The Land of mystery, or, Scenes and incidents in Central Africa
By: by A.E. Porter
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: American Sunday-School Union
Published: 1859
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Copyright date: 1859
Subjects: Missions; Juvenile literature; Description and travel
Other titles: Land of mystery; Scenes and incidents in Central Africa
Description: "The object of this little volume is to impart to Sunday-school children a knowledge of the late discoveries in Africa and interest them in the efforts now made to send the gospel to the tribes in the interior of that continent."--Preface.
Notes: Preface signed : A.E.P.

Fold out map.

Attributed to A.E. Porter.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Table of contents: title: A general view of Africa; title: Sketches of African travelers; title: Animals of Africa; title: Birds and plants of Africa; title: Insects and serpents; title: Journey through the desert; title: Timbuctoo ; Western Africa; title: Central Africa; title: Abyssinia; title: Nubia; title: Western Africa; title: South Africa; title: Sierra Leone; title: Mohammedans in Africa; title: Missionary labours.