The St. Vincent Handbook Directory and Almanac, 5th Edition
Anderson, Robert M.
Synopsis "The St. Vincent Handbook Directory and Almanac, 5th Edition"
The Handbook gives a "descriptive sketch" of St. Vincent's topography, geology and climate, with historical notes from 1498. It provides in chronologicalorder, highlights of the years, with different aspects of the colony'shistory, providing some, like the volcanic eruptions of 1812 and 1902 and theEnglish-"Carib" war of 1795-1796 in greater detail. The Handbook also carries short pieces on a variety of places of interest: thechurches, Botanic Garden, the Carnegie Free Public Library, the secondaryschools at that time, the Glen Community School that no longer exists, theAgricultural School, city and towns, the Grenadine islands, the governors andadministrators who had served the colony, and names of government officersin the public service, among others. Although dated 1938, the Handbook stillprovides a lot of valuable historical information that could be easily accessedby following the chronology of events.