208 Reminiscences of 



City, Colorado, in 1867, when he reported for the Miners' 

 Register, a paper of that town, my lecture on the Paris 

 Exposition, and obtained from me some notes concern- 

 ing it. This had entirely escaped my memory until 

 he reminded me of it, and though I had no recollection 

 of his name I remembered the incident. My name, 

 then of slight local import, was in contrast with his 

 name, unknown to the world-prominence it was soon 

 to attain. 



Stanley was one of those explorers who was ex- 

 ceptional among those of his class, in realizing a 

 large fortune, in contrast with Mungo Park, Dr. 

 Livingstone, Du Chaillu, and others who were prom- 

 inent in their explorations of the Dark Continent. 

 As a lecturer he was not a prominent success, but 

 his efforts in Africa led to a complete revolution in 

 the affairs of that continent, and a parcelling out of 

 its districts among the European nations, and a far- 

 reaching result, comparable with that of the Ameri- 

 can continent from the discovery of Christopher 

 Columbus. 



In one of my many trips to London I met my old 

 friend Samuel Ward, known so well among his friends 

 in England as "Uncle Sam," the brother of Mrs. Julia 

 Ward Howe, and the uncle of Marion Crawford, the 

 novelist. Mr. Ward was prominent in his own country 

 some years ago for his literary articles, and as the 

 author of a book of pleasant poems, and particularly 

 as a bon vivant, and the recipes of his dishes and 

 punches are still in vogue. As a lobbyist in Washing- 

 ton he was at one time the most influential in directing 

 the policy of measures in Congress, which are even 

 now more directed at times by outside influences than 

 would indicate the spontaneity of our representatives. 



