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Excerpt from Stanley and the White Heroes in Africa: Being an Edition From Mr. Stanley's Late Personal Writings on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition and Discoveries in the Dark Continent, With Other Matter From the Works of His Companions and Predecessors The above statements will also bear out the assertion that few subjects command more attention at the present day than this very one of the explorations of the Dark Continent. It may be urged, on the other hand, ' that of making many books there is no end, and that since there are many in the libraries published upon this subject, another is unnecessary But there is this point to be considered: Such libraries are not accessible, except in the large cities; and even there, no one has so complete a collection on this special subject as the sources to which we have had access. Shall one who wishes to know what has been done in this part of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.