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TO BE PUBLISHED IN JUNE OR JUL Y: 



STANLEY'S GREAT BOOK 



IN DARKEST AFRICA" 



" There is no other manuscript, printed book or pampJilet, this spring of the year of our Lord 

 1890, that contains any account of this region of horrors other than this book of mine." 



In Two Octavo Volumes of over 500 Pages each, with Important 

 Maps, Two Portraits on Steel, and Many Wood Engravin'-gs. 

 Price, complete, $7.50, in cloth. 



1 riE TEXT " ^^ DARKEST AFRICA," besides its unequalled interest as a full and complete recordof the most hazardous and event- 



• ful of all African Exploralions, and the one most fruitful of important discoveries, displays Mr. Stanley's literary skill in a 

 new light. Marked by an unaffected fervor throughout, it is yet a masterpiece of strong and crisp narration and of graphic description. 



fJI^ ILLUSTRATIONS These are made from sketches and photographs by Mr. Slanley and his stafl. They are by the 



vj L\ I. \.\J l\vj . best American, English, and French artists, among whom are Mr. Frank Fowler, Mr. Carroll 



Beckwith, Mr. J. D. Woodward, Mr. Walter Wilson, Mr. Montbard, Mr. Riou, Mr. Forestier, Mr. WardmuUer, and Mr. Schonberg. 



EDITION OP I tlX P There will also be an Edition de Luxe, with the text on the best hand-made paper, and the illustrations 



specially printed from the wood blocks on India paper and mounted. It will contain additional illustra- 

 tions, and the two portraits of Mr. Stanley, engraved on steel, will be the first impressions before letters, printed on Japanese paper and mounted. 

 This edition will be limited to 250 copies for America ; price, $60. Each copy will be numbered and will be signed by Mr. Stanley. 



*:>,* Sold Only by Subscription through Authorized Agents, to whom Exclusive Territory ■will be Assigned. Agents Wanted Everywhere. A 

 Rare Chance for Summer Work for Teachers and College Students. For further particulars address 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 743 Broadway, N. Y. 



