EQUATORIAL AFRICA, 
Crown 8vo, Cloth Extra, with Map and Twenty-Two 
Illustrations, Price 3s. 6d. 
“ A Life for Africa .” 
A Biography of the Rev. A. C. Good, Ph.D., Missionary in 
Equatorial Central Africa. 
By ELLEN C. PARSONS, M.A. 
“An intensely interesting record of twelve years’ work in Equatorial West 
Africa. ’ ’— Methodist Times. 
“ Dr. Good’s missionary labours in that deadly climate, from his arrival 
until his death in 1894, which took place in Bululand from malarial fever, are 
graphically and sympathetically detailed by Miss Parsons, who has performed 
her task well. The descriptions of the scenery along the banks of silent 
rivers, and through pathless forests and swamps infested by deadly snakes and 
troublesome vermin, and poisonous with fever and malaria, taken partly from 
the intrepid missionary’s diary, is interesting reading in these days, when the 
great Continent in all its length and breadth is so much in the thoughts of all 
of us, and the shrewd descriptions of the habits, superstitions, and character¬ 
istics of the natives is equally interesting, while at the same time instructive 
in the highest degree.”— Daily Free Press . 
“A short comprehensible biography. Not a needless word has strayed 
into it. From beginning to end it can be read with pleasure, and it leaves a 
picture that will not fade away. There is some valuable scientific work, there 
is more, and far more valuable, spiritual impulse. ”— Expository Times. 
“The story of Dr. Good’s noble, self-sacrificing labours is a stimulating 
narrative, full of interest.”— Christian Age. 
“In geography, zoology, and anthropology, the volume also contains some 
valuable contributions.”— N.B. Daily Mail. 
1 ‘ Besides portraits and other illustrations, the volume contains two maps— 
one of them drawn by Dr. Good himself, and described here as * the first 
accurate map of the Bulu district ever made.’ ”— Glasgow Herald. 
“The book is altogether one of the most attractive and instructive ever 
issued from the missionary press.”— Christian Commonwealth. 
“How Good won the respect and even the sympathy of Frenchmen; how 
the natives responded to his love ; how he broke new ground, his courage and 
gentleness subduing savage opposition ; and the happy results it was granted 
him to see, we urge our readers to trace for themselves in Miss Parsons’ 
pages. ’ ’— Presbyterian. 
‘ 4 Of all the noble lives that have been laid down for Africa, this was one 
of the most strenuous and devoted. Nothing but an iron constitution could 
have stood for twelve years the incessant strain of worry. Dr. Good made a 
careful study of the native ideas of God, fables and jungle stories, proverbs, etc., 
and the results are most valuable.”— London Missionary Chronicle. 
OLIPHANT, ANDERSON & FERRIER, 
ST. MARY STREET, EDINBURGH; 
21 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON, E.C. 
