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    March 1,1890 The Publishers' Circular 23...

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    Mr. Marston And Mr. Stanley At Cairo.

    liis and hair adds , much cut qu di ite gnity short to his , is appearance perfactly white . He ,

    is of course _ _ , thoroug J M ^_~ a— «¦ ib ¦ ^_ i a hl " I y ^_^^ bronzed H . ^ - ^^ ^—^ p * . ^^^ ^ ph ¦ . . I hav _ ^_ . e known him for many » r ¦» years , but I can truly

    K JJ ¦ V- ^ - as I told X > . n . 1 J him Xv « --fr-wi that tV * rt 4 » I never Vfc * rf-i » T ^ -k ** before l-k * -v f /\*«^ saw h a -n of * him sa iiltH y , looking j . v ^^ - *— —¦ — — ^^ half —— — so , well . He is the p icture — of - - and vi is 1

    health gour . He as merry as a boy , full of stories •<¦ and anecdotes of his adventures ¦ .

    ¦ ¦ ¦ Our ¦ fl ^^^ after p ° ^ p ^ m . ^^ ^^ * ' - ^^™ dinner ^ pp ^ ^ " ^^ ¦ ^^ *^ p ^^» chats 1 —~ *¦ - - ^^» i ¦¦ ™ ° ""~ are n "" r ^ — ^^ deli — 1 "I ghtful 1 i I * 1 . T I onl — — 1 y wish KH I could remember and record them ; for

    and m examp ^ Wj m ^ ^ t IJ ^^^ ^ fc t P ^ l P his ^^ ^ " ^ k ' ^^ ^^ pr t ^ le pp * ^^^ officers ^ ^ ^ i , ^ ^ " — ^ w he ^^^ ¦ ™ ¦ ^ pp - ^» ^ " ^» ° " ^ " ~ v ^^ ^ pp H has w - ^ ^ p ^ ^ T ^ sat M pf ^ ^ pt PV ^ p ™ ^ p ^ " PP" ^ ^^ j ^^ P" ^ down ^ ust — ^™ — ~ ^ ^ " ~ ^ ^™~ ¦ ¦ been the in Starvation onl telling me Camp of how ^ PJ food fl he to

    they dine off had £ wo in bananas the whole , camp y . scrap They were ¦ ¦ iovial ¦ even then . » ; the officers _ . _ amused _

    themselves ^ JL ** " ^^ *^ by ^^ ^* ^^ drawing ^^ *^^ m ^ pp' p" » y ^ p" ^ " ^~ up ^^ ~^ a menu ^ - , eac — h one ch oosing Roast his Beef dish . and It Plum was headed Pudding — plenty

    r ^^ ^ p , ~ t ^ f of pp ^ - ^ pr p **» * ^^ it ^ ppp . ^^ ' ~^^ 0 ^ tp ^ ^^^ ^ k ^^ p » —»¦ *•—^ ^ " ¦ ^^ ~» ^ — - ^^^*^» - — — — — -- - f ^^^ , — ¦ ^ More Ham and Eoast Egg Beef s galore . .

    Rump & c . Steaks & c . . This was at a time whenas I have saidthere

    was not a scrap of food in , the camp , and ' , they knew not where to look for anybut fully

    expecting death for all if it did , not arrive within twenty hours !—a somewhat unique

    instance of being jolly under adverse circumstances . Mr . Stanley — is devoting absolutely the

    whole of his time 4 / , from early in t the morning \ f — some — times as early as six o ' clock—till late at

    night , in wri t ing his t / great book You will be interested in knowing that considerably more

    than one-half of it is already written out , and I shall bring away a very large portion of the

    whole . I have an artist with me , who is taking Mr . Stanley ' s instructions about the

    illustrations . Thw maps—of which there will he three large ones and 13 most interesting

    sources small ones of , the having Nile historical anc ^ the Mountains reference of to the the

    Moon him b , fro the oi Khedive documents —are speciall all read y supp for lied me t to y y V

    part put in of hand the text on my , and return I think . I I have may read say , a with good - out being accused of puffingthat it is

    profoundl \ am y interesting happy to . add that , Mr . Stanley was well pi eased to learn \ J ^ from me that I had

    com-U ^ ^ ^* WP ^^ ^^^ ^_ , ^ ^^ ^^ J ^ ^ M ^ b ^* *¦¦ ** ^^^ ^ ** <¦¦¦ ^* ** ^ ^ i . ' V ** ** ^ - ' ^ ^^ ***** <^ ** V ^ «^^ ~*^ ' * — >** ^ pletod satisfactory arrangements for simultaneous publication in France by Messrs .

    « Hachotte cribner ' s ik Sons > Co . in , in Germany America by by Mr . Messrs Brock- . haus , in Spain , by Espasa & Co ., in Italy

    by oy Messrs Messrs Troves Treves , and and m in Scandinavia Scandinavia bv by , Mr . 1 Ma have ilings just . induced Mr . Stanley—for the

    first time since I have been here—to take a walk for half-an-hour . We walked down to 1 ¦ * _ _

    the Nile—my firat sight of the mighty river . * There / said Stanley * is the river of which I

    covered co discovered vered the thft the mouth mouth sources . . , , and . "Eight Eicrht now . months mon you th have ft ago aero dis 1 I -

    atid drank no its 10 waters I at be the drinking very sources the ( at Isonga sam ) e ,

    flow Water from here so , for may urce it to takes mouth about . ' eight very montha to

    E . Marston . Hotel Villa Victoria , Onlro , Egypt : LFeb . 17 , 1890 . ' ^^^

    ! LITERATURE AT THE ANTIPODES—II . Poetry is the first growth of genius in

    these lands , and it is not surprising that it should be so , for virgin nature has

    supplied its imagery and also attuned its inception and idealism . The earliest book of verse was undoubtedly Barron Field ' s ' First

    Fruits of Australian Poetry , ' privately printed in Sydney , N . S . W ., in 1819 . Mr . Douglas

    Sladen claims precedence for George Barringtonwho wrote a somewhat curious prologue

    to a , play ( ' The Revenge' ) in 1796 , but the lines are hardly worth preservation . New

    South Wales , however , without question , has the honour of being the birthplace of colonial

    literature , and in poetry fully a quarter of the versifiers who have flourished in Australasia during the past half-century dwelt in that

    colony . Head X and shoulders •/ above all the poets of New South Wales towers Henry Kendal ( 1842-1882 ) whose tones come to us

    clear and sweet as , the harmonious chime of bells borne from a distance by the zephyrs of

    a summer evening . When dealing with the darker shades of bush lifeits solitudeits , ,

    adventures , and its terrors , Kendal shows a dramatic power that almost electrifies the reader . On quieter themeshis muse is

    tenderly emotional and exceptional , ly free from the harsh discordant notes of false

    sentiment . There is a strong temptation to quote from the works of some of the best-known

    Australian writers , but that does not come within the scope of these notes . Kendal was

    one of the few poets who were born in Australia . The majority of the others were colonistsand it is not to be denied that the

    greatest of , them all is Adam Lindsay Gordon , whose grand descriptions i of life work and

    adventure en in the ' early days' are , deservedl , y destined to take a permanent 1 hold on the

    estimation of the English-speaking race throughout the world . Gordon ' s name is associated mainl _ , y with the colonies of

    v Victoria and South Australia . His works are so well known that it is needless to speak here of their manifold merits in grace , tone ,

    and strength . The most critical and earnest of students of Australian poetry , Mr . Douglas Sladendoes not exaggerate when he says that

    , / 00 «/ he can give no better idea of Gordon ' s power in Victoria ' than by calling him tho Australian

    Burns ; not that his poems bear the least resemblance to those of the immortal

    ploughpoet man , but he because who dwells he is on essentiall the tongues y the national of the

    peop , le . ' Mr . Sladen is himself a poet of distinction , whose works are known in more

    extended fields than Victoria . The other colonies have produced quite a number of

    poets hemeral , whose . Queensland works are can far boast from of Alex being - ander ep Forbes ( A Voice 4 from the Bush' ) ,

    J . Brunton Dmivifi'M'i Step Slfar \ hens ri £ iT-iei / ( * Queenslander Anaanalon / loo , ' ' Con / ~ 1 / - » n _ - vict South Once Australia , ' & c . ^ and como Francis Alfred Adam Chandler . " . Fro ( m A

    Bu ^^^^^ ^^ 0 " ^ » ^ j ^^ h ^^^ gm 04 Id ^^ y ll ^ ' ) and ' ™^^ Emma ^^^ ^^ ¦ " ¦ " ^^ " p " ¦ r ^ mm ^»» Anderson »™ pi « ^ mr = ^™ ~^*~ ¦ ^^ ~^^^ ^^ . i i ~ - ~ - * Garnet - m Walch f fft and Caroline ¦ ¦ Leakey 1 ¦ are ¦— - ~^ - among the

    v ^^ M y ^ m ' ' ^ r- ¦ ¦ ^^ ^^^ " ^ ^^ ^»^^ —* r ~^^^^ ~^ - " --w - ^^ - ^ - — — — M ~ — representatives of Tasmanian talent . It is difficult .. . ¦¦¦ 1 to restrain ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ the ¦ ¦ impulse 1 —*• ¦¦ to wander ¦ ¦

    I under ~ U ^ W r ^^ ^^™• ' ^^^ ^^^ " — sunny *~ — ^ ^ skies ^^ ^^ pp «^^ ^» - r- ~ " " in " ^ " such ^^ —m - ^^ r p - ^ ~— leasant ^ r ~~ ^ — ~ — - compan — — ™ — y ; I

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), March 1, 1890, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01031890/page/13/