Author: BLINDE, J.H.
Title: Wat de Heilige Kris vertelde. Opgevangen en naverteld door...2e herz. druk. (2nd. revised edn.).
Description: Oegstgeest, Zendingsbureau, [..], 1926. Small 8°, pictorial coloured wraps., 16pp., 3 ills. after drawings by D.H. (1 depicting a native Forge & some black-smiths). Stapled. BUUR, I.J., 0287. Juvenile story, with strong christian tendency, in which a 'Keris Sekar Pala' (a Holy Kris) plays an important rôle. The story contains notes on how to create a 'magic' Keris and on 'pamor-smithing', the consecration when the kris has been finished. The Kris is presented to a local Javanese Ruler and so becomes a Royal Kris with supernatural powers. After the death of the ruler the keris becomes the property of two Hadji's and protects them. The story, with a historic background, is set around 1902 up till 1915 when the magic power of the Keris is broken in a fire. Stories like this, with a historic background, are of great interest and rather scarce. Very good copy.

Keywords: novel/juvenile/keris/mission/buur