New-York tribune., 1909-11-07


paigner The trait serving 10 break ~.
rather stern outline of his personality is sis,,is
cant rather oddly. Of a religious preocc,pa,io,
Though not exactly unctuOus. he likes 20 striko
now and then. the devOut note. He reports H.,
discovery in the heart of Africa Of the diner.no.
between the Bible and the newspapers. .-rba
one reminded me-" he says. that apart from,
God my life was but a bubble Of air. and il bad
me remember my Creator: the other fOsteret A.,
rogance and wOrIdliness." There is sincerity, i,
his statement that Africa changed him. thoY,b
the revelation is in no wise exciting When an
is said you think of him with appreciation q,
his steadfastness and power. hut he was neiths,
great man a Iovable one. and the workings
Of his inner nature excite small interest
This autobiography would have made Iivelis-
reading II il had been framed 10 include mora
about the many distinguished persons encoun,-
cred by Stanley in his long career. A f.,v
authentic anecdotes could iudiciousIy have bes.
substituted for Of the authors minute 70
fecti0ns on matters % no special CONSEQUENCE
The sole fragment Of piquant interest that MA
have observed in the book is one relating %
Gladstone. who came 20 drink a cup Of tea =,
the house of the woman Stanley was afterwa,,
20 marry and 20 he Instructed BY the exDloro
in one or two matters bearing upon the zlav.
trade in Africa. Sfa.IIey began by showing ,hs
statesman a mao Of the country. and pointin~
out the city OF Mombasa he alluded 10 its ~txi,
harbors-" whereupon the conversation thin.
proceeded:
Pardon me. said Mr. Gladstone did you saw 4,
YES: Yes: sur, said !, so large THAI a thousand
oh. who made the harborr' he asked. bend;o.
his imposing glance at me.
II is a natural harbOr.'' I answered
You mean port. roadstead:''
,h,t it Is IS, a port certainly bqt j. Is also harbor.
but pardon me. a harbor IS an artificial con-
Excuse me. sir a dock is an artificial cons,-,.
ton. but harbor may be both artificial and nat,
We'll. never heard the word apDlet f .s..
sense. And he continued citing Malta and AIee
This discussion occupied 50 much time tia,
desT,ng learn should lose my opportunity Of speakias
skipping about the region between Monbssa an.
Uganda. landed him on the shores Of the Ns' S.'
ANA. and begged him 20 look at the spacious IN
land sea. surrounded BY populogs countries NH
Iaeed d the elTchns lands When 1 came % Ru-
wenzori his eye caught glimpse Of two isoIaieI
peaks.
,,,s Excuse 1I: me one minute. said he; what are
Those. sic answered ARE the Gordon Ben-
Who called them BY those absurd names-- ba
asked With thc cOrrugatiOn Of frOwn ais brow
~Isy what right" be asked
BY the right OF first discovery. and those two
HoW can you say that. when HeTOdOrus sDoke az
them tNenty-sIx hundred wears ago. and called mem
CrOphi and MOphi? II is intolerabe thar cl.ssie
names like those should be displaced bv modern
names. and''-
Il humbly beg YOUR pardon Mr. Gladstone bu,
Crophi and MOphi. il they existed al an we're
situated over thousand miles TO the nortbUart
Hcrodotus simply wrote from hearsay anf-'-
"Oh. can't stand that
"WcU. Mr.. Gladstone said 7 ~uriff vo,, ,s,i.,
me- IN thlS project of railway Tgtn.,t f,r the
suppression of the slave trade. ir can arrlnas
that CrOphi and MOph shall be Substituted H. 49,.
81 Gordon Eannett AMI MackinnOne
"Oh. that viii not do, that is dat bribery anJ
corruption and. smiling. he rose d his f.af brf
tonins his coat lest his virtue might Yield 10 emp
Lady Stanley has illustrated this book with
portraits Of her husband which show him ali
the way from his fifteenth year 70 the time Of
Els settlement in England She also gives views
OF his homes, and. quite appropriately. adds her
own portrait