Tropical Africa - Henry Drummond
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1888 hardcover with 228 pages. Maps and illustrations. Good antiquarian condition.
| Tropical Africa, by Henry Drummond, was published shortly after the authors return from his African explorations in 1886; several of the chapters having appeared as magazine articles before their publication in book form. There is considerable breadth of subject-matter; but the man of science, pervaded by a robust, religious spirit, speaks in every chapter. | 1 |
| From the geographers view-point, the volume possesses greatest value as outlining the water-route to the heart of Africa, by way of the rivers Zambezi and Shire, and as describing some of the great inland lakes. The geological sketch and the meteorological note are admirable in their way; and the observations upon the white ant, and the mimicry of African insects, evince the gifts of the painstaking and ingenious observer. But the author speaks his most earnest word when he treats the Heart-Disease of Africa [the slave trade], and its Pathology and Cure. Professor Drummond severely arraigns the Powers for tolerating the inhuman enormities of this hideous traffic. The language of the volume throughout is vivid though simple; and the quaint humor, now and again appearing, adds zest and flavor to the interesting narrative. |
