New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-04-17
STANLEY'S WRATH.
Some Experiences Of the Cele-
brated Explorer of the Dark Con

tinent.
The Rev. Frank III. Kasson writes as
follows in the Christian Union:
The following facts concerning
Henry NJ. Stanley have never been in
print. They were given to me by Will
| liam Bradford, the marine artist and
arctic explorer.
In the year 1878 Mr.. Bradford, re-
turned from his Greenland explorations,
was in London publishing his sumptu-
Gus volume on .'The Arctic Regions
It was brought out under the patronage
of Queen Victoria at 1925 per copy. At
this time he met Stanley, who was in a
towering rage. HE was just back, e
said the artist, from finding Liv-
ingstone, and was now very angry at
the cavalier way in which he had been
treated about publishing his book
through Murray. It seems that John
Murray was away, and the partner
present had received Stanley quite
nonchalantly, and said he was not quite
sure whether they could publish his
book or not, and, anyway, nothing
could be done about it until Mr.. Muir
rays return. I said to him: Mr..
Stanley, are you particular to have
Murray publish your book?' No
We'll, can tell you Of some very good
publishers, who, I think, would be glad
to publish it, and that is the firm of
Sampson Low & Co. They are publish
ing my book, and, I think, would be
glad to get hold of yours. If you wish,
l will see them about it, DO so, Mr.
Bradford. I'll be glad to have you
$50 7 went down and saw Mr.
Marston of the firm and said to
him: Mr.. Marston, would you like to
publish Stanley's new book on Africa?'
Yes, sir, indeed we would; but I
thought Murray was going to have it,
No, [ guess not. Would you like to
see Mr.. Stanley?' Certainly, sir.''
Very well, I'll bring him down this
afternoon.' AS I was. going out ne
said: Mr.. Bradford, do you suppose
that Mr.. Stanley is ready to consider
an offer for his book?' I think so,
sir
Il took Stanley down to see them,
and Mr.. Marston asked him il he was
prepared to consider an offer then and
there Yes, SIR We'll, Mr. Stanley,
we will give you $4,000 for it and a
| liberal share of the DrOfits,
":Ill do it, said Stanley And a
happier man you've seldom seen.
Now, Mr.. Stanley said Marston,
when can you begin to furnish us
copy? Tomorrow morning, sir, and
every day thereafter till it's DONE
Just one word more, Mr.. Stanley. Will
you please say nothing about this for
four weeks? I've a special reason for
asking Yes, sir; that suits me- said
Stanley. And so the bargain was
closed, and Sampson Low & Co. have
been SANKEY'S publishers ever since.
ga few weeks later Stanley went to
see John Murray, and the following
conversation occurred: MIR. Murray,
I've come to see about your publishing
my book. Do you wish top Yes, I
think that we may be able to, Mr..
Stanley. But we can not afford to give
you much for it, as It is kind of ex-
pertinent. But we'll publish it, Mr..
Stanley
emo you WON'T broke in Stanley,
with an oath, and, turning on his heel,
left the great English publisher
astounded at the young African ex-
plorer's audacity.
''On another OCCASION" says Mr..
Bradford, Il was sitting at a great ban
quet of the British association at
Brighton. It was in the evening after
the african afternoon so called.
Stanley had been down for a speech
late in the afternoon, after several
English geographers had spoken But
[ noticed during the second speech, by
G. T. Markham of the Royal Geograph-
ical society, that SANKEY'S wrath was
rising. The speaker in alluding to
Livingstone had just said word re-
fecting upon him- AS soon as Mark
ham was done, Stanley, at two bounds,
was in the center of the platform, and,
leaning forward and stretching out his
finger with concentrated scorn toward
Markham, began: You easy-chair
geographers, sitting on your cushioned
velvet carpets, what do you know about
it? Livingstone, after a long, arduous,
perilous march, says: Il think I have
found the sources of the Nile But
you, from the seclusion of the libraries,
declare: 'sWe know that he was not. .
What right have you to decide such a
question? And then he gave it to them
hot. And yet in fifteen minutes he had
them all, ladies and gentlemen, on
their feet crying Hear! hear! heard