Memoir of Sir James Marshall
Subtitle: ... taken chiefly from his own letters
By: by W. R. Brownlow.
Publisher: London: Burns and Oates; New York: Catholic Publication Society
Published: 1890
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Marshall, James, -- Sir, -- 1829-1889.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I.; title: James Marshall, his Birth and Childhood 1; title: Loss of his right arm 2; title: As an Anglican Clergyman, his piety and zeal 2; title: Conversion to the Catholic Church 4; title: Difficulties of a Convert 5; title: Master at the Oratory School, Edgbaston 6; title: Letters from Dr. Newman, on the Doctrine of Intention 7; title: Called to the Bar 12; title: Appointed Chief Magistrate on the Gold Coast 13; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Duties of Judicial Assessor 14; title: The Ashanti War. The Forest 16; title: Mr. Marshall leads the native troops 17; title: March through the forest 19; title: Abrakrampa attacked. A Fanti victory 24; title: Services acknowledged by Sir G. Wolseley 26; title: Judicial action with regard to slaves 29; title: Official Report on Slavery 31; title: The Carriers for the War 32; title: Fanti women superior to the men 34; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Spiritual destitution in West Africa 37; title: Letter to Father Livius, C.SS.R 38; title: Slave-murder 40; title: Wesleyan Missions 42; title: Scarcity of Catholic priests 43; title: Mr. Marshall puisne Judge at Lagos 44; title: Pere Cloud of African Missions 45; title: Pere Louepre 46; title: Freemasonry at Lagos 47; title: Apathy of English Catholics about West Africa 49; title: Letters to the Tablet 49; title: Commencement of Mission at Elmina 52; title: Letter from Pere Moreau 52; title: Kind reception from the Governor 53; title: Pere Holley. Death of missionaries 54; title: Mr. Marshall on Missionary Literature 55; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Official visit to Porto Novo 58; title: Description of Porto Novo 60; title: Interview with the King 63; title: Friendly conclusion of visit 67; title: A negro picnic 69; title: A Mahommedan festival 69; title: Probable War with Dahomey 71; title: Made senior puisne Judge. Marriage 72; title: Mr. and Mrs. Marshall in Lagos 73; title: Chief Justice 75; title: Danger in crossing the bar 76; title: At St. Marychurch, 1880. Their children 77; title: Outward voyage alone 77; title: Letters to his wife 77; title: Teneriffe, Grand Canary. Church there 80; title: Devotions at sea 83; title: At Accra, Elmina, and Lagos 84; title: Down with fever. His wife goes out to him 85; title: Letter during illness. St. Catherine of Siena 86; title: Return home, 1882 88; title: Knighthood, and resignation of office  88; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Life in England. National African Company 89; title: Catholic Truth Society 89; title: Letters to the Tablet on West Africa 90; title: "West African Missions and the Berlin Conference" 91; title: Deaths of P&res Holley and Moreau 96; title: Indian and Colonial Exhibition 97; title: Commissioner for West Africa 97; title: Papers on the Niger in The Month 97; title: The Royal Niger Company 98; title: Proposal to go out to the Niger. Pros and Cons 99; title: Motives for going out to help the Missions 101; title: Letter on leaving home 102; title: Journal. Fellow-travellers 102; title: Pleasant voyage. Amusing companions 103; title: Cannibalism 104; title: Letter to his son 106; title: Sierra Leone. Old friends 108; title: Sir Samuel Rowe 109; title: Catholic Missions at Sierra Leone 111; title: Grand Cess. Grand Bassa 113; title: Elmina. Chief Andoh 114; title: Irish Nun at Elmina 115; title: Cape Coast. Walk from Elmina 117; title: Lagos. Governor Moloney 119; title: Mass. The Forcados River 120; title: Mouth of the Niger. Akassa 121; title: Onitsha. Alligators and hippopotami 123; title: Mass at Onitsha. Father Lutz 124; title: Asaba. Slave-killing chiefs 126; title: Palm Sunday at Onitsha 126; title: Human sacrifices. The Juju Grove 127; title: Great Meeting of the Chiefs 128; title: The Judge denounces slave-murder 129; title: Perilous march to prevent murder 132; title: Murder of slaves after all 134; title: Who shall fire the first shot? 135; title: The civilians sent out of danger 137; title: Asaba shelled. Juju-trees cut down 139; title: The Asabas sue for peace 140; title: Further hostilities 141; title: Chief hanged for killing a slave 142; title: Deputation from the slaves 144; title: Homeward bound 146; title: Catholic Mission at Asaba. P&re Poirier 148; title: Father Zappa at Asaba 149; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Cardinal Lavigerie's Crusade 152; title: Anti-Slavery Meeting at Manchester 153; title: Visit to Rome. Propaganda and African Missions 154; title: Sir James and Lady Marshall have an Audience of the Pope 155; title: Leo XIII. makes him a Knight of St. Gregory the Great 158; title: The Oratory. Cardinal Newman's interest in African Missions 160; title: Margate. Sudden illness 160; title: Receives the Last Sacraments 161; title: Holy and happy Death 162; title: Requiem, and Funeral Sermon 163