“The stories it contains are full of the kind of novelty, peril, and adventure which are so fascinating to children.... It is a capital book for boys.”—_London Spectator._ “Exceedingly interesting—as much so as even ‘Robinson Crusoe’ ever was—not only to young people on account of its striking novelty and charming and natural style, but to the aged and learned as well.”—_New York Herald._ “These stories are entertaining, and are well told, and they are calculated to impart much knowledge of natural history to youthful readers.”—_Boston Traveller._ “M. Du Chaillu tells his stories in a ‘once-upon-a-time’ way, with a personal zest which is quite captivating.”—_Hartford Press._ “Almost a rival of ‘Robinson Crusoe’ for intense interest, while it has this advantage over that work, that it is a narrative of facts.”—_Sunday-School Times._ “It is a book for young people—true, every line of it, but full of action, adventure, enterprise, and peril, and as exciting as a well-told fairy tale.”—_Philadelphia Press._ “Du Chaillu’s stories of the cannibals, and of his adventures in the vast forests of Africa, and among the wild beasts and men no less wild, are told in a picturesque, vivacious style.”—_New York Times._ “Fresh, original narratives related in a style of incomparable naiveté, and with a delightful confiding tone that must find its way to the heart of every juvenile lover of the marvels of nature.”—_New York Tribune._ “Full of rare adventure, and probably what is better, of truth.”—_Zion’s Herald._ “Too strange, as well as too life-like, not to be true.”—_Christian Advocate._ PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. ☞ _Sent by mail, postage prepaid, on receipt of $1 75._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES ● Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained. ● Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. ● Enclosed blackletter font in =equals=.