Life and Explorations of David Livingstone (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Life and Explorations of David Livingstone<br><br>The cent success of the unique expedition of the new-york Herald newspaper in search of Dr. Livingstone the most dis tinguished of African missionaries and modern travellers has given renewed interest to a continent which has been well described as the division of the world which is the most interesting and about which we know the least. To supply the popular demand fotin formation in regard to Africa the explorations of Dr. Livingstone the Herald expedition and subjects most intimately connected therewith the following volume has been prepared. It will be seen that Dr. Livingstone himself and Mr. Stanley the conductor of the Herald expedition have been largely quoted in the compila tion of the work. No one has written of Africa more intelligently graphically or fully than Dr. Livingstone and none so recently as Mr. Stanley. They are of course the principal authorities for this volume as they are the best that can be had but the te searches of others have been used whenever necessary to add in terest to the subject and to make this book as nearly a complete account of all that is now known of Africa as possible. As such it is now given to the public in the confident belief that it will supply a want generally felt and which has often been expressed by the journals of our own and other countries and other recog nized representatives of public Opinion.<br><br>No book of travels is more interesting than the great work of Dr. Livingstone and none we think which contains so much information valuable to the reading world. There we have a nar rative in which are finely blended accounts of missionary labors scientific researches explorations among strange people wonderful animals a country to which attaches the deepest interest; and all told in the most attractive manner. In Mr. Stanley''s dispatches.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.