The Portland daily press., 1890-12-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Guiih doud' Df "A. u. MOuutendy Jepl-
son. Those who are interested In Stanley
and Darkest Africa will welcome book
from his gallant young lieutenant, A. j.
Mountenay Jephson, narrating his expert
ences with Emin Pasha. 1t is an elegant
octave volume of 400 pages, with AZ fine illus
trations. A fine photograph of the author
in field costume fronts the title. The I'M
haunted pluck and endurance with which be
met every trial although it was supposed
that he was too much Of society man to
undergo hardships, has made him favorite
with the reading public. He judiciously
passes over the events narrated by Stanley
and commences with his departure in search
Of Emin after their arrival at Lake Albert
with the boat in April 1888. When he meets
Emin we can well imagine that he felt that
he "visiDly blushed" at his ragged appear
ance in the presence Of the neatly dressed
Egyptians. He graphically describes the
various stations occupied by ENNIS follow
ers, and gives some points which will be
He states that some years previous.
Emin had married an Abyssian lady, and by
this marriage had two children. a boy who
died young, and a girl who was brought
away with him. The girlwss pretty, looked
like little Arab girl, and was not darker in
complexion than her father.
Jephson found that the people held Sir
Samuel Baker and wife In grateful remem-
brance, and that they called Lady Baker the
Morning Star in admiration of her fair
haired beauty. He says that nearly all the
good and lasting things were brought into
the Province by Baker.
In journeying through the Pasha's dis
trict he found that the natives had aban-
doned their old villages and removed to a
distance on account of being constantly op-
pressed and robbed by the soldiery. he was
at first disappointed and indignant to find
how little control Emin had over his men,
but this feeling changed to sympathy when
he found how trying had been his expert
ences. and how much he had suffered in
health and spirits by the climate, anxiety
and overwork. He fully realized this when
the troops mutinied and imprisoned them az
one Of the stations on their return journey.
Three months Imprisonment, with occa-
sional threats Of putting them to death con-
hrmed his opinian that nothing could be
done with the rebels, and they were only
saved from their threatened fate by the ad-
vance of the Mahdists who captured several
stations, killed many of the rebels and
threatened to capture the whole district
This demoralized the rebels so much that
Emin and Jephson were allowed to escape to
more southern stations, and finally to Join
Stanley and be brought out.
The picture of the civilization introduced
into the Soudan by the Egyptian occupation
is pitiful Each Egyptian official, however
low his rank. seems to have become petty
tyrant. he kept harem and robbed the
natives on all occasions. When a party
went to gather the government corn tax, the
officers and soldiers stole everything that
pleased them, even the women. and knocked
on the head all who resisted. The native
soldiers and officers fell into the same ways.
The result was that they lived In debauchery
and drunkenness, neglected discipline and
duty, and were towards, hated by all the
surrounding tribes who were ready to kill
them when they dared. The Mahdists sent
four deryishes as ENJOYS to the Pasha. The
rebels tortured them to elicit information
about the numbers of their force, and finally
murdered them cruelty. The fortitude of
the Mahdists. and the infamous cruelty of
the Egyptians will reconcile Christendom to
the ling out Of the whole colony If the
Mabdists are wise enough to do 1t.
Stanley has related the homeward march
and Emin's ungratefulness. Jephson COM
ments fully upon this and ascribes it to for
g. tfulness, weakness Of character, and to
strong German influence. No doubt Emin
has much to complain of in SANKEY'S brusque
and arbitrary ways, but 1t is evident that
with anyone less decided the thing would
not have been accomplished, and Emin's
cutthroats could hardly have failed to make
away with him before this.
Ii Emin was hardly worth the trouble of
saving the expedition has not been in vain
Tue contribution to geographical knowledge !
mas been very great, and the result will
probably be railroad through the great
forest and destruction Of the slave trade.
foreseeing this, the reader can rejoice that
the chivalrous and handsome young English,
man got safely back, with his companions
to civilization.
The book is published by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. TAB Broadway. New York; at
3d. rs in cloth binding, and sold In Portland
by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Wanita, the Sioux. BY Warren K. Moore
head. of the Smithsonian Institution, author
of Fort Ancient, with an account of its
and graves. New York: Dodd,
Mead g. Co.; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony The author tells the story of Wa
nita. or Bright Star, an Indian maiden.
daughter OF Two Bears and Omaha; of her
at school for Indian girls in the
east; OF her influence over her people, her
courtship and marriage. He relates the Gus
toms and superstitions of the people, their
home life, buffalo and scalp dances, bison
hunts, &c. and gives weird picture of the
death Of the medicine man at the stake, and