Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-09-13
The Achievements Of Stanley, and
Other African Explorers.


No recent event has excited a deep
or and more widespread interest in
the country, than the brilliant achieve
ment of Henry M. Stanley, in the
field Of Africa Exploration. Ev r
since the announcement ofh arrival,
in a famished condition, at the mouth
of the Congo, the public have eagerly
awaited detailed account ofhis thrill
ing experiences, and the results of his
discovery. The announcement there
fore of this volume, from the pen of so
brilliant and popular an author as Mr..
J. 4. Headley, will he received with
lively interest and satisfaction, and
this interest will be greatly heightened
by an examination of the book itself.
Since the death of Livingstone. the
work of exploration in the regions
which he last visited, has been pushed
with great vigor. Sir Samuel w.
Baker with a small army and under
royal authority, assembled the Nile,
and was the first European to pene-
!. tratc from the north into the great
Central Lake region, Lieut.. Cameron,
Of the English Royal Navy, reached
the same region fam the east, and
then pushed across the Continent
overland, to the western coast, and
last and greatest of all, the daring and
intrepid stanley, breaking through
the barriers which bad proved insup-
| cradle to all former explorers, in the
4 face of thousand perils by savages,
cataracts, disease, wild beasts ano
starvation, forced his way down the
dark river, 2500 miles, and solved the
great mystery by proving the Lualabt
river discovered by Livingstone to bt
verify the heNdwaters of the mighty
Congo, thus opening grand highway
from the west coast to the heart ant
treasures of one Of the most populou
and productive continents of tn
globe.
, The author first gives a concise ac
count Of Baker and Cameron's eXpedi
tions, because a knowledge of wha
they accomplished Is essential to
clear apprehension Of the MOMENTUM
, importance of Stanley's work. H
, has thereby added greatly to the in
f terest and value of the book, for tbes
q expeditions, in romanticinterest, thrill
a ing adventure and scientific import
q ance, are second only TO that Of til
) more daring and successful American
a He then gives a complete and dt
y tniled history Of SANKEY'S incompars
= bic feat, which has produced such a
, immense sensation, both in this countl
a and in Europe, and more intensel
q interesting and exciting narrative W
q have never read. We can no MOI
than hint at the details of this narri
: tive. To follow the brave Stanley
his marvellous voyage down the I'll
> known river, fighting thlrty-two ba
ties with man-eating savages, ar
passing ffty-seyen cataracts and RAJ
y ids, to read Of the desertion Of a lars
" number Of his party panic-stricken {
II the terrors of the forest Of threate
:. ed starvation in the middle of Il
% great river whose banks were fill
with hostile savages; of daily horro
and griefs at the loss of comrades
II the passage of falls and rapids;
=, enormous labor in hewing miles
n road through dense forest and jung
= to make a passage around impassab
cataracts; Of the vast Wonderful
bordering this mighty river, rich
ivory, minerals and fruits, where
"EUery prospect pleases and only mC
Is VHe;:" to learn all the incidents al
adventures of this marvellous journe
and of the grand ovations which ha
lt met the indomitable American
+" every point of his homeward iourne
I one must follow the thrilling pages
this book.
" The publishers deserve great prai
u for the superb manner in which tn
III have brought out the work. T
~ beauty of its Typography and bindi
and the number and excellence of
'u engravings, are in keeping with
ST value and character. Undoubtedly
OF will be more extensively read tn
H. II any other book of the year. See a
o. vertisement in another column.