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NEW BOOKS. The Last Journals of David | } Livingstone. onderful Preservation of His Papers. His Wanderings—The Land of the Sokos— Meeting with Stanley. HIS LAST JOURNEY AND DEAT: Afnean Traits and Superstitions—The } stores and medicines waich had been forwarded Typical Negro. CHATS ABOUT THE NOVELISTS » Edith’s Mistake"—“ Lost for Love"—“In Honor Bound *—" The Wilds of London.” “The Last Journals of David Livingstone.” pubs shed in London by John Murray, and shortly to dppear tn this country (rom the press of Harper & Brothers, isa work of extraordinary interest. The American edition will be published by direct Brrangement with Dr. Livingstone’s family, who, Im addiuon toa large sum paid in advance, will Receive the usual percentage on the sales. Dr. Livingstone is the grandest figure in the long annals of African expioration and discovery. He wag of true heroic mould, brave, but not eovetous of danger lor the shke of displaying bravery, strong of heart and firm of purpose. An fron constitution carried him through years of hardship and privation, and had the relief af- forded by tie arrival of Stanley at Ujijt reached Rim a year earlier, before accumulating | ‘physical ailments had broken down his health, though they could not subdue his | ‘will, 1t is probabie that ne would have lived to | fomplete the great journey which he had planned %o the unexplored region lying west of the Lualava Rver, where he believed the sources of the Nile would be found. But though not permitted to look with his own eyes upon the mysterious springs of the great river of Egypt he died in the belief that his feet touched the very threshold of their birding place, and that some more fuvored traveller in the immediate future, following in his ,ootsteps, ‘would be aole to solve the prob'em which from the Says of Sesostris until now has baffled human en+ ergy. He had the happiness to know that the pa- pers transmitted to London through Mr. Staniey contained ali the most important points of bis dis- coveries, including bis theory of the Nile sources; but every feeling heart must regret tnat his dying moments were not cheered by the certainty that every scrap of his journals, Maps and sketches would be carried in safety to the coast by his brave and devoted servants, and that not a seraten of pen or pencil would be lost. This circumstance is really wonderful, when we consider the fact that Livingstone died in a wilderness, hundreds of miles in the interior, and that bis men had Lo make their way back to the coast through the territory of superstitious and hostile tribes. In spite of Tyndall, tt looks as ifan “overruling Providence” had directed their steps ani ordered their way. These journals contained a@-vecord of almost every day of the traveller’s life for more than six years, from his landing at Zan- Wivar, in 1865, until four days before his death. His eustom was always to have metallic note books in Bse, in which the day’s doings were jotted down, When time and opportunity served, these memo- Tanda were copied into @ larger volume. During the Inst three or four years of his ile the posting up had to be abandoned. While in the Manyuema country he ran out ‘Ol note books, ink and pencils, and had to resort | to shifts which at first made it a very debatable polnt whether the most diligent attempt at de- tiphering would succeed aiter all. Such pocket books as remained at this period of bie travels Were utilized to the last then of paper. In some i them are found junar observations, the names of rivers and the heights of hills advancing toward the middie irom one end, While from the other the VYulnerary grows day by day, interspersed with map Toutes of the march, botanical notes and careiully made drawings. Butin the meantime the middie Portion of the book was filling up with caiculae tions, private memoranda, words intended for Vocaowaries and extracts irom books, while here Bud there the stain of a pressed lea! causes indis- tinctness; yet the tbread of the parrative runs throughout, Nothing but bis invariable habit of constantly repeating the month and year obviates hopeless coniusion, Nor is this ail; for at length pocket books gave out, and old newsyapers, yellow with African damp, were sew Logether, and bis notes were written across the lines of type wita a substitute for ink made from the juice of @ tree. The laborious task of Geviphering this portion of the journal was only accomplshed With the assistance of a atroug mag- Duying giass by persons wo were thoroughily fa- ‘Miliar with the traveller’s handwriting. On com- paring this gregt mass o; material with the jour- Dal entrusted to Mr, Staniey’s care it was found that @ great deal of interesting matter could be added. In the hurry of writing and copying de- spatches previous to bis companion’s departure Dr. Livingstone wrote up from his note books as much as time permitted, Fortunately he pre- served the original note books, which were saved with his other effects after nis death. In fact, we have not to deplore the loss, by accident or care- Jessness, of @ single entry, from the time of Liv- Ingstone’s departure from Zanzibar in the be- ginning of 1866 to the Gay when his note book Gropped from his hand in the village of liaia at the ena of April, 1873, These dally notes, printed exactiy as they were writren, give a far better idea o1 Livingstone as en explorer and @ man than could have been ob- | tavied from the most finished narrative. Extend. (mg over a period of thore than seven years, they toil in simple, sometimes in broken, words the hopes, disappotntments and reaul:s of his last edorts to (uifl tue mission of his life. In @ more Lnished work, intended for the publie eye, we might baye missed those heartwrung expresstous of devououal thoaglt or of @ weariness weil nigo unto death which make tue journal at times an- Speakavly toucuing. Livingstone was not @ lite erary artist, and had he lived to elaborate his jouruais many of their most interesting traits Would mave disappeared. It is sad to know that disaster rollowed Living- stone irom the start. His Sepoy escort proved to be worthless; his medicine chest was stolen; bis came is and donkeys died {rom the sting of the terrible tsetse fly. The goods sent forward to Ujt;i were plundered and scattered before his ar. f'val at that station. He seems to have made a @reat mistake in choosing tve long and round. About route to Ojiji, by way of River and Lake Nyassa, in preference to the shorter Sud more direct caravan road by Which most of his goods were sent. By so doing he needlessly, It sppears, subjected himself to @ thousand hard- ships and annoyances. He was constantly har. sed by the misconduct of hia carners and weakened by the exhaustion of along and dreary maren through regions of forest and morass. The nations as a rule were friendly; but as they knew Dut little of agriculture and Iived chiefly on mush- rooms, favored on grea: festival occasions with sauce of putrid elephant, he was unable to obtain supplies of food, and suffered constantly from hun gor. The loss of his medicine chest Was agreat misfortune. Me had no quinine, the only saieguard against African fever, and suffered so severely in consequence that sometimes Le became insensibie. ‘The muscies of (iis back lost all power and there Was on incessant singing in bis ears, Never thelcas he accumpilaned | bim, then let him go, the Rovama | more tsa any previous | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. traveller. Moero Westward irom the southern end of Lake Tanganyika, and when went to the town of Casembe, a once famous kingdom, which had veen visited In olden times by Portuguese traders. The people of this region appeared to be more savage than any he bad yet seen, and the chief was a monster of cruelty, He was constantly attended by his executioner, who carried a broad, ugly- looking Sword, and a curious, scissors-like instru meut for cropping ears, a mode of punishment in | Which the despots of Casembe greatly delight. The Prime Minister had been despoiled of his ears for some offence, and no man in the country felt secure [TOM this Unpleasant mode of mutilation: Great numbers of the chiet’s principal men had been punished in this way. “I could not,” says Livingstone, “avoid induiging a prejudice against bim.’? While at Casembe Livingstone heard of a new lake, called by the natives Bangweolo, lying to the south, and made a journey to its shores, This made the fifth and iast great lake discovered by Dr. Livingstone, the others betog Ngaml, Shirwa, Nyas saand Moero, He then returned to Tanganyika, and proceeded to Ujiji, where he found that the trom Zangibar had been plundered and scattered, leaving him but scanty remains, Nearly every- thing bad been made away with. It was now tie middle of March, 1869, He was suffering from sickness and disappointment, and at times be- lieved he should never regain hia heaith, Yet he joined a party of Arab traders, and explored the vast unknown country, Manyuema, lying west of the lake—a land of morass and. forest plateau, of rivers and iakes, peopled by savage tribes, in some of which cannibalism prevails to tne extent of eating enemies slain in war, One of the can- nibals admitted to Livingstone, however, that buman flesh Was disagreeable; it made one dream of the man Who was eaten. THE SOKOS. In this region Livingstofe found the sokoma species of chimpanzee, which possesses many singular traits of character. The sokos olten walk erect, but place the hand on the head as if to steady the body, The face is of a light yellow coior, set of with whiskers and a scattery beard. The forebead is low, with high ears, and is well in the background of the great dog mouth; the teeth , are slightly human, but the canines show the beast by thetr large development, The hands, or rather the fingers, are like those of the natives. The A Of Lhe ieet is yellow, aud the eagerness with which the Manyuemas devour It leaves tue impression that eatibg sokos was the first stage by which they arrived ac being cannibais; they say the flesh ts delicious. ‘The soko is represented by some to be eXtremely knowing, successiully staiking men and women while at their work, kid- upping children and running up trees with the He seems to be amused by the sight of the young native in his arms, but comes down when teinpted by a bunen of bananas, and, as he lifts that, drops the cad. The young soko in such @ case would cling closely to the armpit or the elder. One man Was cutting out honey ‘from a tree, and naked, When a sokosuddenly appeared and caugnt Another nan was busting and missed in bis attempt to stab a soko, It seized the spear and broke it, then grappled with tie man, who called to bis companions, “Soko has caugntme.” Tne soko bit off the ends of his fin- gers and escaped unharmed, The soko rarely at- tacks Women or unarmed men. If wounded he will rush upon the hunter, seize him by the wrist, lopod the fingers and spit them out, slap the cheeks of his victim and bite without vreaking the skin, Me draws out a speur, but never uses it, and takes some leaves and stuts them into wis wound to stanch the blood, The natives say, “Soko is a man, and nothing bad in him,’’ These animals sometimes collect together and peatarude imitation of drumming on boliow trees. and then break out into loud yells ene as hurmopious as most of the pative singin Alter penetrating westward as far as the great river Lualaba, flowing northward—whicn be bde- lueved to be the Nile—be returned to Ujyi, reacn- | ing that station in October, 1871. He was in a dreadiut condition, ucterly cestitute and well-nigh | spent. He saw no prospect of reliel. At this juncture—the dark hour beiore the morning—belp came Irom @ totally unexpectea quarter. We | must let the great traveller tell the story in his own words, MEETING WITH STANLEY. “When my spirits were at their lowest ebb the good Samaritan was close at hand, jor one morn- ing Susi came running at tie top of his speed ana gasped out, ‘An Englishman! | see him) and off he dared to meet him, The American flag at the head of a caravan told of the nationality of the stranger. Bales of goods, baths or tin, huge kettles, Cooking pots, teuts, &c., Made me think ‘This must be a luxurious traveller, and not one at his wits’ end like me.’ (28th October.) It was Henry Moreland Stanley, the travelling cor- respondent Of the NeW YORK HERALD, sent by James Gordon Bennett, Jr, at aa expense of more than 24,000, to obtain accurate information about Dr. Livingstone If liv- ing, and If dead to bring home my bones. The news he had to tell .o one who had been two full years wiinout any tidings from Europe made my whole frame thrill. The terrible fate that had be- falien #rauce, Lie telegraphic cabies successiully laid in the Atianuc, the election of General Grant, the death of good Lord Clarendon—my constant triend, the proof that Her Majesty's government had not forgotten me in voting £1,000 lor suppiies, and many other points of iuterest, revived emo- tlons that had lain dormant in Manyuema. Appe- tite returned, and instead of tne spare, tasteless, two meals a day, late foar times dally, ana in @ week bevan to feel strong. Lam notof a demon strative turn; as cold, indeed, as we isianaers are usually reputed to be, but tis disinterested kind- ness Of Mr. Bennett, so nobiy carried 1uto effect by air, Stanley, Was slupiy overwhelm. | ing. I really ao teel extremely grateiul, and at the same time 1 am a little ashamed at not veing more worthy of the gen- erosity. Mr. Stanley has doue his part with un- uring energy good jndemens in the teeth or very serious oo8 ucles. His Lelpmates turned out de- raved blackgtards, who, by their excebses at Zanzibar and elsewhere, tad rained tueir consti- tutions, and prepared their systems to oe ft prov- ender jor the grave. They had used up their strength by wickedness, and were of next to no service, but rather downdralts and unbearable drags to progress.” EXPLORING TANGANYIKA. On the 16tn of November Dr. Livingstone and Mr. otauley Started on an exploring expedition to the northern eud of Lake Janganyika. On pre Vious occasion he had writtea from the interior of Africa to the eect that tunis lake poured ns waters into the Aibert Nyanza Luke, and the object of the present expedition was to ascertain by ucthal observation whether the junction really existed. ‘Ihe story ut this trip has already been told by Mr, Staniey, and here we heed only allude to the fact that the supposed northern outlet was found to bea feeaer, witn strong current, Qowing into the lake between Jarge, reedy, sedgy imiets. The question oi tue outlet Ouce more became a problem to ve solved | by exploration, Dr. Livingstone nad two theories | In regard to it; one that the outlet might be a | river ruuing Westward into tie Lualaba; the | otner, that tae Wate.s of the lake might fing their | way Out by @ subterranean passage through the caves of Western Kabogo. Tals question has now been detluitely settled by the discoveries of Lieu- | tenant Cameron, anaccount of which was given | He discoverea and explored Lake | the New York Heraip, and despateh No. 3 to Lord | other siae, looking on; they said an Arab who | | Granville.’ | “lar Man Mr. Stanley le es. I commit to ht eals, The iu pressions a gold coin, anna and ake of paint, with royal arms. Posi- otto be opened.” THE LAST JOURNEY. Livingstone Was to wait im Unyanyemoe till Mr. on Ubi haul a tryely | Stanies could send him from the coast a party of | | carriers aud some addivional supplies. Meantime | | he vecupied bimselt in writing, ealeuiations, mans | aha other kinds of preparations lor the ions jour | hey beiore him, date o! May 1, Is hich was to be bis last, Under | , Just one year before his death, we find this ‘eur Finished a letter for tue New YORK HERALD, tying to enlist American zeal to stop the East Coast slave trade. | pray for a blessing on it from the All Gracious.® ‘The concinding words of this letter are as follows:— “Al Lean add in my joneliness 1s, may heaven’s rich blessing come down on every one, American, Englisher Turk, who will help to heal tue oped sore of the worid.” It was felt that notbing could more aptly represent the man than this earnest aspiration, and, consequently, these words have been ivscribed upoy the tablet erected to his memory bear bis grave in Westminster Abbey, At length, on the L4tn of August, Mity-seven men rrived who had been sent lorward by Mr, Stane and these with as little delay as possivie. D Livingstone set out on bis last journey. The marc! was puiniul and exhausting. Soon alter leaving Unyanyembe he Was attacked by an oid chronic dineasé, that Occasioned great loss of blood. | He was ooliged to cross the highlands near Lake Tan- ganyika on foot, for fear o1 killing nis donkey, and partly because he ielt the heat Of the sun more when riding than when waiking, But the hardest part of the journey Was encountered on the shores of Lake Baigweolo. The whole country was so flooded as to resembie a vast shallow lake. It rained almost incessantly, The bative Canoes are So badly constructed Uhat they would not live an hour on the lake ii there was any Wind, and: he Was obliged to wade from morning Uilnignt day alter day, with no decent shelter when darkness setin, The country was deserted and desolate. There was no game iu the woods, and whenever he approached @ native Village the imbabitunts, mistaking pim jor a slave hunter, concealed their scores Of food and fled tn terror, Several times he was misdirected by pretendea guides, and in one instance wandered avout for @ whole fortnight witbout being adie to discover where he was or in what direction to go. . ‘These jeariul hardships soon began to tell with fatal lorce upon & constitution already weakened by disease and exposure. His strength failed rap- idly. On the 19 of April he wrote:—“l am ex- cessively Weak, and but Jor the donkey could not | move a nunured yards. 1118 Dot ail pieasure, this exploration. * * * No ovservations now, owing to great Weakness. I can scarceiy bold my pencil, and my stick is # burden.” Fiom this ume be Was unabie to do more than make the snortest memoranda, and to mark on the map he was making the streams he crossed. From the 22d to the nh of April he bad bot strength to write down anything but tue several dates. Un the 2ist he wrote:—‘iried to ride, but was forced to lie down, and they carried me back to die—ex- hausted,”’ His two taituful and intelligent ser- vauts, Susi and Chuma, to whom the world is in- debted for its knowledge of the last days of tue great explorer, say that on this moraing Dr. Liv- lugstone tried If he was strong enough to ride on the doukey, but he had oniv gone a short distance When he jell to the ground utterly exhausted and laint. susi immediately undid his belv and pistol, and picked up bis cap, which had dropped off, while Cbuma threw down ms gun and ran to stop the men on ahead. When he got back the Doctor said, ‘numa, I nave lost So luch blood, there is no More strength left in my legs; you must carry me.” He was then as- sisted gentiy to Cuuma’s snoulders, and, hoiding the iuan’s head to steady uimsell, Was borne back to Lhe Village and placed in the hut be bad so re- cently leit. His servants say that the next duy they saw that his strength was becoming iess and less, aud in order to carry him they made # kitanda of Wood, consisting of two side pieces ol seven ject 1n length, crossed with raiis turee ieet long aud about four incies apart, the whole lasbed strongiy together. This iramework was covered Wisi grass and a bianket laid on it, Slung irom a pole, and borne between -WO slrovg men, It made a tolerable palanquin, and oa this the exnausted travelier Was conveyed to the next viliage through a flooded grass piatu. To render the Kitapda more comlortabie anotuer blanket Was suspended across the pole, so as to hang down on either side and allow the air to pass under while the sun’s rays were jended off from the sick man, They conuuued to advance, by slow and short marches. through the flooded, treeless wastes, some days not accomplisiing more thau au hour's march, OWibg to the expiorer’s great prostration. On we 27th ne seems to have been tn a dying con- Gifion, and his strength must have been taxed to the utmost to write this, his last entry in his diary ‘Knocked up quite, and remain—re- cover—seut to buy milcn guats, We are on the banks of the Moillamo.”” His strength was now its very loweat ebb. Chuma, oue of his bearers on these last, Weary Miles, says that they were every now and then implored to stop and place tnelr burden on ine ground. So great Were the pangs of his disease Guring this day that he could make no attempt to stand, aod il ited jor a few yards a drowsiness came over him, which alarmed them all excess- ively. On the 29th they reached Chitambo’s vii- lage, 1n Hala, on ihe southern suore of Lake Bang; | weolo, and laid him in a hut on @ native bea, raised irom the floor by sticks an grass. Beside the ved was placed @ box, on which the medicine chest and suudry other articies were deposited within bis reach. A fire was lighted just outside the door, and a poy slept just within to attend to his master’s wants in the nigat, The might passed quictiy. The nexc day Dr. Livinge- stone was obiiged to deler a visit irom Chitamvo till the morro®, waich he was never tosee. in the alternoon he s#ked Susi to bring bis watch to tne bedside, and explained to him the position in which to hold his hand while he slowly turned the ey. LAST SCENE OF ALL, So the hours stole on till nightfall. The men sliently took to tueir huts, While others, wuose duty it Was to keep watch, sat round the fires, all jecling that the end could not be fur off. About eleven P, M. Susi, Whose hut was close bs, was told to go to his master. At the time there were Joud shouts in the distance, and, on entering, Dr. Livsngstone said, “Are our men makiog that noise?’ “No,” replied Susi, ‘1 can bear irom the | cries that the people are scaring away a builalo | drow their dura elds.’ A jew minutes alverward he said siowly, and evidently wandering, ‘is tais the Luapulay’ A few seconds alter he usked how maby duys it was to that river, aud, ou receiving @ reply, sighed, as if in great pain, “On, dear, dear.’ He then feil into a doze, About an bour aiterward Susi heard the boy Majwara calling lim. On reaching the bed ne was asked to bring sume hot Water and the medicine ciest, and to told Lue candle near, as the Doctor's sigut was nearly goue, With great difticuity Dr. Livingstone selected the calomel, whicn he told Susi to place by his side; then, airecting nim to pour @ littie weter into a cup and to put another empty one by it, he said, in alow ieeble voice, “All right; you can go out now,’ These were the last words lie Was ever heard to speak. About jour o’ciock in the morning Susi heard Majwara’s voice Ouce more. ome to Bwana, L am airaid; 1 don’t know if he i# alive.” Susi | called Cuuma and four other men, and they en- | tered the hut togetner. Dr. Livingstone was kneeling beside tle bed, his body suretched Jor- ward, lis head buried io his hands upon the pil- | low. Pointing to him, Majwara said:—“When I ldy down he Was just as ue is now, and it 18 be- | Wagtails are never molested, because, if they were | ; furnished with two excellent maps. The Doctror—The economy practised by some of those miserable creatures in avoiding marriages on account of the expense reminds me of what an old colored woman once tol! me, “We poor soltiers’ widows can’t afford to get married,” said she, “because if we do we forfeit our pensions, So if we want another man we take him, butdon’t haye any Wedding, and so we keep our pensions, assed early that morning had done tin anger at osing the price he bad given for her, because she Was unable to walk any longer.” The next day they came upon a man who had died of starva- tion, One of the party wandered a litte distance and found a number of slaves, with slave sticks on, abandoned by their master from want of food; they Were too weak to be able to speak or say where they had Come irom: some were quite oung. Dr. Livingstone believed that the ouly . ‘ Uhectual remedy lor the slave trade was the an- for tey can’t prove us married.” neXatiou of Central Airica to Egypt and the de- “How can there be anything but poverty,’ con- velopment Of legitimate commerce in vative tnuea the Doctor, “ina country were so many men can earn but a few peunies for a hard day’s captives who survive the long march many die of nome-sickness and longing ior work, and where wealth is so unequally divided as loerty—itterally of wbroken heart, They some- | yp England?’ Umes’ dances ahd sing in captivity; bat not tn murtniumess, One day, Dr. Livingstone writes, | Ad grey? stx men fleves, who were “singing a8 # they did not teei the weight and degradation of ¢¢ ” i tte slave-sticks, Lasked the cause of thelr mirth, | “20 Honor Bound? (Harper Brothers.) and was told that they rejoiced at the idea ‘of | FeLicta—I have just finished it and think Ita coming back after deata and haunting and wing | very pretty and pathetic story. IN HONOR BOUND. Miss RacHEL—Felicia, have you reaa Gtbbon’s TALKS ABOUT NEW BOOKS. THE WILDS OF LONDON. “T have not read so entertaimiug a book this in a long while,” said Miss Rachel, with a copy of the “Wilds of London’ (Scribner, Welford and Armstrong) in her hand, Mrs, NorTON—It is the more interesting from the fact that {tis alitrue. I had no idea that so much misery could exist in @ city like London. ‘The Docror—It is said that thére is more abject poverty and crime in London than in any city in the world, although, seeing so much of that sort of thing a8 1doin New York, !t 1s hard to imagine that it can be worse anywhere else than it is here. Mrs. NorToN—If the English people have been much excited over the revelations in this book I nave Mr, Greenwood has not writtén in vain, Miss RacuEL—Could anything be more frightful than the scenes at liger Bay? Such debased men cause [find that he does not move that | tear he is dead.’ They asked vhe lad low long ue had | siept? Majwara said he could not tell, but he was | sure that ic Was some consideravle time. ‘The men drew nearer, For a miuute they watched him. ‘Then one of them, advancing soli), put iis hand to bis cheek. The body was almost cold. The great explorer was dead, It was wot long beiore vocks crew and the morning Of the 1st o1 May ed. ihe servants were In @ position of pecultar dim- | in the HERALD a few days ago. THEORBTICAL DISCOVERERS.” Dr. Livingstone expressly retraiued from com- mitting bimself to theories. He entertamed a | very wholesome \istrust of the “theoretical als- coverers” who filled in the Vacant map of Central | Africa, a8 the German philosopher nade up his description ot the cagnel, “irom tue depths of their | inner consciousness.” ‘He speaks of one build mapmaker who stretcbed out Lake Nyassa some | 200 miles to the nortuwest, aud of anotuer | Who made @river ran up hill in tue same region, | | and callea 1 the “New Zambesi—prooabiy be- | cause the old Zambe-i runs down hill, Dr. Living stone Was iamillar witu the whole of this regiun, | aud until he saw thes» wonderiul maps was nos | aware that he was Waiklug about in the middie of adeep ake and had crossed a river that set the | laws Of graVitation at dedance. PARTING WITH MR. STANLEY. As the time of separation drew near Mr. Stanley | endeavored tg persuade Dr, Livingstone to visit | bome belore undertaking auotver journey. He writes in his jourial:—"Mr, Stanley used some very strong arguments tn favor oi my going home, recruiting my Strength, getting artificial veecn, | and then returning to finish my task; but my judgment said, ‘all your iriends will wish you to Mane a compicte Work of tue exploration oi the | sources Of the Nile belore you reure.’ My daughter | Agnes Says, ‘Much as | Wish sou to come bome, I | would ratuer that you Goisied your work to your | own satisiaction than return merely to gratily | me.’ Rightly and nobly said, my daring Nannie. | Vanity Whispers pretty loudly, ‘She i@ @ chip of | toe od block.’ My blessing on her and ail the | Test.’ | It was his ardent wish to test the correctness of | a theory which he nad formed, trom jatormation | obtained through bis own expicrations or gleaned | jrom Wanuering tragers, in regard to the sources of | the Nile, He iad heard of a great mound or wader- shed to the west of Lake Bangweoio, irom whicn Sprang tour gusbing fountains, each of which, at no great distauce, became a large river, two of them flowing hortnward ana forming the Lua laba, the other two flowing soutaward; and ne supposed that the former might Le the fountains | ol the Nile, mentioned to Herodotus by tue secre- tary of Minerva, in Sais, At any rate, he deemea | them Wortiy Ol discovery, ana hey were tue yoal of his last journey. He purposed to go rouud the southern ebd of langaoyika, aud across the Cuam- bezé, and around along the soutvern shore ot Bangwev'o, tience gue West to the supposed Tegiou Of the ancient fountains. But the first thing Was to ob supplies aod men, and heariog that some of the goods seut irom Zanaibar were lying at (a00r0, 40 Arav trading station in Unyanyembe, ast ol Tanganyika, he accompan: Mr, Stanie #0 jar On fils Way hot They t arted. ne | Reparation, which must have been keenly painful to the old expiorer, is thus simply recorded in his | Journal | but of carrying it back to the coast opposite Zau- “jSem Mance.-Finishod my letter to Mr, Bennett of | O1 On One side, ANd another of women enity. All Alricaus have such a horror of the dead | that they surink from touching a corpse; yet these faituiul men not only took upon themselves the task of embalming the vody o1 their late master, wibar, Where it Could be surrendered to iis coun- trymen, With an intelligence rarely found in people of their class they gatuered up every scrap of fis journals and Maps and ail bis iustruments, and carried them, With the dead body dreary regions of ‘forest aud mor: © turough moun- 1 coast. 6 that will | It 18 not pleasant to learn | tains and across rivers, down to the heirs was a truly verole deed, and « hever be lorgotten. | that on their arrival at Zanzibar they were culdly | treated by the insolent British olfcials, and not evea allowed to accompany the remans ot their beloved master on board the ship taat conveyed the body home. But tor their fidelity and bravery the worid would have lost these memorials of & great mad, aud bis boay Would have been lett to decay in an Alrtcan swamp lustead of resting in Westminster Abbey. Surely those with whom he spent bis (ast years, and to which science 1s #0 much icebted, suould hot be allowed to pass away unreWarded. HORRORS OF THE SLAVE TRADR, We have aliuced to Dr. Livingstone's detesta- tion of (he slave trade aud of his eslorts to have It suppressed. It Was nis revelations that brought about sir Bar‘le Brere’s treaty with the Sultan of Zanaivi aot he has thoroughiy sympatoized witn (he onject of Sir Samuel Buxer's expedition into Ceatral Airica, Words tall to paint the hor- Tors whic) aliend the capture Of nezroes in their native Villages and toeirdreadiu. march wo the coast, Hundreds and thousands perish by the way, those Who Jali exfausted being generaily Kuled by their @Xasperated captors, oreit, with the heavy slave Stick about their heck, vo aie of starvation, Vast regions of country have veen laid Waste by fire and sword—the people killed or driven down toward the coast, and tue land. once populous and flourishing, becomes a desert. Thus, ander date of June 19, 15% Livingstoue writes:—"We passed a woman tied by the neck to & tree and dead. The peopie of the country ex- plained that she had been unable to keep up wih the other siaves Ina gang, and her master tad determined that she should not become tue prop- erty of any one eise U she recovered alter resting jora time, I may mention here that we saw others Wed up in a similar manner abd one lying in the pa hb shot or stabbed, lor she Wasin @ pool Of blood. ~The explanation we got invanably wes that the Arao Who owned these victims Was eD- Taged at losing bis money by the slaves becoming Unable to march, and Vented his spleen by’ mur dering them.” Again, under date of Jaue 26:—~ “We passed @ slave woman snot or staboed through the body and iying on the path, A_ group of men stood about @ hundred yards toe | those Who had sold them.’ Some of the words had to inquire about; ior instance, the meaning | M88 RacHEL—Don’t you think that Grace is of the Words ‘to haunt and kill by ‘spirit power;’ | rather too angelic a character? 1t does not seem pak eee Fl gL parr mee | tome thatif I loved a man very much, tnat is, . Oke 18 0 die, ok Shall Come to haunt ano to kill soa." ‘Then ait | €uough to marry him, that I could surrender him joimed in the chorus, which was the name of each | to another girl so readily and keep good friends eset sates tase homeo te bitserness | with him and her after having been brought up in 'APRICAN SUPERS | the belief that he was to be my ausband. Dr. Livingstone’s journals | Fevicta—I could not nave acted in that over pat is new conc bedolr: ait character; but neon | generous way, but then my name is not Grace; are a jew anecdoces relating 10 some supersti- Tons current among them which we do not re- | Peruaps her name had something to do with Ler bearers} to have met with before:— ae Rae character. It seems to me that if I bad been tne a child cuts vhe upper iront teeth before the | otner one, Teente Thorston, that I would have lower itis k ucky; this is a widespread ij " si persuition. “When wae ao ong the, Makoiolo in felt a little uncomfortable about accepting @ man ne one sane cork , he nee aliow tas | who was resigned in my favor. But there is no servant's chtid to be kilied for this; but few woul Rave the courage to act in opposition to public ‘Talttnig whet & person ip love wit do. feeling as she did, In Casembe’s country 1a | Miss RacueL—Walter Burnett did appear rather -~- seen . turn ? ve ap side to the er in the light ofa shuttlecock, A good teliow, who sleep it is killed. They say Of any chil who has woat they. consider these deiects would bave been very lovable a3 @ brother, but “ne is an Arab child," because the Arabs have | 2Ot quite strong enough ior a husvand. reer of this — of Celerpysentes san should int | _ Feiicta—t1 cannot understand how he could have rab be near they give vhe child to him; tt woul 7 bring ill luck, misiortunes, “milando? rs guilt to | heard his father telling Teenie that he (Walter) the iamily. ‘nese superstitions may account for | believed her to be an heiress when he became en- says that these children must haye been taken in | SPO It might have saved a world of trouble, It Wir, as none sell the:r own offspring. does not seem manly to me for a man to allow Jt Casembe dreams of any man twice or three | himself to appear in go false a light from a little times he puts the mao to death, as one who is squeamishnesa. practiaing. secret arts against nis iife; if auy one | 54 pounding or cooking 100a for him he must pre- Miss Racuet—That was very weak in Walter, neta abe ee nen etee Lee ea but it was tn keeping with his whole course of life. 0 . ‘The people of satanga are afra:d to dig for the FELIcIA—Although Teenie ts the best character gold iu their yeaeigpd Lecause Rage A re tnatit | in tne story and a splendid girl, I think that Wal- Das been hidden where tt is by *Ngolu,” wno is | ter, % ' the owner 01 it. The Arabs translate Ngolu by | ee) eee a x nt wee aver 20 BONO TATED Satan—it means Mézimo, or departed’spirits, too, | 12 love with ber. Such unequal matches are The people are all oppressed by toeir supersu- | Deariy always unhappy. 1p @ case of this kind the ions; tne tear of death 1s remarkably strong. The | nusvana, without knowing it, feels that he ts held Killed, death would visit the village.” This, tuo, 13 | down by his wile, aud sue, poor thing, feels that the case wit the small Whydah birds, the iear of | she is but a millstone about his neck, pastedartg minds of the people save them irom | iss RacuEL—Poor Teente, although she was a molestation, Some Arabs believe that a serpenton one of the | Much stronger character than Walter, she was islands In the Nvansa Lake has the pomer of completely disarmed wnen he got out his books to Speaking, and is the same that begutled Eve. It air’ ia oritae ne Ujifi to killa serpent, aven though i¢ | Ted to her. - Blair's sermons must have been very enters a house und Kills a kid! ary reading for &@ woman whose whole life had THE TYPICAL NEGRO. been one of adventure, In the healthiul uplands around Lake Moero | periota—I cannot see why ministers’ wives are Livingstone fell in with a very handsome race of | negroes. “Many of the men,’ he writes, “have as | Supposed to be born Sunday school teachers; benuural heads ye a could ae an Feogecnel f | Teenie knew more about the sea and the manage- ot Europeags, Ail have very fine iorms, wi @math hands aid ifecee. None. of: the West Coat ment of boats than she did about the catechism ugliness, from which most of our ideas of the | 40d the management of children. Ler derived, Me re tae Le Lal ply pres: Miss RacuEL—!he only wonder to me is that athous Jaws or lar! els offende fi sight. My observations deepened the impression | TeeMle was not more Jealous of Grace; It was not rst obtained from the remerks o1 Winwood | Very Pleasant for tne wife to overnear her hus- aeee ithe one iui eg ak Lobia ‘ the | band saying, “I do love you, Grace; and in say- ancient Egyptian, and not in the ungainly forms which grow up i the unheaitny swamps of the | 28 1t1 am neither in word nor heart disloyal to West Cpast. Indeed it is BrOna Ne ie this upland | Teenie.” Perhaps he was not. which was true forest region 18 toe (rue home of the negro. The | enough, but 1t was hard for Teenle to bear Women excited the admiration ot the arabs. J ‘They have fine, small, well jormed teatures; their | ®t the time; she felt her inferiority to Grace most great defect is one Hd seanlony pea lee keenly, and knowing that Walter might have tend to the next tribe; they file their teeth to 1 points, the hussies, and that makes their smile | peel ee fe 1 eal like that of the crocodile.” At was a bitter pill. Here . ig gtd of this pine Praaiels FELIciIa—Have you ever noticed that in English work. It is well edited, proiusely tilustrated, matuly from Livingstone’a own gare and is | peisinaber pa ry tact an ne Work iy cannot fail to have an immense circulation, it de- | feet? An American, if he was an honorable fellow serves to have a place in every library. and wanted money, would pull off his coat and go to work and earn it, Miss RacHEL—Iit is very funny; but the best of them seem to doit. It 18 just as common in Eng- land for 8 man as it is here for 8 woman to marry for money. . FELicia—True; but there is more excuse for the woman. She has not 60 many ways of making money open to her as @ man has. A woman can only make mcney by her talent, while a man may be a perfect fool and yet make a fortune. But to return to the story. I cannot see why Walter's conscience should have pricked him for not hav- ing married Grace when he really loved Teenle the most. Miss RacHEL—It was only because he was ten- der-hearted and a weakiing. Although his wife loved Grace 1t must have been very bitter to her for Walter to have deferred so much to Grace’s opinion. Feicta—The old song says that ‘’tia good to be off with the old love before you are on with the and women, soaked in gin, robbing, swearing, new,’’ and I guess that is about the truth, althougn dancing! I don’t wonder that Mr. Greenwood | 1 'Bis case both of the loves were so amiable that calis the women tigera—they certainly are not | there was not much harm done. human beings, . Miss RachEL—Teenie was a very natoral charac- Tne Docror—I guess we could find es bad as | tet 1 all but the very. short and muid fit of jealousy Tiger Bay in New York. I know of one place on | With which sne was seized. Broadway that is not far bemind tt. ‘Faiicta—To kill off Teenie and marty Grace ana FRED—That memorable mght on which I made | Walter makes the ending very commonplace. It the rounds of the dens of this city with a detec. | would have been much better to have killed Grace tive Isaw some feariul sights. Strange to say, I and that Walter and Teente should have scattered could jeel nothing but pity for the “pretty waiter | 10Wers over ner grave. girls,” they seemed go very sad, and only laughed | Miss RacHEL—There are many characters in the aud joked because the proprietor’s eye was upon | book that are very interesting. Skipper Dan, the them. Very poor fun that sort of ilfe. Nearly ail | °l4 Laird, who was not so bad in the main; Habbie of the poor creatures told me that it was nothing | G0wk, Maysie and others are excellent sketches. but drink that kept them going. They were an EDITH’S MISTAKE. awful iooking set. Isaw but one with the slight. “Rachel,” said Felicia, bending over a basket of est claim to prettiness, and she looked so much | worsted, ‘I am very anxious to get these slippers like a young lady [know that it almost made me | worked, and, as you have not got anything in Bick to look at her. The others were miserable | particular to do, suppose you sit down here and hags, all skin and bone and powder and paint. tell me about that book, “Edith’s Mistake” (J. B. Miss KACHEL—You are not tue only person who | Lippincott & Co.), that you*have been reading.” has made the rounds of such places. I knowof a | Miss RACHEL—As I Jeel in a rather lazy, alter- lady who dressed as a lad and went through most | diumersort of humor, I accept your very kind otf these piaces in London described by Mr. Green- | proposition. But, as this so‘a is very comior‘able, wood, accompanied by a@ detective, Soe came | you must not be surprised ir I happen to drop of very near being found out, too, bya tipsy old | ina gentle doze. tigress, wlio whispered in her ear, “You can’t fool | a family of Lockharts in the mountains of Vir- me, my pretty lady.’ The officer toid her to | ginia, among whom was a daugnter, Florence, a “ghut up her nonsense.” She obeyed him, but | nice, amiable girl, who is engaged to Frank Mun- ‘was not deceived by the boy's clothes, cair, man of the world,” so the author re- The Docron—Rather @ dangerous game that; peatedly tells us. Edith, the mistaken one, but of course the lady was moved by something | 1s @ cousin of Florence, and a@ girl who more than idle curtosity. | nad “an infidel for @ father, a school Frep—The concert saloons of Londonare pe- | mistress for a mother and a French | culiar justitutions Oo. that city. They must be | capping Of the climax.” She lived with her father | irightfally siupid. You could not amuse an and brother in New Orieans, in whieh city, by the American With such stale wit and silly songs, | way, lives Frank Maocair, the lover of Florence, FELIciA—I cannot understand that finch busi- | He hears of Edith as a beautiful, brilliant woman, ness. [t seems a queer taste for “toughs’’ to | but has taken a prejudice against her and avoids fancy birds; bulldogs are Much more appropriate, | her society jor a long time. it seems to me, At last they meet, and as usually follows in such Furp—lfhey Keep both. Strange to say the cases, are drawn into a littie flirtation, Buthe same men who keep dogs for rat fighting keep | being @ man of the worid, and she being a woman finches tor singing matches, of the world, they meant nothing byit. Edith Miss RaCHEL—Sunday must be an awlul day = did fallin jove with him, but then had she not With the very poor—those out of work, with no | been in love many times before? Still Frank was prospect of getting any. [tis not to be wonderea truly in love with Florence, yet he enjoyed firt- at tuat they carouse all day long. | ing with Edith, Finally Florence, who was nota FeLicia—The prisons described in the chapter | woman of the worid, discovered the passage at cailed “Three Years of Penal Servitude” are not | arms between ber lover and her cousin, becomes as weil kept, according to that account, ours indignant and casts Frank out of ter heart. at Biackweii’s Isiand. 1 visited the Island once | He explains tuat he is only having a and was surprised’ at the kind manner of the | little flirtation, which Edith tnoroughly un- | officers with the prisoners, | aerstands, but Florence is determined and Mra. Nowron—i think such @ place as Jack | wili not hear him, Then Frank, im @ pet, en- Ketch'’s Warren is a disgrace to the citizens of gages him: to Edith, although ioving Florence London. Nosuch foul alleys as those of that region Would be allowed in New York. Four hun- dred persons living up one court and only one cistern for them ail! Justimagine fifty-six miser- | the house on the evening of the wedding, sends able families living in one house, almost without | for Frank to come into the garden, he obeys, and light and air, and in an aliey where the scavenger | she stabs him with a jeweiled dagger, leaves him more. ‘hen his engagement with Bdith is broken, and be makes his peace with Florence and they are to be martied. Edith gets wind of It, goes to man seldom appears aud where the cholera runs | for dead, runs home, flies up to her room, volts the | riot! It is not sirange that thirteen children | door, looks out of tne window, sees @ policeman were buried from that vile hole in one afternoon. | standing in (ront of tle vouse watching a party ot Faep—One Of the strangest stories in the vook | men going up the walk. The men are serenaders, ig about funeral orgies, Ihave seen funerals in but she thinks they have come to arrest he nd this country Waich seemed more like picnics, but she plunges the dayger into her neart and dies the drinking and carrying on described here ex- | PeLicia—That sounds rather melodramatic, does cee. our picnic reveiries. I can imagine DO more | it now horrible sight than to see ondertakers in long | crape weepers passing gin and beer into the | ing the story is very nalural and 18 quice witty at mourners’ coaches. times. There isa very funny scene where Edith The Docror—Jonnson’s Retreat is the worst | lassoes a pompous oid lady with aekipping rope. piace described in the book. To think of @ man | The conversations ave very bright, and there are being #0 depraved that be would keep @ dark gar- | @great many characters of more or less impor. | den for (he resort of vicious giria and boys! Miss Racuet—-The chapter “With a Nignt © mon" ls good, and shows that Mr. Greenwood isa graceful writer as well as @ graphic reporter. Woat eo unselfish man that old caboy wael tance scattered through the dook, gome oF them very nicely drawn, bditn, though passionate and willul, had many good points, and had she not doen “left to herseli"’ so entirely or with only Lad jnfiuences sho would Lave been a splendid girl Weil, to begin witn, there lived | Miss RacheL—Yes, tt does, but motwithstand. | Fericta—Your narrative has only whetted my appetite, and I shall have to read the story [or myself, Miss RACHEL—And I will take that threatened nap. A NEW BRIC+A-BRAC VOLUMB. The Docror—Mr. Stoddard has had a delicate task in boiling down three volumes of Greville Memoirs to one of Seribner, Arms\rong & Co.'s “Bric-A-Brac? volumes, But he has done it well, Acting on the suggestion of the HERALD, no doubt, all the rather tiresome political talk has been weeded out, and the reader may begin at the frst page and read to the las’ without skippiog. ‘The PRoressor (the Doctor’s chum at college and intimate {riend of the family)—I have read nothing in a long time as interesting as this vol- ume apd am not surprised that it created such a sensation in England, where the dramatis per- song are so much better known than they are here, Some of these persons were living when we were boys, Doctor. It makes me feel very old to be able to recollect 80 far back. Miss RACHEL—It seems to me that ifI had beens man, with Greville’s surroundings and opportuat ties, I would not have es@aped being great so cle: erly as ne did, The Docror—Greville was no politician, at least he took no active part in politics, He hung upon the outer edge of public life and surveyed the atrifes and troubles of those above him snd no doubt congratulated himself upon being out of the contest. I imagine that he was an easy-going sort of a man who believed in letting well enougo alone, Miss RacHEL—He has drawn the line between the too matier-of-fact and the too gossiping with much skill, It 18 surprising that a man who spent 80 much time at two auch courts as those of George with more small tulk and scandal. It would hay been very jolly if this diary was published up to the time he laid down the pen. FRED—That would have made Rome howl, as he is a chronic grumbler and spares no one. ‘The PRorgssoR—I think that Mr. Greville wag otten very much disgusted with his ansociates, and would have been glad to have cut the lot nad they not become part of his life, With all bis growling’ he seldom.comes out flatiooted with an expression of opinion. He tells what others say, Snrugs his shoulders and insinuates. Tne Doctor—Greville paints a strong portrait witha few pen strokes. I nave gotten a better idea of England’s three last rulers from this book than I ever had before, Fe.icta—I always knew that George IV, was an odioug wretch, but I did not realize how small ag well as bad he was until I read this book. FReD—It strikes me that the Duchess of York was @ very strange woman. The ideaol a lady allowing her guests to pay for her portrait, not to mentton the bad taste of Keeping forty dogs, be+ sides parrots, tor her personal gratification. Miss RacHeEL—One does not get a very exalted idea of royalty and the nobility from this book, I think the commoners were much more interesting than the aristocracy. Fortunately times have changed since Mr. Greville began writing, although but a lew years ago. | ~ #RED—He 1s rather severe on the “gentle Irving.” says he “wants sprigatiineas and more refined manners.” One has to go from home to learn the truth about one’s iriends, Miss RacHEL—What a miserable man was Byron With all his talents, Notning ever reconciled him to that lame foot, which was to him sucn a de formity while others scarcely noticed it. He had no idea of enjoyment, says Greville, “all with him was riot and debauchery and rage and dea- pair.” ‘The Docror—George 1V. is the only man I ever heard of who was not spoken of kindly after nis death. He was scarcely cold before the press had all his vices, follies and misdeeds laid bare before the public. It was only by contrast that William 1V. was tolerable. This latter monarch ts one of the bad persons Greville speaks his mind about, and he does not hesitate to call him an ass. FRED—If His Royal Highness had not have been halt cracked, bis going about the city imoog. would not have beena oad idea; as it was it proved very disastrous. *Miss RacHEL—Greville’s opinion of the Duke of Wellington is quite hke mine. He does not rank him among the gods, Fgicia—Do you see what he says about Elien Tree, who used to be such a favorite in this coun- try? That she gave promise of greatness in her youth; but when she arrived at years of maturity “Jost ber good looks and became a@ tiresome, sec- ond rate actress.” FreD—The friendship between the French King Louis XVII. and Mme, du Cayla was rather pecullar. Miss RACHEL—Yes; it is the only case of purely platonic affection that is recorded in the annals of the French kings, I imagine. The Doctor—Tney had rare times at that Hol- land touse, Wit and wisdom were the datly food of its inmates and their guests. Fevicra—I wonder if all the sayings and doing of the people who visited the Cary sisters ando those who now frequent the drawing rooms of some of our littératewrs would not make an inter- esting Bric-A-Brac volume? Miss Racnel—mrs. K , the mother of the distinguished Miss K- keeps a record of all the witty and wise sayings of her many clever visitors. She showed me the book once and it was very amusing. I tear, however, that want oj time will prevent her keeping it up. Feiicia—Victoria showed @ great deal of dignity in taking the royal sceptre. She was sucn @ shy thing that the lords and iaaies must have been surprised when she began her career with s¢ much spirit, showing a better appreciation of her responsibilities than either George or William. LOST FOR LOVE. Feticia—Don’t you think that Miss Braddon ts improving? Here is her last novel, “Lost ior Love’? (Harper & Bros.), Which has none of those sensational qualities that are attributed to ita author. Miss RacHEL—“Lost for Love” is a very good atory ; but I don’t see exactly how the titie applica, “saved by Love’? would be more like It. The plot ia skilfully worked out and the character drawing 13 excelient. I ain surprised as well as pleased to notice this change in Miss Braddon's style, FeLicia—How much I dislike @ man like Dr. Olll- vant!—cold, selfish and unlovable generally. He ig just the sort of man who picks out a sweet, pretty young girl for his wile, and then goes scowling through the world because she refuses him. Of course Fiora tell tn love with Walter Leyburne at first sight. His jong, light hair, velvet coat and sunny smile, not to mention the pore folio of sketches, won ber over at once. How much more winning were his open-hearted, franw manners than the Doctor's sour face and mou: roseneas. Miss RACHEL—Flora was not the right one for Leyburne alter ail, nice girl as she was, The veautiiul Louisa, wild, passionate, intelligent, ‘hough poor and living in @ back street, was better suited to his artistic nature. FeLiciA—low very natural that was for Louisa to come vack alter buying her ticket and getting aboard the boat for Austraia, It 1s easy enough to think you will rua away from home while Wrought Up to the highest pitch with temper and asense of injustice done you, but when it comes to the poimt, come what may, there’s no plage like home. Do you remember our youthiui effort in that line? | Miss KacueL—Indeed, Ido; even with the prow pect of being sent supperiess to bed, we were glad | enough to get back. FELICIA—Fiora develops unexpectedly after her marriage to Dr, Ollivant, It seems to me that sne took the news of Walter’s death very coolly; bus when she believed that ner husband had murdered him se came out pretty strong. Mise RACHEL—As Walter was engaged to Flora at the time of the Doctor's attack, he showed a very easy-going disposition alter his recovery not to jeok her up. FRLUCIA—You forget that Louisa had nursed him All through his tilneas, and that be was very glad to iet Flora drop and marry the Woman he always loved, His engagement to Flora was more from @ sonse of duty than lov | Miss RaGHBL=Poor Flora! She deserved a beter fate than to be Dr. Ollivant’s wife, althougy aye oe to loving bim in a quiet war 1V. and William LV, does not season his journal ”