| CHAPTER I. |
| INTRODUCTORY. |
| A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF AFRICA — ITS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION — LITTLE INFORMATION EXTANT IN RELATION TO LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CONTINENT — THE GREAT FIELD OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION AND MISSIONARY LABOR — ACCOUNT OF A NUMBER OF EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF MUNGO PARK, DENHAM AND CLAPPERTON, AND OTHERS — THEIR PRACTICAL RESULTS — DESIRE OF FURTHER INFORMATION INCREASED — RECENT EXPLORATIONS, NOTABLY THOSE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE AND MR. STANLEY, REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK “HERALD” NEWSPAPER | 17 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| GEOLOGY OF AFRICA—ANTIQUITY OF MAN. |
| THE GENERAL GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE CONTINENT — THE WANT OF COMPREHENSIVE INVESTIGATION — SINGULAR FACTS AS TO THE DESERT OF SAHARA — THE QUESTION OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN — IS AFRICA THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE HUMAN RACE? — OPINIONS OF SCIENTISTS TENDING TO ANSWER IN THE AFFIRMATIVE — DARWINISM | 28 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| THE RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS IN AFRICA. |
| THE RESULT IN BEHALF OF SCIENCE, RELIGION AND HUMANITY OF THE EXPLORATIONS AND MISSIONARY LABORS OF DR. LIVINGSTONE AND OTHERS IN AFRICA — REVIEW OF RECENT DISCOVERIES IN RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE AND THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT — THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA — BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE CONTINENT — ITS CAPABILITIES AND ITS WANTS — CHRISTIANITY AND MODERN JOURNALISM DISSIPATING OLD BARBARISMS, AND LEADING THE WAY TO TRIUMPHS OF CIVILIZATION | 47 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| LIVINGSTONE’S SECOND (AND LAST) EXPEDITION TO AFRICA. |
| AGAIN LEAVES ENGLAND, MARCH, 1858 — RESIGNING HIS POSITION AS MISSIONARY FOR THE LONDON SOCIETY, HE IS APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT CONSUL AT KILIMANE — AFTER A BRIEF EXPLORATION ALONG THE ZAMBESI, HE AGAIN VISITS ENGLAND — SAILS ON HIS FINAL EXPEDITION, AUGUST 14, 1865, AND PROCEEDS BY WAY OF BOMBAY TO ZANZIBAR — REPORT OF HIS MURDER ON THE SHORES OF NYASSA | 70 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE “HERALD” EXPEDITION OF SEARCH. |
| THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN JOURNALISM — THE TELEGRAPH — JAMES GORDON BENNETT, HORACE GREELEY, HENRY J. RAYMOND — THE MAGNITUDE OF AMERICAN JOURNALISTIC ENTERPRISE — THE “HERALD” SPECIAL SEARCH EXPEDITION FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE — STANLEY A CORRESPONDENT — THE EXPEDITION ON ITS WAY TOWARD LIVINGSTONE | 82 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| HENRY MORLAND STANLEY. |
| HIS NATIVITY — EARLY LIFE — COMES TO AMERICA — HIS ADOPTION BY A NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT — HIS CAREER DURING THE CIVIL WAR — BECOMES A CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK “HERALD” — SAILS FOR THE ISLAND OF CRETE TO ENLIST IN THE CAUSE OF THE CRETANS, THEN AT WAR — BUT CHANGES HIS MIND ON ARRIVING THERE — INSTEAD UNDERTAKES A JOURNEY THROUGH ASIA MINOR, THE PROVINCES OF RUSSIAN ASIA, ETC. — ATTACKED AND PLUNDERED BY TURKISH BRIGANDS — RELIEVED BY HON. E. JOY MORRIS, THE AMERICAN MINISTER — GOES TO EGYPT — TO ABYSSINIA — REMARKABLE SUCCESS THERE — HIS SUDDEN CALL TO PARIS FROM MADRID BY MR. BENNETT, OF THE “HERALD” — ACCOUNT OF THE INTERVIEW — MR. STANLEY GOES TO FIND LIVINGSTONE IN COMMAND OF THE “HERALD” LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION | 95 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| MR. STANLEY IN AFRICA. |
| THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE ENERGETICALLY BEGUN — PROGRESS DELAYED BY WARS — THE SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY FROM UNYANYEMBE TO UJIJI IN 1871 — THE “HERALD” CABLE TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING THE SAFETY OF LIVINGSTONE — THE BATTLES AND INCIDENTS OF THIS NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN — RECEIPT OF THE GREAT NEWS — THE HONOR BESTOWED ON AMERICAN JOURNALISM | 107 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| THE MEETING OF LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY. |
| THE “LAND OF THE MOON” — DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE — HORRID SAVAGE RITES — JOURNEY FROM UNYANYEMBE TO UJIJI — A WONDERFUL COUNTRY — A MIGHTY RIVER SPANNED BY A BRIDGE OF GRASS — OUTWITTING THE SPOILERS — STANLEY’S ENTRY INTO UJIJI, AND MEETING WITH LIVINGSTONE — THE GREAT TRIUMPH OF AN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER | 123 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY IN AFRICA. |
| THE GREAT EXPLORER AS A COMPANION — HIS MISSIONARY LABORS — THE STORY OF HIS LATEST EXPLORATIONS — THE PROBABLE SOURCES OF THE NILE — GREAT LAKES AND RIVERS — THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE OF CENTRAL AFRICA — A RACE OF AFRICAN AMAZONS — THE SLAVE TRADE — A HORRID MASSACRE — THE DISCOVERER PLUNDERED | 159 |
| CHAPTER X. |
LIVINGSTONE AND STANLEY IN AFRICA.
[CONTINUED.] |
| AN EXPLORATION OF TANGANYIKA LAKE — RESULT — CHRISTMAS AT UJIJI — LIVINGSTONE PROCEEDS WITH STANLEY TO UNYANYEMBE — ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY — ALLEGED NEGLECT OF LIVINGSTONE BY THE BRITISH CONSULATE AT ZANZIBAR — DEPARTURE OF THE EXPLORER FOR THE INTERIOR, AND OF MR. STANLEY FOR EUROPE | 191 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| INTELLIGENCE OF THE SUCCESS OF THE “HERALD” ENTERPRISE. |
| MR. STANLEY’S DESPATCHES TO THE “HERALD” — THEY CREATE A PROFOUND SENSATION — THE QUESTION OF THE AUTHENTICITY OF HIS REPORTS — CONCLUSIVE PROOF THEREOF — TESTIMONY OF THE ENGLISH PRESS, JOHN LIVINGSTONE, EARL GRANVILLE, AND THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND HERSELF — MR. STANLEY’S RECEPTION IN EUROPE — AT PARIS — IN LONDON — THE BRIGHTON BANQUET — HONORS FROM THE QUEEN | 199 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| DR. LIVINGSTONE STILL IN AFRICA. |
| THE GREAT EXPLORER STILL IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCES OF THE NILE — HIS LETTERS TO THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ON HIS EXPLORATIONS — CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD STANLEY, L
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