Research Catalog

Title

The West Indies / painted by A. S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson.

Author

Henderson, John, active 1905-1931

Publication

London : Published by Adam and Charles Black, MCMV. [1905]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson), 1869-1963
• Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publishers.
• R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.

Description

ix, [1], 271, [1] pages, [74] leaves of plates : color illustrations; 23 cm

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Black people > Jamaica
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• West Indies > Description and travel
• Jamaica > Race relations
• Jamaica > Description and travel
• West Indies > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title; advertisement on verso of half-title page for other work by author.
• Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
• Includes index.
• "Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh."--colophon, page [1] at end.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink "This book beautifully printed and illustrated, should represent the best in John Henderson's head, but what can any one expect from a prejudiced diseased mind like Henderson, bragging of his English white skin and damning all black or near black--some book! A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. Historical -- ch. 2. Jamaica -- ch. 3. The town of Kingston -- ch. 4. The people of Jamaica -- ch. 5. The philosophy of a Jamaican Gamin -- ch. 6. The devotion of the Jamaican Negro --ch. 7. Turtle fishing -- ch. 8. The women of Wild Man Street -- ch. 9. The West Indian army -- ch. 10. A West Indian court house -- ch. 11. The military camp at Newcastle -- ch. 12. The recreations of the black man -- ch. 13. The dandy and the coquette -- ch. 14. Bog walk -- ch. 15. The politics of the Jamaican Negro -- ch. 16. The white man's politics -- ch. 17. The railway in Jamaica --ch. 18. Alligator shooting in a West Indian swamp -- ch. 19. Commercial Jamaica -- ch. 20. The flora of Jamaica -- ch. 21. A West Indian race-course -- ch. 22. The hill stations -- ch. 23. A fragment -- ch. 24. Matters of interest to tourists -- ch. 25. Certain things the West Indian tourist must not do -- ch. 26. The Caribbean group -- ch. 27. Hayti -- ch. 28. In conclusion.

Call Number

HNH (Henderson, J. West Indies)

LCCN

05020759

OCLC

• 25359713
• NYPGR25359713-B (Schomburg copy)

Author

Henderson, John, active 1905-1931, author.

Title

The West Indies / painted by A. S. Forrest ; described by John Henderson.

Publisher

London : Published by Adam and Charles Black, MCMV. [1905]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 917.292-H (accession no. B499062) inscribed: in ink "This book beautifully printed and illustrated, should represent the best in John Henderson's head, but what can any one expect from a prejudiced diseased mind like Henderson, bragging of his English white skin and damning all black or near black--some book! A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson), 1869-1963, illustrator.

Adam and Charles Black (Firm), publishers.

R. & R. Clark (Firm), printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

HNH (Henderson, J. West Indies)

Sc 917.292-H (Henderson, J. West Indies)