The Portland daily press., 1877-05-19

journeys on reCOru, passing
rom sea TO sea across the lake region, through
tne most barbarous tribes of that country, and
partly through an entirely unknown region, the
geography of which he has carefully studied
and stated
He left Zanzibar March %, 1873, at the head of
an expedition intended to join and assist Living
stone in his researches. In October, while at
unyanyembe, messenger arrived bringing
news OF LiVingstone's death, and shortly after
the Dody arrived. After some consideration
cameron concluded to push on, and follow up
the DOCTORS explorations, while his two Eng
lish companions returned to the coast with the
body, one OF them Dillon, dying on tho way,
| having shot himself in the delrum of fever.
He reached Ujji on Lake Tanganyika in Feb.
| ruary, 1874. and spent about three months in
| exploring the eastern, southern and western
shores Of that lake, resulting in establishing
| the fact that the Lukuga flowed out of it, On
the 22d of May he set forward on his journey
| to the west coast On the Sd of August
| he came to the mighty Lualaba," in about
latitude 40 80 s lon. 27o W., and embarking
in canoes sailed down to Nyangwe, the most ad-
vanced post of the Arab traders. Here he
found that the river could not belong to the
| Nile system,it being lower than the Nile at
Gondokoro, below the point at which it has re-
| ceived all its affluents, and being more than
| i've times greater than the Nile at that point
| He intended to take canoes down the river to
the sea, but could not purchase them from the
indolent ratiyes. Changing his plan he Joined
ahalf-breed Arab trader, Tipo-tipo, and went
southwark to his camp in Russuna's country.
Russuna is a very nice man for chief and has
little private village of his own, consisting of
forty square houses, with four wives in each
| house, and his mother has to keep them all
IN order. Here he made preparations to start
| for Lake Sankorra, the head of navigation on
the Kongo, by sending to neighboring chief
| to ask permission to march through his terri
tory. This was refused and he was obliged to
travel far south to go around the hostile coun-
| try. But the friendly natives were unwilling to
| guide him back again towards the Kongo, both
because they feared the warlike people of that
district, who allowed no strangers to pass, and
because the route was too swampy to be trav-
ersed except in the dry season. The result was
that he met some Portuguese traders from the
west coast and went through with them, ar
riving at Benguela on the 10th of November,
1875, nearly starved, his clothes in tatters and
almost dead with the scurvy. He was obliged
| to leave most Of his followers behind at the
close of the journey and make forced marches
to procure food, sending help back to the cara
van when he arrived.
| From Benguela he took steamer up to Loan
da and thence to England, arriving at Liver
| pool April I'd, 1876. The book is finely Illus
trated with sketches, and is, in all respects, an
| admirable contribution to the literature Of ex-
ploration.
Petites Causeries, by NJ. Achille Mottean,
New York: d. Appleton & Co. Portland: !:
Bailey & Noyes), is the daintiest of devices to
lure little boys and girls to the study of the
French language. Charming illustrations
short and attractive conversation lessons-all
that tact and love of children can combine to
| perfect the little volume has been most care
fully done by M. Motteau, whose book can only
be pronounced perfection in its way.
| Out West, by the indefatgabls Oliver Optic,
is the second volume of the Great Western
| Series Boston: Lee & Shepard Portland:
| Bailey & Noyes) and is in the well known and
popular style of it's author. It relates the story
| of a boy who tried to aid the family who had
befrended him; and how by means of his skill
in managing boat upon the lakes, he caught
and sold fabulous amount OF fish, saved sew
eral lives and discovered his long lost father
which altogether makes very lively story.
After long delay the seventh volume of the
Collections of the Maine Historical Society has
| been issued from the press of e. Upton Sc Son,
| Bath. 1t is volume of great interest to the
| antiquarian and historical student, embracing
| within its neat covers some of the most valu-
able of the papers submitted to the society dur
| ing late years. Now that the publication of
| the Collections has been resumed it Is hoped
that the enterprise will receive sufficient en-
| couragement - provoke the speedy preparation
and printing of the many interesting papers on
| the files. The present volume contains twenty
| papers, among them the description of the old
| garrison houses in York County, by the late
| Judge Bourne; Judge Godfrey's articles on the
two Castines and his histories of the Psnob-
scot tribe; Judge Williamson's monograph on
Slavery in Maine; Hon. s. P. Benson's account
| of Article VIII. of the Maine Constitution:
Mr.. r. X. Sewalps description of Popham's
Town of Fort st. George; the Rev. Eugene
Vetromile's account of Acadia and its Abor.
| igines; and Gen. John NJ Browns valuable
article on Champlains Voyages in the Gulf of
| Maine, 1604-56. A considerable portion of the
volume is taken up by biographical sketches Of
deceased members of the society. In the list
are to be found the names Of Robert p Dunlap,
Bishop Burgess, George Evans, William Willis.
j. W. Ellingwood, John Merrick, Robert II.
Gardner and Cyrus Eaton.
A revised edition of Castings Manual of
Parliamentary Practice, edited by Edmund l..
Gushing, brother of the author, has been spub-
lished by Thompson, Brown 8 Co. of Boston,
and is for sale by Dresser, MLellan s. Co.
| The appendices to former editions have been in
| corporated in the text, and notes added which
| explain some obscure rulings in the work.
| Notes and Announcements.
A Modern Mephistophiles is republshed in
England.
The London Examiner speaks of DR.. Joyce's
Deidre as graceful fancy in graceful verse, with
| many passages of distinct beauty, always
pleasing in language and vivid in expression; a
beautiful story we'll told, and certainly the best
approach SO far made to an Irish epic.
Robert Browning's translation of the Aga.
memnon of Eschylus will soon be published.
1t is very literal, the original being rendered
almost word for word, and even the exact or
der of words, as far as possible, being pre-
served.
Taat Lass O. Lowries, by Mrs Burnett, has
already reached third edition, and is repub-
lished in London.
Francillon, the author of Olympia, has
started Addisonian sheet in London called the
Tatler, and Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton s
| writing for it her impressions of English
people and customs.
The. Boston journals deny as by authority
that Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford is the au-
thor of 'Modern Mephistopheles." 1t is now
ascribed to Miss Acott.
The two volumes of the Rev. Joseph Cooks
''Monday Lectures" to be published by Jas.
R. Osgood Sc Co., are on Biology aud
''Transcendentalism'' A third volume may be
made up of the "preludes' to his lectures
No. X. of the Poets Home Series in Wide
Awake will describe Mr.. VIM. d. Howells'
home at Cambridge. There will be views Of
the house and the study, and portrait and