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    The Stanley Book Dinner.

    who character character may find a a . liff little . it iA worth more more . . his 1 I may mav while say sav to truthfully truthfully study that it it

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    Pal Emin l , Mall but I Gazette will leav or e him the to recondite the Editor Editor of the of the Times ¦ . . If I were accustomed to having

    dinners -mm _ -m » - ^ ppv ^» ^ p ^ ^^^ v of w — — - _ ~ this — ^ . m — - kind ^ m - A - PPP 1 during ^ P l - A - — the - ^ Pl last ^ B > three a ^ and \^ ^ ft * ¦ ¦ " a — half — — years % f ^ I ^ mig ht possibl JL y vthink it was

    unnecessary to dwell too greatly upon these thingsbut what I wish to do is to make a

    consistent , character throughout from the beginning as a person who had given his promise to fulfil

    x t ? x a solemn * obligation to people who had asked him to relieve or rescue , as might be necessary ,

    and I wish to say that , -prompt as I have been possible to carry that in the relief back , I ground kept . myself You as will mu find ch as as

    you x skim over the pages that I have dwelt mostly upon the geography of the country and ^ m a ^ m ^ m ^ _ ^ n _ a pb

    upon the . tribes . and their characteristics . in order to convey to you as much information as possible in regard to Africa and its interior .

    That was the basis upon which I began my book . Each of you will be able to criticise , in your own way , charitably or

    uncharitably , as your livers or spleens may direct . I cannot say that anything we have done on this expedition has been perfect . All I ask

    you to remember -L is that we A did it as well as we were capable of doing . It was ali very well to promise to the Committee that we

    would do our duty , but there was a further obligation imposed upon us that we would do it kindly , with as much benefit to the black

    man and white man as possible . I venture to say , when you finish that book and close with my thanks to the Divinity that kept us safe

    across Africa , you will admit that we have been as kind as the circumstances of human nature

    would permit us . Mr . Marston , and gentlemen of the firm of Sampson JL , Low & Co . , no

    one knows what the future may bring forth . I don't know that I shall ever enter Africa again . If I do , you may rest assured that the

    commission that I shall then have been entrusted irrespective with of shall what be my any sole reporter and onl or y object

    correspondent or editor may say . As I exact from myself «/ the obey */ ing ( J of orders , I exact

    the same from those under me or who accompany me , inasmuch as I believe that every man ought to fulfil his promise to the letter .

    that All I can boast ise bef of is , that as I th have h always I carried held a banner prom written ' Thou shalt keep oug thy promise .

    Next of questions week I of am u expected strictly m to issionary answer character a number

    which only wish I shal that l be on most occasions happy like to the do , present and I ,

    questions guests could . If hav for e the instance opportunit Mr y . Robinson of asking ¦

    abo a asked JK ^ bout ut the the rite savacos about , M Home or of Africa Africa Rule — . , 9 1 T or could r . nnlH Mr . ^^ ^*^ a nnswor Hent ' ^^ n s ""^ mm w p - " er ^ y ^^ mm * savages

    difficult them . Taking to touch you all upon and any all , I feel subj it ect extremel such as y

    fore could I win hop your e you universal will permit approval me to and curtail there my

    say effusion ing that and ^ m M I close am in my h duty — scattered » bound — 'mm —— — — remarks to ~ m— m ^ ^ you m * mm «^ w mm * ^ m * not ^ m b ^* y

    I only for the manner in which you come into i ^^ p »^—— . ... ¦ ___ ___

    this hall and partake of this gorgeous feast but also for the silence with which you have A _ ^ _ _ ^ _ ¦ A ^ V mM « A .

    listened to the few remarks I have delivered . I could say would a great suft suit deal if I but out knew until until what special

    points points allow would me to tell you vou , , , , that I ± I am know Know ., pray tremel i h hh y indebted h to you you ; and on Saturday ¦

    exmorning —^ m ^^^ - ^^ pr mm - ^ mm ^^— m , ¦ ^^ v when ^ ^^ " ^^ ^™ ~^ m- w ^^ ^^— you — — ~ m ~ get g — that g book — , of - which - ^ m —m ~^ m ^ p- ^ pj ™^ fmlf Mr . Marston — — has — told — youyou will g ^ f ive — me —¦—

    your ^ Fortunatel ^ pb t 0 ideas Ph Pb ffV mf T ^ P » W of th m ere it . is I not B see B ^ J a ^^ 'w M Frenchman ^ , / ^^— . m ~~* - Foure ^ pp * ^^ vw ^^^ ^ m m ^ —m ^^^^ fc ^ v- ^ ^ is y vilified m ^ HmTm here / ^ Pb ^ ¦ . ^^^ . ^ pi ** m *^ m ^^^ p ^* _ ^^ p y m ^ *^ m * ^^ ^^ ^^ tt <^^ ^ r ^» ^> ^^ m ^ ^ p . A . . B PK MM mW U * mM ^ tpP ^^^ L .. ^^_ ^— ~^~ ^ *^* ^ m

    in it . ( Laughter . ) I don ' t think I have abused a single German eitheror a single

    Englishman , therefore I ought , to secure the goodwill of the Englishmanand I am quite

    sure that there is not a Scotchman , that 1 have animadverted k k upon A . As h to B what fl you _ m \\ ph hold dear- , ^ ^^^ m ^ ^ m ^ ^^ .

    that I most admire . If there . is a thing you admire , I assure you I also admire it . It is all due to this book . ( Laughter . ) It is related in

    some form or other to this book of ours . know ( Laughter why . —( ) laug I hope hter)— from that my you heart will , and have you a

    very large sale ( laughter ) , and that you will reap a large CD profit X ' riPk , and that Pk you V a 4 will be read A y tok A _ ^ ^ ^

    publish ^^ ^ another book on another occasion , and that the firm of Sampson Low & Co . will go on publishing African books . Mr . Chairman

    and gentlemen , let me express to you my unbounded delight at seeing you all , and as time has dealt with you so lightly in the past let us hope that it will deal as lightly with

    you in the future , and that some day we may meet The again Bishop ( loud of Ri app pon lause proposed — ) . the next toast —

    jl " X XT A . , quent of * African tribute Exp to the loration explorers . ' After who had ing prec an eded elo-Stanley he expressed his thanks for the words

    echoed which Mr b . all Stanley those had in whose spoken bosoms , which there would beat be the highest y ideal of what the explorer ' s duty and

    character tj should be . He was not JL afraid of men ideas whose ____ . ch There aracte - _ was - _ rs something st _^ ood „ . ^^ ^_ , . __ p ^_ led ^^^^ ged greater ^ . . . _ . ^ to ^ mm- , than - ^ lofty ^ --- wit -- moral and ^ T-

    greater which endured than the in power the worl of d , words which . The impressed work itself upon the new surroundings with which men

    came the power into contact of utterance , was , but not the the simp power le power wit of or those indomitable and undying qualities which

    were lorers Mr loyal . P . and t Du y to Chaillu character lorers , responding . There and loyalty were , said some to there truth who were . exexpexp

    plored the skies and brought new worlds to our exp knowled lorers ge of . reality There who were brought explorers before of fiction our eyes and

    our a new great life cities . There where were the exp majority lorers of who the exp popula lored - tion had never been . They m * went into the dingy O •/

    and streets sickness ; they . Those lored were until amongst they found the best poverty kind of explorers . But the most popular explorers

    were those who discovered new countries . That evening they had been invited to meet one of the greatest explorers the world had ever seen ,

    and one of they the were greatest on the books eve that of the had publication ever appeared of . He remembered one of those warm July nights

    would they have lie on in hia the bed Sta . tes It when was ten he o thoug ' plock ht , and he he had the second volume of * Through the

    ing Dark he Continent stopped , ' reading and at five , for o ' there clock in was the nothing mornmore to read—( laughter )—and he was so ex-

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    I 812 The Publishers' Circular ju ) y h l 890

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1890, page 812, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071890/page/18/