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THE subject of this biographical volume—the great hunter and pioneer of South Central Africa—has left behind him a name which, as one of his friends—a South African administrator—has said of him, “stands for all that is straightest and best in South African story.” The writer of this notice can only think of one close parallel to him, the very similarly compacted James Chapman, of mixed English, Dutch, and French parentage, who preceded Selous, rivalled him as hunter, and resembled him in sweetness of character, transparent honesty, and love of Nature-study. Chapman, however, has been far more unlucky than Selous, not only in lack of Government appreciation of his merits and qualities, but also in never having had a biographer. Selous is at least made known, to those who have the leisure and inclination to read, by this work of Mr. J. G. Millais—mentally a twin brother—who has enriched his “Life of Selous” by some very beautiful drawings, the more beautiful in that they are so wonderfully true to actuality.
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JOHNSTON, H. A South African Pioneer 1 . Nature 103, 125–127 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103125c0
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