The material includes, next, a number of lectures, upon his various explorations; these he prepared with great care, but they were never published. They were written after he had published the books covering the same travels; and in the lectures we have the story told in a more condensed and colloquial way. Finally, there are his letters; in those to acquaintances, and even to friends, Stanley was always reserved about himself, and his feelings; I have therefore used only a few of those written to me, during our married life. In some parts of the book, a thread of editorial explanation connects the passages by Stanley’s hand; and for some periods, where the original material was fragmentary, the main narrative is editorial. The use of the large type signifies that Stanley is the writer; the smaller type indicates the editor’s hand. I would here record my deep gratitude to Mr. George S. Merriam, of Springfield, Massachusetts, U. S. A., for the invaluable help and advice he has given me; and also to Mr. Henry S. Wellcome, Stanley’s much-valued friend, for the great encouragement and sympathy he has shown me throughout the preparation of this book for the press. Mr. Sidney Low’s beautiful tribute, I republish, by kind permission of Messrs. Smith and Elder, from the ‘Cornhill Magazine,’ of July, 1904. Finally, I would draw attention to the map of Africa placed at the end of this volume: Stanley carefully superintended the making of it by the great map-maker, Mr. John Bolton, at Messrs. Stanford’s. It was Mr. Bolton’s suggestion that I should put the small outline map of England beside it to indicate, by comparison, the relative size of that portion of Africa which is included in the larger map. D. S. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY XV PART I AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THROUGH THE WORLD I. THE WORKHOUSE 3 II. ADRIFT 35 III. AT SEA 69 IV. AT WORK 86 V. I FIND A FATHER 118 VI. ADRIFT AGAIN 140 VII. SOLDIERING 167 VIII. SHILOH 186 IX. PRISONER OF WAR 205 PART II THE LIFE (_continued, from Stanley’s Journals, Notes, etc._) X. JOURNALISM 219 XI. WEST AND EAST INDIAN WARS OF THE WEST.--ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN, ETC. 225 XII. A ROVING COMMISSION 237 XIII. THE FINDING OF LIVINGSTONE 251 XIV. ENGLAND AND COOMASSIE 285 XV. THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT 296 XVI. FOUNDING THE CONGO STATE 333 XVII. THE RESCUE OF EMIN I. THE RELIEF 353 II. PRIVATE REFLECTIONS 380 XVIII. WORK IN REVIEW 392 XIX. EUROPE AGAIN 409 XX. THE HAPPY HAVEN 423 XXI. POLITICS AND FRIENDS 439 XXII. IN PARLIAMENT 466 XXIII. SOUTH AFRICA 482 XXIV. FAREWELL TO PARLIAMENT 501 XXV. FURZE HILL 506 XXVI. THE CLOSE OF LIFE 512 XXVII. THOUGHTS FROM NOTE-BOOKS 517 BIBLIOGRAPHY 541 INDEX 543 ILLUSTRATIONS HENRY M. STANLEY, 1890 _Frontispiece_ _Photograph by Mrs. Frederic W. H. Myers._