Submitted: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 Mary-Lynn Suttie Research librarian for History and Politics University of South Africa P.O. Box 392 Pretoria 0003 South Africa phone: +27 12 429-3098 fax: +27 12 429-2925 e-mail: suttim@alpha.unisa.ac.za African librarianship; bibliographer for the South African Historical Journal; South African historiography and politics.