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AFRIcA EMBRACING a Discussion OK THE SOURCES
or THE NHR AND Az EXAMINATION or THE SLAVE
TRADE BY Alyan 5. SOuthwOrth. With map and IL
lustrati0uA New York. Baker Pratt & Co., pub
fishers, Nos. l42 and HI Grand street
This Il another OF the volumes which represent in
our literature the experiences and achievements Of
respondents Of the NEW YORK HERALD. 1t would be
interesting to write chapter the literature of the
NEW YoRK HERALD, as illustrated by the works Of
Stanley McGahan 0Keley and the other enterprising
gentlemen who have served this journal in various
parts Of the world Mr.. Southworth now adds 4
volume TO this interesting list, which is published in
an attractive manner good type abundany illustrated
with cuts and MAPS at reasonable rate. The motto
which Mr. southworth adopts the text Of bis work
Is selected from Goldsmith -I esteem the traveller
who instructs the heart but despise him who
indulges the Imagination In his preface he awaits
The day with confidence "when capital and Anglo
Saxon energy will release degraded negro peoples
from their ages OF bondage and convert them into in
>ellgent artisans and into industrious tllers Of the
poiL" He thinks that ow bold rapid strokes Of hui
panity and enterprise the part Of the Christian
Powers would add 700 600 producers now self-con
gumers, to the modern arts and industries = Mr.
southworth describes bis arrival Egypt ana the i'm
preston made upon him by the great ruler Of that
country the present Khedve his for the Soudan
IN the vessel named the Herald the scenery along the
kle the crossing Of the Nublan Desert life among the
6edouin Arabs; the country OF the Soudan; Khartoum;
oarfour the capital the slave trade and It's king;
Me slave trade, Arabian life, the Of the Nile
and finally audience with the Khedive Much Of
his matter has appeared the HERALD as special cor
'espondence, but good deal OF It is Altogether
u forms interesting monograph upon the history
Of Africa, written in bright picturesque STYLE and
giving US new and clear idea OF modern Egypt
The Vceroy OF EgyDt drawn bv Mr. Sonthwo
s man of remarkable genius. Hc inherited d vast
brtune, and probably the richest man in Egypt
even before be came into power He lives in atmos
phere Of intrigue and conspiracy His personal habits
ire peculiar. Arising at daylight he abors until long
nter midnight attending to his gigantic estates and
aoing everything FOR his famy Of 5000 900 people
de is Of honesty and courage Like Napoleon
ae has fondness for details. He knows chow the
parts Of an opera should be dressed and dictates him.
tclf what changes desirable in the ast" He
builds telegraph lines in weeks and decides upon
'ailway enterprises in night The Suez Canal,
which had been talked about since the days Of
shs Ptolemies only made possible BY the
6hedive. He has founded House or Deputies
opened schools given lands in charity, discouraged
war, strengthened peace and laid the foundation Of
great African empire Mr. southworth estimates tho
income Of the Khedivc at $50 600 600 a year and
describes him a ''rather dimnutve pleasing look
ing gentleman larger but taller General Grant
with mown whiskers like seethed hay" dressed in
gray pautaIoons dark walking coat and black tien In
bis conversation, which Mr.. Southworth reports at
length the Khedve appears TO be Of clear,
lutte mind, OF ambition and purpose, who desires to
bring Egypt back the position it assumed centuries
ago Speaking Of General Stone, formerly or army
now chief Of star Of the Egyptians, the Khsdivo
says:-'He is not only gentleman and learned gen.
tleman and a soldier but honorable gentleman and
honorable soldier" Mr. southworth thinks there
Is 20 Hohenzolern, Hapsburg Hanover that has
1.-THE Of the viceroy's genius.
Mr. Southworthis description OF his visit to Thcbes
bis ride across the Nubian desert ana his life in Khar
toum is exceedingly interesting Khartoum a city of
10000 people, and s the capital and the metropolis Of
the soudan, and BY far the finest provincial city OF
Africa Mr. southworth and his friends landed amid the
nring Of cannoa, the playing Of bands and 'the
n@uvring Of trOopsn II is the country Of the slave
trade The price Of slave girls from Abyssnia is $50
10 800
Mr. Southworth regards soudan "as a new America
In the heart Of Africa, and when the question
asked what viii be the result Of opening up this
try Is proposed by tho Khedve he answered
that there win be two productive States, each larger
than France; 200 00o 900 Of cotton lands civil
tied population Of 6,00O 900 souls, semcivilized
population % probably 10000 600 with a climate IN
equaled during eight months the year He dspels the
popular aacy that il unhealthy climate that
arid waste on the contrary, be says sanitary rules
viii make it healthy As New York while as 10 its
barrenness hore l 600 Or the richest acres in
the world All that necessary good administration,
transportation, development Of the country and tho
result will be an addition 70 the income or Egypt Of
500 900 900 year. AS evdehce Of what has been
done under the rule or the Khedive Mr southworth
Informs US that within fifteen years 20 900 600
OF people have been brought within the circle
Of standardization. He secs in Central and Northern
Africa garden Of sugar, cotton and grapes One
acre OF soil prepared in the rudest manner lie Gays
viii produce more 'than the same area Of blooming
italyn Mr.. southworth dweIls upon the animal re-
sources Of the country, saying that man is not
TO a thousand and that II Is almost utterly impos-
sble 10 describe the quantities Of game monkeys lions
antelopes, elephants crocodiles cows cames asses,
not to speak or the tigers hyenas and the eopards
HIS life in Kharoum he found very pleasant Elephant
shooting the chief sport OF tho country The slave
trade, although legally dead, practically remains,
aud the description Of the manner In which
this infamous lraflc is carried on Is heart
rending n its vividness and truth. Villages
are attacked n the night time BY these parties They
opened upon with musketry and then begins q
general massacre of and children, the
settlement surrounded BY maammable grass - given
to the flames, and the entire habtaton is laid in
ashes Probably out or the wrock or a thousand
Charred and slaughtered people bis reserves have
got the hundred coveted women and children that
flying from death in Wild despair 'tThoy are
yoksd together by long pole and marched oG from
their houses forevcrn Although tho statistics or
the Northern African slave trade arc uncertain Mr.
Southworth estimates that the export 81 slaves from
the country lying between the Red sea aud tie
great desert is 25 600 annually To obtain this number
moro than OoOo annually killed, and Il IS ialr
estimate TO say that CO. 900 children are stolen nom
their parents every year by persons who
have tho names and reputation of being
educated. If we continue 70 extend tie
bounds or inquiry to tho Northern and East.
ern coasts more than million Of souls will be
prsed In tho number actually carried away, killed o.