. The story of Africa and its explorers. ith impunity, and another fiend bound afemale slave to a tree, smeared her withhoney, and left her to be eaten alive byflies and ants. Yet, as it was not fitting thatthe life of a Mussulman should be sacri-ficed for having killed a few unbelievingsavages, Emin quashed all inquiry. In short,his abilities as a linguist were amazing; histheoretical notions of government good, buthis practice was deplorable : he was physicallycourageous, but morally a coward. Mr. Stanleys reception in England was lilce 72 THE STOBY OF AFRICA. tne progress of a Royal persona
. The story of Africa and its explorers. ith impunity, and another fiend bound afemale slave to a tree, smeared her withhoney, and left her to be eaten alive byflies and ants. Yet, as it was not fitting thatthe life of a Mussulman should be sacri-ficed for having killed a few unbelievingsavages, Emin quashed all inquiry. In short,his abilities as a linguist were amazing; histheoretical notions of government good, buthis practice was deplorable : he was physicallycourageous, but morally a coward. Mr. Stanleys reception in England was lilce 72 THE STOBY OF AFRICA. tne progress of a Royal personage. City aftercity conferred its freedom upon him. Onelearned society after another enrolled himamong its honorary members, and four uni-versities dubbed him doctor. - After beingthe guest of municipalities, kings, and greatprivate persons, his triumph was fittmglyended by his marriage in Westminster prince—as always happens in the fairy-tales—wedded the princess, and it is the hopeof unnumbered admirers that they may live. AKKA GIRL. (From a Photograph hy E. Buclita.) happy all their days—but not in Africa. Ithas, however, always been the fortune ofThe after- ^^^- Stanley, on returning from his math of con- African adventures, to be assailedtroversy. i i ? c by a legion or rancorous critics. The publication of the narrative of thisexpedition was the signal for that after-math of adverse opinion to be reaped. In-deed, so long and so bitterly did the contro-versy regarding certain crucial questions dis-cussed in the pages of these volumes rage,that the literature of the Stanley expeditionbefore many months grew into a little is not necessary to rehearse the pointsthen at stake. Most of them have already been settled or have been incidentally dis-missed in the course of the preceding , it is essential for the completion ofthis brief history that one or two of the moreprominent should receive some notice beforewe close this chapter. It may be
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