LIFE OF DA VID LIVINGSTONE, LL.D. 



proved by the purchase of a copy of " Ruddiman's Rudiments of Latin" with 

 a portion of his first week's earnings. For many years he pursued the study 

 of Latin with enthusiastic ardour, receiving much assistance in this and other 

 studies at an evening school, the teacher of which was partly supported by 

 the intelligent members of the firm at Blantyre Works, for the benefit of the 

 people in their employment. Livingstone's work hours were from 6 a.m. to 

 8 p.m ; school hours from eight to ten, and private reading and study 

 occupied from ten to twelve ; and at the latter hour it was often necessary 

 for his mother to take possession of his books and send the youthful 

 student to bed. Eighteen hours out of the twenty-four were given up to 

 toil and self-improvement, a remarkable instance truly, of determined 

 effort on the part of a mere boy to acquire knowledge which his hard lot 

 seemed to have placed almost beyond his reach. 



Even when at work, the book he was reading was fixed upon the 

 spinning-jenny so that he could catch sentence after sentence as he passed 

 in his work. At sixteen years of age, he tells us that he knew Horace 

 and Virgil better than he did in 1857. Notwithstanding the limited leisure 

 at his disposal, he made himself thoroughly acquainted with the scenery, 

 botany, and geology of his district. In these excursions he was frequently 

 accompanied by his elder and younger brothers, John and Charles ; but he 

 was much alone, and while his temper was far from being moody or morose, 

 he was fond of rambling about, his only companion being a book of travels 

 or a scientific treatise. His thirst for knowledge was stronger than his desire 

 for boyish pastimes. 



Dr. Livingstone's eldest brother John is still alive. He emigrated to 

 North America in early life, and settled at Listowel, twenty-five miles from 

 Niagara Falls, as a farmer and storekeeper. He is a man of energetic 

 character, and has done much towards the improvement of a large tract 

 of country all but unreclaimed when he entered it. Like all the other 

 members of his family, he is respected for his humble and unobtrusive 

 piety, and for his uprightness and worth as a man of the world. An 

 indefatigable representative of the New York Herald visited and interviewed 

 him in 1872, and treated the readers of the Herald to a graphic account 

 of the old gentleman and his surroundings, when Mr. Stanley and his 

 discovery of Livingstone were attracting universal attention. 



Charles, Dr. Livingstone's younger brother, and his loved companion in 

 the brief holiday, hours of his boyhood, educated himself for the ministry, 

 and was for a good many years pastor of one of the New England Pres- 

 byterian churches. He shared in the adventurous spirit of his brother, 

 and, as we shall see further on, accompanied him on his second expe- 

 dition to the Zambesi. Returning to England, he was appointed one of 

 H.M. Consuls to the West Coast of Africa, — a position which gave him much 



