Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-11-26

| erous, kind. and Just. His favorite motto
was Honor. not Honors." He was a
\ born Oriental. and not only loved the
| Gypsies and Arabs. but resembled them IN
| features. He was a very tall. well-built
man, handsome. and as some one said
with the brow Of a god and the jaw OF
devil" IL was even rumored OF him that
| he had gypsy blood In his veins, because
/ of his Oriental cast OF features. He was
| a great reader OF character. His wife was
/ his companion on many journeys. Ihey
went everywhere. and saw everything
| that was worth seeing. He trained her 10
ride horseback astride 10 swim, TO fence,
| and TO be ready at moments notice TO
start off In search OF adventure. This was
/ practicable as they had no children. TO
give an idea OF Lady Burton's bravery.
| IL Is said that her fencing master would
tell her TO stand steady whilst he would
| make a moulinet at her. She describes ~
| "You could hear the sword swish IN the
air. and he has touched my face Ike
av I'm the doing OF II. He dd Il frequent
~ 10 show that he could do II. but he
used 10 say that he would not ask 10 do
II 10 his men pupils. for fear thny might
finch, which would. Of course. nave CUT
their faces open: but he kneV l would
stand steady. liked that Ii Ia sald OF
Sir Richard hy some that he was Agnos-
tic in his tendencies, by others Atheistic'
when the truth Is he had no religious
convictions. though he was fun OF alper-
stitions. Lady Burton was hersef an ar
dent Catholic, and would have reJolcei
had ne ever announced himself as one.
She tries very hard TO plead Tor MN on
this point. but finally acknowledges t'lht
he was half-Sufii. half-Cathonc Cpoi
deliberation, / am inclined TO think that
Sir Richard for so long assumed the
part Of Dervish and other characters
when travelling that he could never pe
exactly true TO himself afterwards TX
aegeration and treating religious cues
tions lightly were, 10 a certain eA'en',
made natural through habit, and ne was
no doubt unconscious Of this phase OF
his character. This opinion Is In mea-
eure confirmed by friend or HIS VINO
said: Burton was given TO pantonlliie'
lie was always saying things 10 frighten
old women Of both sexes. He took great
delight In shocking goody people anu VI
cffecting his purpose he gave tree rem
to his Imagination lie used 10 say
himself that II "was so funny always 10
be believed that you were chatting ana
always solemn never 10 be believed Wheh
YOU were telling the truth
Sir Richard died aged 60 at Trieste IN
lSqO Every possible honor and marx OF
affection was shown him by the clu%ehS
Of Trieste, and his obsequieS were eluai
I'm public demonstration TO those OF
prince a beautiful monument or chrara
marble and dark stone has been erecleu
20 his memory by his loving country
men" This mausoleum Is IN the form Vi
an Arab tent. y feet by Il. and is feet
hipb adding a new point Of great inter
est TO the traveller through England
1T is somewhat disheartening,' says
current English paper, Ito think that pc
cause he lived In our time and gave MS
services TO the government, he dled
Consul at Treste-a desert eagle In
caec-with his genius almost unrecog.
nized The career is over, the life or
endless adventure tireless enterprise, I'M
fading courage is done, and MortiaKe
Garth holds the bones Of the hero
A. b. G. ID.
MY DARK COMPANIONS AND THEIR
STRANGE STORIES. BY Henry NJ.
Stanley. d. c. L.. author Of In Dark
est Africa" How | Found Living
stone" etc. with numerous illustra-
tons. New York: Charles Scribners
Sons $40 pages Price =.
Everything that Stanley writes IS read
with interest, and whether We admire
or not some OF his methods OF prose-
cutting his explorations and achieving
fame, we must admit that ne has done
a vast deal to Increase the worlds store
OF information regarding the Dark
continent and its peoples At the same
time. Il IS safe To make due allowance
FOR the fact that Stauley's conceit leads
him into very careless writing. believing,
as he does, that the public have more
confidence in him than IL really the
case. In his introduction to the present
volume the author says: Faithfully as
| have ondeavored 10 follow the un-
sophisticated narratives. 1t Is Impossible
.NfsffN q
style OF the narrators' The student OF
ethnology will be puzzled 10 reconcile
some OF his own conclusions touching
the natives of Central Africa with an
assumption that in most Of the stories
Stanley has not drawn largely upon
his Imagination for establishment In
several instances the central human
figures OF the stories are endowed win
physical characteristics, and the story
tellers themselves display an order Of in
telligence, which are out OF harmony with
the knowledge we gain from other eN-
plorers However. when we diiferentiate
what we suspect to be Stanleyism from
the majority of the legends we fnd in
them a. valuable field for comparative
study of folklore This is notably the
case in the second version of the Leopard
and the Dog Legend" THE Elephant
and the Lion" story, and in the stories
II
"Brer Rabbit" is as much hero in Africa
as he is In the stories Of Uncle Rcmus.
and by his nlmble wit gets the ad-
vantage Of his larger companions. In
the Elephant and the Rabbit legend
he Outwits two elephants, a Hon,
buffalo. leopard, and hyena. The
opening story of the book, which IS
entitled The Creation of Man." Is in
many respects the most remarkable OF
II no ~ n
and the first woman spring from
toad which is the original living crea-
ture on the earth. The moon, however,
considers that the toad has interfered
with her prerogative. She therefore con-
sumes him, and reshapes the man and
the woman. Then, when they get 50 old
that their limbs refuse 20 bear them.
she takes them TO her realm, but the
faint Of the toad being in pOsterity they
are mortal, and die natural deaths.
The beasts of the field are created by
another toad, sprung from drop of
Juice which remained in the first toad s
head when he was consumed, and the
moon also reforms the beasts. AS long
as the first man and the first woman
remain on the earth, the moon is their
counsellor The toad is responsible for
all the ills flesh Is heir to- and the moon
for all the blessings. The illustrations
lplAe -SiAs
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