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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Boer Politics, by Yves Guyot This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Boer Politics Author: Yves Guyot Release Date: March 12, 2006 [EBook #17968] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BOER POLITICS *** Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net BOER POLITICS BY YVES GUYOT _Translated from the French_ LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 1900 INTRODUCTION. A word in explanation of this English edition is perhaps not unnecessary. It will be remembered that the arguments in the following pages appeared originally in the columns of _Le Siecle_, and from the correspondence between M. Yves Guyot and Dr. Kuyper and M. Brunetiere (Appendix B), the reader will understand how the publication of _Le Siecle_ articles in pamphlet form arose. In the month of May when M. Yves Guyot's _La Politique Boer_ made its appearance, the supply of literature by more or less competent judges on South African affairs was already so formidable in this country, that an English publication of his pamphlet was apparently not wanted. Moreover, as my master's arguments were written for readers on the continent and not for those of Great Britain, such a publication was not thought of at the time. Of the first editions of _La Politique Boer_ placed before the reading public in various countries, a few thousand copies were sent to London. The demand, however, exceeded the supply to such a large extent, and so many letters were received at this office from British readers (unfamiliar with the French language) asking for a translation, that an English dress of _La Politique Boer_ was decided upon. As the translation was proceeding various incidents of importance in connection with the South African crisis took place. These were commented upon by M. Yves Guyot in _Le Siecle_ and added to the existing pamphlet; the English edition is consequently more up-to-date than the original. Our thanks for valuable assistance given in the translation are largely due to Mrs. Ellen Waugh and Mr. Charles Baxter. M. Yv
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