Henry Drummond: Tropical Africa With Six Maps, And Illustrations -------------------- Format Cloth bound hard covers Pagination xii, 228 (plus 16 pages of publisher's ads to rear) VERY GOOD: no dust jacket, hard cover, publisher's original red cloth, upper panel & spine stamped in gilt, page ends untrimmed, cloth lightly rubbed & lightly soiled, tip edge dust soiled, cloth pinched a little at spine tips, hinges strong, binding firm, touch of foxing, text block clean & bright, no inscriptions, 6 folding colour maps in excellent order with just one or two minor shor tears at folds, collated & complete Tropical Africa, by Henry Drummond, was published shortly after the author’s 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. From the geographer’s 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.