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1530 The Publishers' Circular Nov . 15 , 1890 — ———
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. . . _ . .. . _ . _ . _ _ _^^ - _^____—1 —^ m ^ w ^ m ^^^ m SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON & CO . 'S MEW BOOKS . SECOND EDITION . Now Ready < tt all the Libraries , SUPPLEMENTAL VOLUME TO MR . STANLEY'S 'IN DARKEST AFRICA . ' EMIN PASHA and the Rebellion at the Equator . A STORY OF NINE MONTHS' EXPERIENCES IN THE LAST OF THE SOUDAN PROVINCES . By A . « J . MOTJISTTENTEY JEPHSON ( One of Stanley ' s Officers ) . Written with the Revision and Co-operation of HENRY M . STANLEY , D . C . L . & c . With Map and numerous Illustrations , Two of which are Specially . Drawn by Mrs . H . M . Stanley . Demy 8 vo . cloth extra , ONE GUINEA . ' The illustrations to this interesting record of a unique experience are numerous and excellent . Apart from its special value , the book contains many graphic accounts of native races in Equatorial Africa . '—Morning Post . ' Mr . Jephson ' s story is told with excellent temper and taste , with a self-forgetfulness and genuine modesty which do infinite credit to the narrator ; and it is full of the most vivid interest from first to last . ' —Times . 4 Incidentally , however , we are told a good deal that is interesting . Mr . Jephson met with many stirring adventures and had some narrow escapes . Though he is modest enough about his own achievements , it is clear that he behaved with great courage , coolness , and resourcefulness on population several occasions s of the . Equatorial The book reg contains ion , and much gives valuable a striking information picture of the on state the manners of the province , customs under , and the E * Mr gyptian . Mounteney regime ' Jep —St . o James n ' s tal ' e s Gazette is well t . old and eminently interesting . It includes a full description of the latest rebellion against Emin ' s authority , and the results thereof . The book has an historical * The book , a geograp is extremel hical y , valuable and an , et hn ogra ivin p g hical an in va terestin lue . '—Globe g picture . of the splendid country in which Emin spent so many years of his life , and over which he had so little Pall control Ma . ' ll Gazette . * A narrative of absorbing interest . The book contains a number of spirited illustrations by well-known artists . '—Leeds Mercury . In Darkest FOURTH EDITION . Now Afri Ready . ca By HENRY M . STANLEY , D . O . L ., LL .. D ., & c . Being the Official Publication recording the Quest , Rescue , and Retreat of EMIN , GOVERNOR OF EQUATORIA . The Illustrations , numbering over 150 , have all been made from Mr . Stanley ' s own Notes , Sketches , and Photographs . There are Three large Maps and Fourteen smaller ones . 2 VOLS . derny 8 vo . of over 500 pages each , in handsome cloth binding , price TWO GUINEAS . * Mr . ( Stanley ' s narrative of his adventures , privations , sufferings , trials , dangers , and discoveries during his heroic quest and rescue of Emin Pasha is as moving and enthralling a tale as ever was t old ac b t , y so man generous . It is and , moreover eager a , t desire old with on so the genuine part of a the modesty leader of of temper the expedition , so transparent to give their a . fidelity due ; meed of praise and recognition to each and all of his subordinates , not excepting the humblest of his African followers , that the critic's task becomes merely one of unstinted admiration of the ' , almost of the narrative unexampled which grea describes tness of them the . deeds Nor does accomplished the interest , and of the the profound book depend ethical only interest on the « thrilling nature of its subject matter ; of its purely literary merits we can speak in terms of high commendation . The style of the narrative is direct , vigorous , and incisive , as beseems one who is a man of action rather than a man of letters ; but in many of the descriptive parts Mr . Stanley shows that , consummate man of action as he is , he is a born man of letters as well . '—Times . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE & RIVINGTON , Limited , St . Dunstan ' s House , better Lane , Fleet Street , E . O .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Nov. 15, 1890, page 1530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15111890/page/44/
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