HENRY CALLAWAY, M.D., D.D.
FIRST BISHOP OF KAFFRARIA.
HIS LIFE-HISTORY AND WORK.

A MEMOIR BY
MARIAN S. BENHAM

EDITED BY
THE REV. CANON BENHAM

LONDON : MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1896

First edition.
The memoir has been compiled from the Bishop's private journals, his letters from South Africa, notices from the publications of various societies, and from local South African papers, Canon Benham, to whom the materials were entrusted, deputing the task of writing the work to his daughter, who " made it a labour of love to follow up every clue and read everything which she could find bearing on the subject."

Henry Callaway was born at Lymington in Somersetshire on January 17, 1817. At the age of sixteen he went to Heavitree as assistant teacher in a small school, and after some years' connection with Quaker associates, was admitted into the " Society of Friends " in 1837. In 1841 he commenced studying at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and ... began to practise as a doctor in 1844. .. and held several good posts in London hospitals : his health, however, was by no means good, and in 1852 he was advised to leave England for the winter. In the meantime his religious convictions were undergoing a great change, and at the end of the year he wrote in his journal, " I am no longer a Quaker," and in April 1853 he resigned his membership of the Society of Friends.

Later on he received his diploma as M.D., and ... offered his services to Dr. Colenso, and these being accepted he sailed for Durban on August 26, 1854. There is an interesting series of letters from him to his friend Mr. Hanbury, which afford some insight into the condition of Natal and the religious position of the Colony. At the commencement of 1858, he established the well-known missionary settlement, Springdale, which, under his energetic management, rapidly assumed the proportions of " a respectably-sized village." He did not at first meet with much success with native converts, although his medical knowledge was of immense advantage to the station, and Bishop Colenso, writing to London, remarked that he was " generally regarded as the ablest medical man in the Colony."

In 1872, the idea of creating a new diocese for Kaffraria was first mooted, and being subsequently appointed to be the first Bishop, he left for England and was consecrated at Edinburgh. He returned to Africa on August 25, 1874, accompanied by a small band of workers, and the volume gives a detailed account of his work in the diocese (which was named St. John's), and his constant travels throughout the country. Much damage was done to the various missions by the Kaffir War of 1878, and finally, the anxiety proved too much for the Bishop, who was prostrated with illness for a time, and had a stroke of paralysis. He partially recovered, and went on a trip to England in 1880, returning in 1881, but his health was by no means good, although he remained several years at his post, until he had to resign owing to his growing debility, when he returned to England in 1887. Gradually he became weaker and weaker, but he lived till the year 1890, dying on March 26, at Ottery St. Mary. The volume contains two chapters (XIII. and XIV.) from the pen of Miss Mary Godden, which review Dr. Callaway's contributions to the anthropology and folk-lore of South Africa. (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography)

19 x 13 cm. xix + 368 pp + frontispiece & 1 plate + 2 folding maps (1 colour)

Very good + condition, stamp of St Augustine's College (a missionary training college) on half title page, and previous owners details on reverse of ffep. Top corner of last few pages lightly bumped, otherwise very clean and tidy, binding firm.