Bushmen
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Bushmen. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
an African tribe inhabiting the northwesterly portion of Cape Colony. Unlike their neighbors, the tall Hottentots, to whom they are akin, the Bushmen are of low stature, almost dwarfs in fact. Their complexion is of a dirty yellowish color. When found by the white people, they lived largely on roots and herbs. They slept in caves or in rudely constructed stick houses in the copse or bush, whence the name. They were without fixed homes, and had no domestic animals. Their language is "half way between that of a man and a monkey." The Bushmen are considered among the most degraded human creatures on the face of the earth. They are disappearing before the advances of the white settlers. 2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: BR 2026-07-22) 2026 Editor's Note: The entry's description — "dirty yellowish," "almost dwarfs" — is the racial pseudoscience of its day, and wrong in every implication. The San peoples carry some of the deepest genetic lineages known in humanity, meaning their ancestors' line diverged earliest from other living populations. Their click languages are among the most phonetically complex on earth, and after a long struggle they won a landmark court ruling in 2006 restoring rights to their Kalahari lands. (Ed: BR 2026-06-13)
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a nomadic race of Africa. They are a thin, wiry people, poor and debased near the coast, but greatly improved further inland. They recognize no king or chief, build no houses, have no cattle or goats, do not till the soil, and wear skins for clothing. Their language has a rough, clicking sound, and they resemble the Hottentots.