The Geographical Results of Mr. Stanley's Expedition

Abstract

IT is evident from Mr. Stanley's stirring letters, which during the past week have cast all other topics into the shade, that pioneering in Africa is not yet at an end, and that that strange continent has not yielded up its last wonder to knowledge. The letters are suggestive of many things. Much could be said in admiration of the heroism and generalship displayed; much as to the difficulties encountered and the sufferings and losses sustained; much as to the route selected, and much as to the conduct of the party left at Yambuya. But in the first place this is hardly the proper place to speak of these aspects of the expedition, and in the second place it is only fair to wait for the full narrative before venturing upon criticism. No one who knows Mr. Stanley had ever any doubt of his success, or could ever believe that he would allow himself to die before accomplishing his work. It is clear that to anyone who has it in him to do heroic deeds there is still ample scope in Africa.