Abstract:
It is not necessary for the Editor to say much in introducing
the second issue of the Gold Coast Review. As
mentioned in the introduction to Volume I., No. I., the
Gold Coast Review is a half-yearly publication. Since
the period represented by the first issue was the second
half of the year 1925, the volume for that year consists
of that one number only, and the present issue is the
first of the two numbers for the year 1926 which will
constitute volume II.
It is with a feeling of great relief that we appear for
the second time. Experience in the matter of publications
on the Gold Coast has established the paradox that
it is not so much Ie premier as Ie deuxieme pas qui coute.
The first number was well received . The demand was
good, though not so good as we hope it will become.
The response to the appeal for contributions, as will be
seen by the varied and interesting articles in this number.
has been very encouraging. One grave defect remains.
His Excellency the Governor, in congratulating the Editor
on the start of the publication, expressed his regret at
.. one blemish in a very useful list of contents--no con..
tribution from an African or non-Official European."
Efforts have been made to remove this blemish . In
addition to the appeals made in the Introduction to the
first number for contributions from all sections of the
community personal appeals have been made to several
likely contributors outside official circles, and some of
them have expressed their intention of sending in articles
for future issues. We are glad to have a short article
this time from the pen of the Honourable Mr. Casely
Hayford. but all our other contributors are Government
Officials. and the proportion from outside the Government
service is thus not yet what we should like it to be.
t the s me time there is cause for satisfaction in the wider
range of interests represented in the present Issue.
