First edition. 9 plates. 8vo. Original illustrated cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed. viii, 335, 36ads.pp. London, Macmillan and Co, 1877.
“The author had resided previously in New Zealand, and draws a comparison between Christchurch and Pietermaritzburg, which is by no means comparable to the latter city. The annoyances and discomforts of colonial life are discussed in a good-humoured and witty manner; the writer was much more contented with her Kaffir servants than is usually the case, and even has a good word to say for the ‘converted native’” (Mendelssohn). Mendelssohn I, p197; Robinson (Wayward Women) pp295-6.
