The Mantis and his friends [inscription on verso]

The Mantis and his friends [inscription on verso]

Publications and Reports

Pencil crayon on paper

Unknown

The reverse of page 2, with the name 'Sir G. Strachan' (? [the forename initial is unclear]) written at the top of the sheet in blue coloured pencil.

The Mantis and his friends (manuscripts and typescripts for), |xam folklore, Dorothea Francis Bleek, T Maskew Miller

The reverse side of page 2, with 'Sir G. Strachan' (sic) written in the top margin with blue coloured pencil. It is unlikely that this inscription refers to either 'Strachan', members of a twentieth-century Nova Scotian baronetcy, or a person or persons named 'Strahan', perhaps instead alluding to Sir George Cumine Strahan (1838-1887), a British military officer and colonial administrator briefly made acting High Commissioner for Southern Africa (1880-1881).