Gone Down The Years – G. H. Wilson

A fascinating 1947 autobiography, “Gone Down The Years” offers G. H. Wilson’s vivid ‘Prelude’ of landscapes, characters, and conversations from his life, primarily focusing on his career in South Africa. As a long-time editor and journalist for the *Cape Times*, Wilson chronicles his arrival in Cape Town in 1896, intertwining personal history with significant colonial-era events like the Jameson Raid. This memoir provides a compelling insider’s look at South African journalism and the political and literary figures, like Rudyard Kipling, who shaped the region.