Chapter XXVII: Thoughts From Note-Books (2)

Happiness, thoughts on, 237, 238.

Harcourt, Sir William, 473.

Hardinge, Captain David, 67.

Harman, Rev. Dr., 246.

Harry, boy on board the ‘Windermere,’ 70-72, 78, 79, 82-84.

Hawthorn, Colonel A. T., 168.

Healy, Tim, 475, 477.

Heaton, Dick (Alice), 107-111.

Henderson, Senator, 226, 227.

Hills-Johnes, Sir James and Lady, hosts to Stanley, 464.

Hindman, General T. C., 203, 204.

Holywell, John, 28.

Houldsworth, Sir William, 476.

House of Commons, Stanley becomes candidate for, but is defeated, 439;
becomes a second time candidate, and is elected, 439-445, 466;
Stanley’s impressions of, 467-481, 501-505.

Hubbard, Mr., 158, 161.

Illusions, thoughts on, 524.

Indians, American, the, 225-227.

Ingham, Major, Stanley’s meeting with, 142;
takes Stanley home with him, 146;
life on his plantation, 146-150.

Ingham, Mrs. Annie, death of, 445.

Ingham, C. E., death of, 463.

International African Association, 334-338.

Isangila, 335.

James, Lord, of Hereford, 483.

Jameson, Dr., his invasion of the Transvaal, 482, 483.

Jameson, Mr., 354.

Jephson, Mounteney, joins Stanley’s expedition for
the rescue of Emin, 354;
sent by Stanley to search for Emin, 360, 361;
a prisoner, 368;
Stanley’s characterisation of, 382;
sufferings of, 387;
carries succour to Nelson, 390;
accompanies Stanley to Ostend, 434;
Stanley in last sickness talks of, 515.

Jerusalem, Stanley at, 245.

Johnston, General A. S., 185, 199.

Journalism, Stanley’s career in, 220-250, 291-295.

Kennicy, Mr., 89, 91, 101, 102.

Khartoum, massacre of Gordon’s forces at, 353;
how Stanley would have acted at, 538.

Kimber, Mr., 469, 470.

Kitchen, J. D., 101-106, 121.

Krüger, President, Stanley’s description of, 489-499;
his ultimatum, 503, 504.

Kûmishah, 248.

Ladysmith, Stanley on its position as a camp, 499, 500.

Learning, thoughts on, 526.

Lee, Mr., nephew of General Lee, 165, 169.

Lee, General Robert E., Stanley’s opinion of, 445.

Leopold, King, of Belgium, interested in the opening
up of Africa, 334, 338;
discusses African affairs with Stanley, 412-417;
concludes treaty with English Government, 418;
Stanley the guest of, at Ostend, 424;
invites Stanley to Ostend, 434.

Leopoldville, 336.

Liverpool, Stanley’s life at, 56-68.

Livingstone, Stanley goes to Aden to meet, 237;
Stanley is commissioned to search for, 245;
reported character of, 250;
Stanley in search of, 251-263;
found, 263-267;
why he did not return of his own accord, 267-272;
leaves Ujiji, 273;
character of, 273-278, 281-284, 527;
Stanley’s parting from, 279, 280;
death of, 280;
feelings of Stanley at news of his death, 295, 296;
letters of, to Sir George Grey, 435.

Llys, the, 40.

Loafers, thoughts on, 531.

Long Hart, 72.

Low, Sidney, his article on Stanley’s African explorations, 392-404;
poem of, on Stanley, 540.

Lowell, J. R., _Letters_ of, 458, 459, 461.

Lualaba, the, 318-330. _See_ Congo.

Lyall, Sir Alfred, Stanley presides at lecture of, 501.

Lyons, Colonel, 168.

Machiavelli, 463, 464.

Mackay, A. M., 406.

Mackinnon, Sir William, patronises the Emin Relief Expedition, 354;
and the
East African Company, 446-449;
death and funeral of, 446, 449;
remarks on, 459, 460.

Malone, Tom, 169, 180.

Mason, Penny, 165, 169.

Manyanga, 335.

Marks, Mr., 489, 494.

Matabele War, 454, 455.

McKenna, Mr., 478.

Melchet Court, 423, 428.

Milligan, Colonel James A., 205.

Milner, Sir Alfred, on South Africa, 495.

Milton, John, 526.

Mind and soul, thoughts on, 522, 523.

Mirambo, 257, 258.

Mississippi River, 115-117, 125.

Moon, Mountains of the, 371.

Morris, Edward Joy, 223, 245.

Morris, Maria, aunt of Stanley, 55, 57, 62-68.

Morris, Tom, uncle of Stanley, 58-68.

Mose, boyhood friend of Stanley, 34-40.

Mtesa, 311-313, 317, 318, 405.

Murchison, Sir Roderick, 267, 282.

_My Early Travels and Adventures_, 225, 245.

Myers, F. W. H., quoted, 289.

Napier, Sir Robert, 229.

National School at Brynford, 44, 47-51.

Nelson, mate on board the ‘Windermere,’ 70, 75, 76, 80.

Nelson, Captain, 354, 383, 387, 390.

New Orleans, Stanley’s life at, 81-125;
later visit to, 426, 427.

New York, Stanley’s impressions of, 425.

_New York Herald_, Stanley becomes correspondent of, 228-230.

New Zealand, Stanley visits, 434-437.

Newspapers, Stanley reads, in the wilds of Africa, 252-255;
the scavenger-beetles of, 288;
thoughts on reading the, 528.

Ngalyema and the fetish, 339-342.

Nile, the, Stanley’s discoveries regarding the sources of, 301, 371, 405.

North-Welsh, the, 52.

Norwich, 452.

Odessa, Stanley at, 247.

O’Kelly, James J., 468, 469, 471, 472.

Owen, Hicks, 18.

Owen, Mary, aunt of Stanley, 42-57, 207, 208.

Owen, Moses, 41-51.

Parke, Surgeon, joins the expedition for the rescue of Emin, 354;
on the march, 360, 373;
his journal of the expedition, 378, 436, 437;
Stanley’s opinion of, 381, 382, 390;
accompanies Stanley to Melchet Court, 423;
death of, 459, 460.

Parker, Henry, 187, 188, 193.

Parkinson, John, 58.

Parkinson, Mary, 58.

Parliament. _See_ House of Commons.

Parry, Moses, grandfather of Stanley, 6-8.

Pasargadæ, ruins of, 248.

Peace Commission to the Indians, 225-227.

Persepolis, 249.

Phillpots, Mr., 458.

Pickersgill, Mr., 476.

Pigmies, 365-367.

Platte River, 222.

Pocock, Francis and Edward, 298, 300, 301, 321, 329.

Portugal, in Africa, 338.

Prayer, thoughts on the efficacy of, 519-521.

Price, Dick, 10.

Price, Richard and Jenny, 8-10.

Price, Sarah, 8-10.

Provincialism, 155.

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, 286, 289.

Reading, Mr. Stanley the elder instructs Stanley in, 127.

Recreation, real, thoughts on, 526, 527.

Redmond, John, 474.

Religion, thoughts on, 518-520.

Religious convictions, of Stanley when a boy, 23-28;
of the elder Mr. Stanley, 133-137.

Religious education, thoughts on, 522.

Reviews and reviewers, thoughts on, 527, 528.

Rhodes, Cecil, 455.

Rhuddlan Eisteddfod, 14, 16.

Richardson, Mr., 89-121.

Roberts, Lord, 464.

Roberts, Willie, 22, 23.

Robertson, Mr., 472, 473.

Robinson, Rev. Joseph A., refuses to allow Stanley
to be buried in Westminster Abbey, 515.

Rowlands, John, Stanley’s real name. _See_ Stanley, Henry Morton.

Rowlands, John, Stanley’s grandfather, 38-40.

Runciman, Mr., 525 n.

Ruwenzori Mountains. _See_ Moon, Mountains of the.

St. Asaph Union Workhouse, 10-34.

St. Louis, 115, 116.

Salisbury, Lord, accuses Stanley of having interests in Africa, 408;
as an orator, 445, 446, 465.

Sandford, General, 338.

Saragossa, fighting at, 241-243.

Saunderson, Colonel, 489.

Scheabeddin, quoted, 371.

Schnitzer, Edouard. _See_ Emin Pasha.

Seton-Karr, Mr., 474.

Sherman, General W. T., 226, 227, 426.

Shiloh, 186-204.

Shipman, Mr., 205, 206, 212, 213.

Short, Bishop Vowler, 17, 30.

Slate, James M., 169, 180, 204.

Slave-trade in Africa, 344, 407, 413, 419-422, 457.

Smalley, Mr., 17.

Smith, Parker, 478, 480.

Smith, Captain S. G., 165, 168, 188, 189.

Socialism, thoughts on, 531.

Soldiering, 167-215.

Solomon’s Throne, 248.

Soul and mind, thoughts on, 522, 523.

Spain, Stanley in, 240-244.

Speake, James, 89, 102-105, 121.

Speake, Mrs., 105, 106.

Speke, Mr., 435, 462.

Stairs, Lieutenant, 354, 360, 381, 390.

Stanley, Denzil, Stanley’s son, 483, 485, 486.

Stanley, Henry Morton, his progenitors, 3, 4;
dawn of consciousness, 4;
earliest recollections, 4-7;
his grandfather, 7, 8;
at the Prices’, 8-10;
taken to the Workhouse, 10;
his first flogging, 13, 14;
his second memorable whipping, 14, 15;
life at the school, 16-22;
his feelings at the death of Willie Roberts, 22, 23;
his religious convictions, 23-28;
his meeting with his mother, 28, 29;
the most advanced pupil, 30;
his personal appearance, 30;
acts as deputy over the school, 31;
his struggle with Francis and flight from the Workhouse, 32-34;
adventures after leaving the Workhouse, 35-37;
visits Denbigh and learns of his relatives, 37-40;
calls on his grandfather, John Rowlands, 40;
engaged as pupil-teacher, 41;
visits his aunt, Mary Owen, 42-47;
at the National School at Brynford, 47-51;
returns to Ffynnon Beuno, 51;
life at Ffynnon Beuno, 51-55;
leaves Ffynnon Beuno, 55;
sadness at departure, 56;
arrival at Liverpool, 56-59;
visits Mr. Winter, 60;
employed at a haberdasher’s, 62;
about the docks, 64;
employed at a butcher’s, 65;
ships as cabin-boy, 67;
sails for New Orleans, 68;
on board the ‘Windermere,’ 69-81.

Arrival at New Orleans, 81;
first night in New Orleans, 82-84;
leaves the ‘Windermere,’ 84, 85;
seeks work in New Orleans, 86-89;
first meeting with Mr. Stanley the elder, 87-90;
taken on trial, 89;
in his new position, 90-93;
permanently engaged, 93;
his new feeling of independence, 94-96;
his affection for New Orleans, 96;
on the moral courage to say ‘No,’ 96;
books read at this period, 97, 98;
takes breakfast with Mr. Stanley, 98-100;
his acquaintance with the Stanleys, 100, 101;
his salary increased, 101;
his discovery of a theft in the business house, 102-104;
Mr. Stanley’s gift of books to, 105;
watches the body of Mr. Speake, 105, 106;
adventure with Dick (Alice) Heaton, 107-111;
discharged from Ellison and McMillan’s, 106;
his account of the death of Mrs. Stanley, 111-113;
attends the captain of the ‘Dido,’ 114;
leaves New Orleans, 115;
goes to St. Louis, 115;
returns to New Orleans, 116-118;
taken under the charge of Mr. Stanley and given his name, 118-125;
travels with Mr. Stanley, 125;
his mental acquisitiveness and memory, 126;
his judgement a thing of growth, 126;
studies and reads with Mr. Stanley, 127;
profits by the moral instruction of Mr.
Stanley, 128-133, 137-139;
the religious views taught him by Mr. Stanley, 133-137;
further education at the hands of Mr. Stanley, 140;
his personal appearance, 140;
his last parting with Mr. Stanley, 142-145;
receives a letter from Mr. Stanley, 145, 146;
on Major Ingham’s plantation, 146-150;
at Mr. Waring’s, 150;
walks to the Arkansas River, 150, 151;
at Mr. Altschul’s store, 151-161;
learns of the death of Mr. Stanley, 161;
hears of events preceding the Civil War, 161-166.

Enlists, 166;
his enlistment a blunder, 167;
his mess, 169;
on the march, 171-175;
witnesses the battle of Belmont, 175;
campaigning, 175-179;
in camp at Cave City, 179;
foraging, 179-185;
transferred to Corinth, 185;
at the battle of Shiloh, 186-203;
made a prisoner, 200;
taken to the rear, 200-203;
prisoner of war, 205-214;
vision of Aunt Mary, 207, 208;
enrolled in the U. S. Service, 214;
has the prison disease and is discharged, 214, 219;
events following his discharge, 214, 215, 219.

Arrives at Liverpool, 219;
visits his mother’s house and his reception, 219;
returns to America and joins the merchant service, 220;
enlists in United States Navy and is ship’s writer, 220;
writes account of attack on Fort Fisher, 220, 221;
wanders about America, 221;
“Press” and “Stage,” 221, 222;
floats down the Platte River, 222;
goes to Asia (Stanley-Cook exploration), 223, 224;
joins General Hancock’s expedition against the Indians, and
accompanies the Peace Commission to the Indians as
correspondent, 225-227;
his earnings, 227;
becomes correspondent of the _New York Herald_, 228;
reports the Abyssinian expedition, 229, 230;
goes to Crete, 230;
the Virginia episode at Island of Syra, 230-236;
his further travels, 237;
goes to Aden to meet Livingstone, 237;
his thoughts on happiness, 237, 238;
on slanderous gossip, 239;
on change from boy to man, 240;
in Spain, 240-244;
his application to duty, 243, 244.

Is commissioned by Mr. Bennett to search for Livingstone, 245;
at the opening of the Suez Canal, 245;
in Egypt, at Jerusalem, at Constantinople, and in the
Caucasus, 245, 246;
on Rev. Dr. Harman, 246;
sees the Carnival at Odessa, 247;
in the East, 247-249;
arrives at Zanzibar, 250;
starts from Zanzibar in search of Livingstone, 251, 252;
reads Bible and newspapers in wilds of Africa, 252-255;
his feeling of tranquillity when in Africa, 255;
his ideas on being good-tempered in Africa, 256;
in Ugogo, 256;
in Unyanyembe, 257, 258;
hears of a grey-bearded man, 259;
pays heavy tribute to the natives, 259, 260;
sees Lake Tanganyika, 261, 262;
arrives at Ujiji, 262;
finds Livingstone, 263-267;
tells why Livingstone did not return of his own accord, 267-272;
leaves Ujiji, 273;
his observations on Livingstone’s character, 273-278, 281-284;
his parting from Livingstone, 279, 280;
his return home, 286.

Speaks before societies, 286, 287;
hostility to, 286-289;
received by Queen Victoria, 289-291;
lectures in England and America, 291;
accompanies campaign against the Ashantees, 291-295;
on Lord Wolseley, 294;
Lord Wolseley on, 294;
feelings at news of death of Livingstone, 295, 296;
conception of plan to explore Africa, 295-298.

Makes preparations in Zanzibar, 298, 299;
proceeds inland, 299-301;
his camp attacked, 302-304;
arrives at the Victoria Nyanza, 305;
circumnavigates the Victoria Nyanza and Lake Tanganyika, 305-319;
traces the Lualaba (Congo), 318-330;
aims to introduce civilisation into Africa, 333, 334;
his work of opening up the Congo, 335-339;
and Ngalyema, 339-342;
his manner of dealing with the natives, 342-346;
and his subordinates, 344-351;
his answer to those who regarded him as ‘hard,’ 346-351;
his virility of purpose, 351;
called ‘Breaker of Rocks,’ 352.

Undertakes to lead the Emin Relief Expedition, 354;
starts on the expedition, 355;
forms Advance Column, 355, 356;
on the march, 356-359;
reaches the Albert Nyanza, 359;
constructs a
fort at Ibwiri, 360;
discovers Emin, 361;
his impression of Emin, 362;
goes in search of the Rear-Column, 362;
his discovery of the Rear-Column, 363, 364;
returns to Fort Bodo, 364-367;
returns to the Albert Nyanza, 367;
commences homeward journey, 370;
discovers the Albert Edward Nyanza, 370, 371;
sees the Mountains of the Moon, 371;
reaches the Indian Ocean, 372;
enlightened as to the true character of Emin, 373, 374;
results of his expedition, 375;
his letter on the conduct of Englishmen in Africa, 376, 377;
Sir George Grey’s letter on his work on the Relief Expedition, 378, 379.

Expects implicit obedience from his subordinates, 380;
his descriptions of his subordinates, 381-383;
lives alone while in Africa, 383, 384, 386;
on the white man in Africa, 384, 385;
accused of being ‘hard,’ 385;
his manner of life while in Africa, 386-388;
his thoughts while in Africa, 388, 389;
Low’s estimate of his work in Africa, 392-404;
on his intellectual power, 396, 397;
a leader of men, 397;
on the criticisms of his methods, 398;
his character, 399, 402, 403;
his religious beliefs, 399;
as an administrator and organiser, 399, 400;
effects on his health of the Emin Expedition, 401;
in the last fourteen years of his life, 401, 402;
his personal appearance, 402;
Sir William Garstin’s estimate of the importance
of his discoveries, 404, 405;
his master-passion, that of a civiliser, not of
a discoverer, 405-407;
had no pecuniary interest in Africa, 407, 408.

On the charm of the Great Forest, 409;
his return to civilisation, 409, 410;
writes his book, _In Darkest Africa_, 411, 412;
goes to Brussels and is received by the King of Belgium, 412;
Grand Crosses conferred on him, 412;
discusses African affairs with the King of Belgium, 413-417;
arrives in England, 418;
his reception in England, 419;
his interview with Gladstone, 419-421;
his refutation of the charge that he used slaves, 421, 422;
_In Darkest Africa_ published, 422;
stirs up societies to see that Germany does not
absorb too much of East Africa, 422;
married, 423;
meets Sir Richard F. Burton in the Engadine, 423;
meets Camperio and Casati, 424;
the guest of King Leopold at Ostend, 424;
given degrees, 424, 425;
visits America on a lecturing tour, 425;
travels over the United States and Canada, 425-428;
dines at the Press Club, New York, 426;
newspaper comments on his personal appearance, 426;
visits New Orleans, 426, 427;
feels lack of freedom, 427, 428;
returns to England, 428;
lectures in England, 429;
longs for rest, 429, 432;
his reading, 429;
on the Welsh language, 430;
his reception at Carnarvon, 431;
on Canterbury, 432, 433;
visits Switzerland, 433;
breaks his ankle, 434;
visits King Leopold at Ostend, 434;
his visit to Australia, etc., 434-438;
letter to, from Sir George Grey, 436, 437.

Consents to become candidate for Parliament, 439;
defeated, 439;
his speeches on second candidacy, 440-442;
his disgust at electioneering methods, 443, 444;
on Beauregard, Lee, and Grant, 445;
on Mackinnon and the East African Company, 446-449;
on East Anglia and Yarmouth, 450-452;
on Norwich, 452;
his enjoyment of solitude by the sea, 453;
on the Matabele War, 454, 455;
on a coal-strike, 455;
on W. T. Stead, 455, 456;
on the destruction of the slave-trade in Africa, 457, 458;
on Lowell’s _Letters_, 458, 459, 461;
on A. L. Bruce, 459, 460;
on Sir S. W. Baker, 462, 463;
goes to the Isle of Wight, 463;
at the Hills-Johnes’, 464;
begins his _Autobiography_, 465;
elected to Parliament, 466, 467;
first impressions of the House, 467-472;
impressions of the speakers, 472-476;
on obstructive tactics, 476, 477;
gives his maiden speech, 478-480;
on the Venezuelan affair, 482;
his love for his son, 483, 485, 486;
frequently ill from malaria and gastritis, 483-485.

Leaves for South Africa, 485;
his views on South African affairs, 486-489;
his description of Krüger, 489-499;
feels contempt for England for not acting
with more decision in South Africa, 469-499;
on Ladysmith as a camp, 499, 500;
presides at Lyall’s lecture, 501;
views of England’s lack of decisiveness, 501;
disgusted with the Parliamentary methods, 502, 504, 505;
on the speakers, 503;
on South African affairs, 503, 504;
has little influence in Parliament, 504, 505;
leaves Parliament, 505;
looks for a house in the country, 506;
buys Furze Hill, 506, 507;
life at Furze Hill, 507, 508;
created G. C. B., 508;
how he was misunderstood, 508, 509;
his story of the little black baby, 509;
other baby stories, 510, 511;
his repairs at Furze Hill, 512, 513;
sickness and last days, 513-515;
death, 515;
buried at Pirbright, Surrey, 515;
his headstone, 516-517.

Thoughts on religion, 518, 519;
on the influence of religion, 519, 520;
on prayer, 520, 521;
on religious education, 522;
on Arnold’s _Light of the World_, 522;
on mind and soul, 522, 523;
on the fear of death, 523, 524;
on illusions, 524;
on the training of young men, and education, 524-526;
on learning, 526;
on real recreation, 526, 527;
on reviews and reviewers, 527, 528;
on reading the newspapers, 528;
on returning to England, 529; on the
England of forty years ago, 530, 531;
on socialism, 531; on loafers, 531;
on the cry of ‘Wales for the Welsh,’ 531, 532;
on starting on an expedition, 533;
on the pleasures of travelling in Africa, 533-536;
on returning from an expedition, 536;
on the government of the Congo, 537;
on the value of the Congo and British East Africa, 537;
on General Gordon, 538, 539.

Poem of Sidney Low on, 540.

Stanley, Lady, her marriage to Stanley, 423;
urges Stanley to become candidate for Parliament, 439;
letter to, from Sir George Grey, on Stanley’s
defeat for election to Parliament, 442, 443;
‘nurses’ North Lambeth, 445;
watches for signal of Stanley’s election to Parliament, 466, 467;
during the last days of Stanley, 512-517.

Stanley, Mr., of New Orleans, Stanley’s first meeting with, 87-90;
Stanley visits, 98-101;
visits Stanley, 104;
his gift of books to Stanley, 105;
Stanley’s affection for, 118;
charges himself with Stanley’s future, and
gives Stanley his name, 118-125;
Stanley travels with, 125;
teaches Stanley how to read, 127;
gives moral instruction to Stanley, 128-133, 137-139;
his religious views, 133-137;
the further education he gives Stanley, 140;
is adventure with a thief, 141;
his last parting with Stanley, 142-144;
sends a letter to Stanley, 145, 146;
death of, 161.

Stanley, Mrs., of New Orleans, 99-101, 111-113.

Stanley-Cook exploration in Asia, 223, 224.

Stanley Falls, 326.

Stanley Pool, 329, 336.

Stead, W. T., 455, 456.

Story, Newton, 156, 165, 169, 170, 180, 193.

Suez Canal, opening of, 245.

Swinburne, A. B., 345.

Syra, Island of, 230-236.

Talbot, A., 456, 458.

Tanganyika, Lake, 261, 262, 318, 319.

Tanner, Dr., 468, 469, 473-475.

Tasmania, Stanley visits, 434, 437, 438.

‘Tay-Pay,’ 475, 476.

Taylor, Commissioner, 227.

Teheran, 247.

Tennant, Dorothy, married to Stanley, 423.
_See_ Stanley, Lady.

Theodore, King, 229, 230.

Thomas, Captain Leigh, 17.

Tiflis, 246.

Tippu-Tib, 319-325, 364.

Tomasson, 169, 180, 184.

Tremeirchion, 42, 51.

Uganda, 309-313, 405.

Uganda Mission, 318.

Uhha, 259, 260.

Ujiji, 262.

Valencia, Stanley at, 243.

Vasari, his _Machiavelli_, 463.

Venezuela, and President Cleveland’s message, 482.

Victoria, Queen, receives Stanley, 289-291.

Victoria Nyanza, the, 305-317, 319.

Vivi, 335.

Waldron, Mr., 151, 153.

‘Wales for the Welsh,’ on the cry of, 531, 532.

Waring, Mr., 150.

Washita River, 146.

Waters, Mr., 71, 77, 79, 80.

Webb, Mrs., 464.

Wellcome, Henry, 514, 515.

Welsh language, Stanley’s views of, 430.

Wilkes, W. H., 206.

Williams, Mrs., 92.

‘Windermere,’ the, 67-81.

Winter, Mr. and Mrs., 60, 61.

Winton, Sir Francis de, 338, 419.

Wolseley, Lord, on Coomassie, 293;
on Stanley, 294.

Workhouse, St. Asaph Union, 10-34.

Worsfold, Basil, on Sir George Grey, 379.

Yarmouth, 450-452.

Zanzibar, 250, 251, 280, 298.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] James Francis had been a working collier at Mold until he met with an accident which deprived him of his left hand. As he had some education he was appointed Master of St. Asaph Union, where he remained during many years. He became more and more savage, and, at last, it was discovered he had lost his reason, and he died in a mad-house.--D. S.

[2] In the preamble to the last Statute of Edward I, it is narrated that yew-trees were used for that purpose.

[3] Early in 1891, I visited New Orleans, with my husband. He tried to find the houses and places he had known as a boy. The following remarks are from his note-book:--

‘We walked up Canal Street, and took the cars at Tchapitoulas Street, as far as Annunciation Street. Looked at No. 1659, which resembles the house I sought; continued down to No. 1323--above Thalis Street; this also resembled the house, but it is now occupied by two families; in former days, the house had but one occupant. I seemed to recognize it by its attics. The houses no doubt have been re-numbered. We then returned to Tchapitoulas Street, and thence into St. Peter’s Street, which formerly was, I think, Commerce Street. Speake’s house was between Common and Canal Street--No. 3. Here, also, there has been a change; No. 3 is now No. 5. The numbers of the next houses are now in the hundreds.’--D. S.

[4] From Note-Book:--

‘In the morning, hired hack, visited Saint Roch’s, or Campo Santo, St. Louis--1, 2, 3, & 4, Cemeteries--drove to Girod’s Cemetery--examined book, and found that James Speake died October 26th, and was buried October 27th, 1859, aged 47.’

[5] Young.

[6] A special kind of leather.

[7] The cruel slave-driver, in _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_, comparable with Nelson, bully of the ‘Windermere.’

[8] Beauregard (_Military Operations_, vol. i, p. 300), writing of the battle-field of Shiloh, says, “One cheering feature, however, was the strewing of old flint-locks and double-barrelled shot-guns, exchanged for the Enfield and Minie rifles abandoned by the enemy.”--D. S.

[9] Stanley, now having become a prisoner, is not able to conclude his personal account of this historical contest. It may be of interest to the reader if I briefly summarise the final result.

On Sunday, April 6, 1862, was fought the greatest battle of the war. As General D. C. Buell says in a magazine article: ‘The battle of Shiloh was the most famous, and, to both sides, the most interesting of the war.’ The Confederate army advanced upon the Federal army, penetrated its disconnected lines, assaulted its camps in front and flank, and drove it from position to position, towards the Tennessee River.

At the close of the day, when the retreating army was driven to take refuge in the midst of its magazines, a re-enforcing army was marching to its assistance, and an advance division, on the opposite bank of the river, checked the attacking force.

At dawn, the next morning, Monday, April 7, General Buell heading the re-enforcing army, and with a fresh division of the defeated force, drove the Confederates from the field and recaptured the camps, after ten hours’ desperate fighting.

Whereupon General Beauregard, seeing the hopelessness of prolonging the contest, withdrew his army, in perfect order, and unmolested, to Corinth. There was no pursuit; and this was afterwards much commented on. But both armies appear to have been utterly spent, the Federal troops being as much outdone as the Confederates. General Grant stated that, though desirous of pursuing the retreating army, he ‘had not the heart to order it to men who had fought desperately for two days, lying in the mud and rain, whenever not fighting.’--D. S.

[10] Stanley remembered, afterwards, that the farm-house belonged to a Mr. Baker, and that, in June, 1862, he had walked there from Harper’s Ferry--three miles from Sharpsburg, and nine miles from Hagerstown. Mr. Baker’s house seemed to have been near the cross-roads--near the extreme left flank of McClellan’s army.--D. S.

[11] See Stanley’s _Coomassie and Magdala_.

[12] A city of Egypt mentioned in Exodus i, 11, along with Rameses.

[13] Friday, November 10, 1871.

[14] In his book _How I Found Livingstone_, Stanley recognised the guiding hand of an over-ruling and kindly Providence in the following words:--

‘Had I gone direct from Paris on the search, I might have lost him; had I been enabled to have gone direct to Ujiji from Unyanyembe, I might have lost him.’

[15] This was written in 1885.--D. S.

[16] In _How I Found Livingstone_.

[17] _Wordsworth_, by F. W. H. Myers; in the ‘English Men of Letters’ series.

[18] The natives used old Danish muskets.

[19] The ‘Malwa’ arrived at Southampton on April 16, 1874.

[20] On Saturday, April 18, 1874.

[21] For a full account of the funeral obsequies, see the Memoir prefacing Stanley’s book, _How I Found Livingstone_.

[22] Now Lord Burnham.

[23] Francis and Edward Pocock, who, with Frederick Barker, were his only white companions in the expedition. All three did gallant work, and not one returned.--D. S.

[24] It was here, on this watershed, that Stanley discovered the southernmost source of the Nile.--D. S.

[25] This Uganda Mission encountered tragic as well as heroic experiences, including an aggressive rivalry by the Roman Catholics, fierce persecution by the Mohammedans, and many martyrdoms. Ultimately, it prospered and grew, and the _Guardian_, November 25, 1908, speaks of it as ‘the most successful of modern missions.’--D. S.

[26] The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, presiding at a banquet, in connection with the London School of Tropical Medicine, on May 11, 1905, said: ‘Compare the total number killed in the whole series of our expeditions and campaigns in Africa, and you will find they do not approach a fraction of the native population destroyed every year before our advent. My friend, Sir Henry M. Stanley, once told me that, at the time of his early expeditions, he estimated that more than a million natives were slain every year in the Continent of Africa, in inter-tribal warfare and slave-raiding. Where the British flag is planted, there must be British peace; and barbarous methods must be abolished, and law and order substituted for anarchy.’

[27] _The Congo, and the Founding of its Free State._

[28] This note, from Stanley’s pocket-book, refers to an officer in charge of the station of Stanley Falls. One of the concubines of an Arab chief fled for protection to Captain D., having been beaten by her master. The Arab demanded in civil terms that the woman be returned. Captain D. declared that the woman had sought his protection, and she should remain at his station. The chief insisted, Captain D. resisted. The Arab threatened, Captain D. scoffed at him, and dared him to do his worst. The Arabs thereupon came down, and shot everyone, with the exception of Captain D. and one or two others, who escaped in a terrible plight. The station was burnt, and everything utterly destroyed.

When I asked Stanley what _he_ would have done, whether he would have returned the poor, beaten slave-wife to her cruel owner, Stanley replied, ‘Certainly, rather than have my station wrecked, and the lives entrusted to me sacrificed; but it would never have come to that. I should have received the Arab with deference and much ceremony, and, after refreshment and compliments, I should have attempted some compromise, such as by offering to buy the woman for cloth and beads; or else I should have returned her, on receiving solemn assurance that she would be mercifully treated. I should explain that I was not free, that if I handed the woman back after she had sought my protection, my chief, hearing of it, would cut off my head, but I would give money for her. The Arab would have understood this kind of talk; he would have treated with me, all would have gone well, and we should have parted the best of friends. It is necessary to use your wit, and never to lose sight of the consequence of your acts.’--D. S.

[29] Mr. Stairs, not finding the Rear-Column, returned with the sick.--D. S.

[30] Contrary to the rule hitherto observed, the following dramatic story of the discovery of the derelict Rear-Column is quoted from the account already published in _Darkest Africa_.--D. S.

[31] The two different kinds of pigmies thus distinguished were the Batua, inhabiting the northern, and the Wambutti, the southern district of the territory traversed by Stanley,--the great Equatorial Forest,--which extends south of the Niam-Niam and Monbuttu countries. The correctness of Stanley’s views regarding the pigmies has since been substantiated by Wolf, Wissman, and others. See Dr. Schlichter’s paper, ‘The Pigmy Tribes of Africa,’ _Scottish Geographical Magazine_, 1892.--D. S.

[32] Emin’s people, alone, succoured and convoyed to the Coast by Stanley, numbered about a thousand.--D. S.

[33] These mountains make a chapter in the romance of historical geography. It was Stanley’s discovery that brought them out of the realm of legend. Not long before his death, he expressed to the Royal Geographical Society his ‘dear wish’ that the range might be thoroughly explored. Their ascent was attempted by many, beginning with Captain Stairs in 1889, and the work was at last thoroughly and scientifically done by H. R. H., the Duke of the Abruzzi, in June, 1906, and he named the highest range, Mount Stanley, and the two highest points, Margherita Peak (16,815 feet) and Queen Alexandra Peak (16,749).--D. S.

[34] The Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey, K. C. B., ‘Soldier, Explorer, Administrator, Statesman, Thinker, and Dreamer,’ to quote James Milne, was born in 1812, and died in 1898. He was buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral, being accorded a public funeral.

Governor of South Australia, when twenty-nine, he was subsequently twice Governor, and, later, Premier, of New Zealand; appointed as the first Governor of Cape Colony, 1854-59, Sir George Grey, by a daring assumption of personal responsibility, ‘probably saved India,’ as Lord Malmesbury said, by diverting to India British troops meant for China, and also despatching re-enforcements from the Cape--the first to reach India--on the outbreak of the Mutiny.

He was active in English public life in 1868-70, and in Australian affairs in 1870-94 (Milne’s _Romance of a Proconsul_).

Referring to Sir George Grey’s masterly despatches, with their singularly clear and definite analysis of the conditions of South Africa, Basil Worsfold (_History of South Africa_, in Dent’s Temple Series) says, ‘In so far as any one cause can be assigned for the subsequent disasters, both military and administrative, of the British Government in South Africa, it is to be found in the unwillingness of the “man in Downing Street” to listen to the man at Cape Town.’

* At a very late stage of passing the ‘Autobiography’ through the Press, a controversy relating to this famous statement has been raised, the result of which, so far, seems to demand its qualification, to some extent.--_Vide_ THE TIMES, Aug. 27th, 1909, _et seq._

[35] This refers to an unpublished private Journal, from which this is an extract.--D. S.

[36] This refers to the Rear-Column.--D. S.

[37] ‘Monumentum aere perennius,’ says Horace, or, as we may put it, ‘an Everlasting memorial.’--D. S.

[38] In _Darkest Africa_, Stanley notes that ‘Mr. Mackay, the best missionary since Livingstone, died about the beginning of February, 1890.’

[39] The market-price of rubber is now (March, 1910) quoted at eight shillings and sixpence per pound.--D. S.

[40] The Cape-to-Cairo Route, on _all-British_ territory, thus anticipated by Stanley, and rendered feasible by this Treaty, was lost to England owing to the weakness of the Liberal Government of the day, who were actually “bluffed” into cancelling the Treaty by German pressure.

[41] See _In Darkest Africa_, vol. ii.

[42] The mere list of Honorary Memberships of Geographical Societies, Addresses of Welcome, at home and abroad, and the Freedoms of all the leading cities in the United Kingdom, would occupy a large volume, and therefore cannot be more than alluded to here.--D. S.

[43] The Aruwimi branch of the Congo.--D. S.

[44] See page 207.

[45] See the second footnote on page 459.

[46] See page 375.

[47] A further reference to Lowell is given in the letter dated November 27, 1893.--D.S.

[48] A. L. Bruce married Livingstone’s daughter Agnes, who survives him. The Livingstone family were always close and greatly-valued friends of Stanley.--D.S.

[49] Lieutenant-general Sir James Hills-Johnes, G. C. B., V. C., who was dangerously wounded in the Indian Mutiny, where he won the V. C., for his extraordinary valour.--D. S.

[50] Now Sir Charles Darling, Judge in the King’s Bench Division.

[51] See ‘The Legend of Kintu’ in _My Dark Companions_ (by Stanley).

[52] Our little wood I called the Aruwimi Forest. A stream was named the Congo. To the fields I gave such African names as ‘Unyamwezi,’ ‘Mazamboni,’ ‘Katunzi,’ ‘Luwamberri,’ etc. One side of Stanley Pool is ‘Umfwa,’ the other ‘Kinchassa,’ and ‘Calino point.’ Stanley was amused at my fancy, and adopted the names to designate the spots.--D. S.

[53] Extract from the Journal, dated February 14, 1891.

[54] At Bumbireh. See Stanley’s _Through the Dark Continent_.

[55] This is not yet the policy of England. Thus we find Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Education, saying (February 10, 1909) that he believed that the teachers, as well as the parents, desired that the children should be brought up reverentially and righteously, and there was no better way than basing the teaching upon a Biblical foundation, which had existed from time immemorial, and which it would be foolish and reckless to uproot.--D. S.

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apprenticesip is over=> apprenticeship is over {pg 385}

had been devasted=> had been devastated {pg 387}