS NOTE rip HIS book, the result of twelve years of research work, is JL based on authentic contemporary sources. The thoughts and soliloquies of Cecil Rhodes are derived from his speeches, letters and reported conversations. So as not to interrupt the continuity of the s... More

RHODES OF AFRICA by FELIX GROSS and pages of half-ton illustrations FREDERICK A. PRAEGER NEW YORK Cecil Rhodes In Memoriam AUTHORS NOTE rip HIS book, the result of twelve years of research work, is JL based on authentic contemporary sources. The thoughts and soliloquies of Cecil Rhodes are derived from his speeches, letters and reported conversations. So as not to interrupt the continuity of the story I have refrained from giving references in footnotes. An extensive bibliography of Rhodes and his times will be published later as it would be too bulky to be included in this volume. Ipi order to give inquisitive scholars an opportunity to make use of this bibliography one copy will be deposited in each of the following libraries Public Library, Cape Town. Library of the British Museum., London. Bodleian Library, Oxford. Library of Congress, Washington D. C.. I wish to express my gratitude to my daughter, Miss Ursula A, Gross, M. A., M. S., for her great assistance and patient collabora tion. To Miss Anne Kramer, B. A., and Mr Sidney Macer-Wright, my cordial thanks for their useful help. CONTENTS PARTI CHAPTER PAGE I TO AFRICA 3 ii DIAMONDSI DIAMONDS DIAMONDS 15 III C THE HIGHEST OBJECT IN A PERFECT LIFE 3 I IV GOD S CHOSEN PAINTER 46 V ELIMINATING THE IMPERIAL FACTOR 64 VI THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA 83 vii ALWAYS GET IN THE FIRST BLOW 106 VIII THE FAT OF THE LAND iz6 PART II IX KING OF THE MATABELE 137 X RED BRITISH RED l6o XI A COUNTRY FOR BREAKFAST 183 XII ON THE PERSONAL 2 4 XIII GROOTE SCHUUR 243 PART III XIV THE UPSET APPLECART 273 XV A LITTLE HISTORY BEING MADE 296 XVI . . . ALL BUT THE BOILS 323 XVII UNCTUOUS RECTITUDE 341 xvin WAR 359 XIX SO MANY WORLDS 386 INDEX 421 vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Cecil Rhodes Picture Post Frontispiece FACING PAGE Cecil Rhodes 5 birthplace at Bishops Stortford Camera Press 22 Rhodes aged about 17 Rhodes Memorial Museum, Bishops Stortford - 22 Dry sorting for diamonds in 1872 Rhodes Memorial Museum 23 L. S. Jameson, C. F. Harrison, F. C. Selous, A. R. Colquhoun Rhodesia House 23 The diamond market at Kimberley in 1888 Exclusive News Agency 54 Alfred Beit Picture Post 54 The Kimberley Club in 1888 Exclusive News Agency 55 Charles Rudd Rhodes Memorial Museum 5 5 De Beers Diamond Mines at Kimberley Exclusive News Agency 118 Barney Barnato Elliott and Fry 119 The cheque drawn for the acquisition of the assets of the Central Company RJbodes Memorial Museum 119 Sir Leander Jameson Exclusive News Agency 150 The Indaba tree at Bulawayo Exclusive News Agency 151 Lobengula, King of the Matabele Exclusive News Agency 151 Paul Kruger and his wife Exclusive News Agency 278 Olive Schreiner Exclusive News Agency 279 Princess Radziwill Picture Post 279 Groote Schuur Exclusive News Agency 310 Parliament House, Cape Town Exclusive News Agency 310 The cottage in which Rhodes died Exclusive News Agency 311 The grave of Rhodes Exclusive News Agency 311 PART I

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