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LITERATURE.

Eg. HE STORY OF THE REAR COLUMN OF
az The EAfIN RELIEF EXPEDITIoN-By
MN the late James =. jameson. New
oAhO' York: United States Book Company
5 v0., cloth, 455 pages, S3 50) ms Is one
of the hanusomest volumes ever issued by
these publishers, and Is one, which IN view
Of the attack made by Stanley upOn the
rear column, will at this time attract great
deal If attention. The work Is In the ma
ture # a diary kept by Nj. jameson, and
II has IN clref.lly edited by the widow of
the mau who has been so severely attacked
and who is unaUle to answer. THIS Work,
which upon its face bears the impress o.
truth, is u most interesting addition to what
is already known OF the expedition to rescue
Emin Pasha, aud it gives in the clearest
manner possible most interesting pictures OF
lie among he people OF the interior OF the
Dark Continent. That the rear guard did not
meet the expectations Of Stanley Is uDdoubt-
edlY true, but that clrcumst noes would not
permit tie rear guard 10 do better than 1t
did is maze clear upon peTusal OF the
jameson story. This shows that the leader
of tie expedition was himself not above criticism,
and if what Mr.. Jameson wrote ID fair sample
or The man, it SHOWS That Stanley IS very pas
siOnale man, Who believes Ike ancient monaichS
dId, that lie King can DO no wrong, and, like
Rider Haggards She" must be Obeytd.
Andrew Jameson, brother Of The writer of
tie diary, In an Introduction to the work writes:
The dream Of his early life was to add his name
To the long roll OF tho e who have striven for good
NeNtA7-NA
ITSELF believed. In the expedition Tia VIII Oh be
lost his fe Join 1t lie sacrificed his wealth, his
days" and mud some scope for the pent-up en-
ergies within him. He went TO his work with
LerUIsm ia the face OF treacheres aud oycrwhelrl-
lug di1cUlues, ana died martyr 10 the cause for
ward He is sought 10 be made the scapegoat Of
his commanders il judgment and neglect! Charges
Of dsubedltnCe disiUyalty, fUTrelfulncss of prom
ro IAN S G on o uroer 1Ie
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end 10 sustain HE reputation against serious i'm
leratiye accusations.
In Ills diary Mr.. Jameson gave an account day
by day OF events, Of what success lie had iii fol
lowing lis chosen profession, that OF naturalist
al lie various 81 ecimeus lie collected, of the
people he met, Their appearance and habits, OF
tie difficulties lie ana LIS party encountered In
The wiId county, OF their suffcrugs ana priva-
lions. One entry during Tie early part OF tie
expedition shows that those who took pait in II
we're not engaged in child's play:
Had All awful days work. had to go with Bart
telOt rear guard. Started at A. NJ. and did not
get into camp un II r N. mad nothing to eat the
whole day u The fifth rart Of tin of sardnes and
The WORK truly slekenina, as at every twenty
yards had 10 stop TO put load on the head OF
him a gOod dose OF stick before he would GO on.
The wOr6 greatly resembles slave-driying.
An entry under date OF May 2oth goes to
establish JamesOn's charge mat Stanley Is a
man OF ungoyernable temper. He wrote:
This morning, l am sorry TO say the most
dlsgracei al row ever heard happened between Mr.
Stanley and Jepnson and stair. II appears that
early this mornlEs a number OF the men and chiefs
went TO Nj. Stanley and complained that the ON
GERS had flung away their rations for one day. The
men sw0re That they bought the iood from the ma
tiyes last SUNDAY at village they looted. Stairs
who had been sent for told that only stolen stuff
had been taken away from them, and Jephson who
then sent Tor, gave the same testimony. 1t is
st4I quite evident that air. Stanley takes the word
ef the Zanzi aris every aston before that OF
the white men, and when he saw that he had hold
OF rather the wrong end OF tie Stick he attacked
them about their tyranny to the men. lie attacked
them in a frantic state STAN ping up and down the
deck OF ths Peace. lie called Jephson all sorts of
names. You're tired Of me, Of the expedition, OF
my men. Go into the bush, get I'VE done with
you. Aud you, toO Lieutenant Stairs, you and L
wiz part to-day; ou're tired Of me- sir can see
Getl Away iutO the bush 90 Thea 10 turned round
. TO the men about 1900 sitting down, and spoke
SwahIlI, TO the effect that the men To obey
issued any orders to them or dared TO liit hand
they we're to tie them no to trees. He had
already told Stairs that he had only lift
his hand for men 10 throw him into The sea. He
lastly offered 10 night Jephson. III you want to
1ght III give You bellyful. II / were
So Th5 Were ySl ats Stanley was on tue 9e
OF The Peace and Jephson was on shore. All this
said before the missionaries. Iippu I'D and every
one. As for stairs or Jephson being tired of the
expedition, men could work harder or have had
the T hearts more in H. should think that repe-
tltaon OF this kind OF thing would make them both
pretty sick OF Mr.. Stanley and the expedition. He
also called Jephson "a impudent puppy"
lartteot next interviewed HIM, and he told hun he
was sorry Tor Stars, but mad made up ms lhd Llat
they should stay where they were-tbat there was
eNldeItlya com act against him. Barttelot assured
linn that there nOIhing of the Kind Stairs
TO hin the next day and after long interview 1t
endtd IN Mr.. Stanley taxing him back, and telling
nun that he had given orders 10 the chiefs TO obey
Nun as before. Imagine this being necessary, sim
ply nom what be had himself said to them. Jeph-
son went last and the interview ended by Mr. Stan
him BACK also bad no idea until to-day what an
extremely dangerous man Mr.. Stanley was.
One entry 10 the diary tells how unlruIbfnl the
ZaDzibarls aie, ana also describes The kind OF