The Great Dr. Livingstone was assumed dead in the African bush when Sir Henry M. Stanley went in search of him. I expect somewhere in the tall tales of his search there is some truth. Regardless of the accuracy, it was fun. ( )

I am satisfied with this account of the Stanley expedition to find Livingstone.

There are many exciting events scattered throughout the pages.
There are no illustrations on this re-printed hardback version, so a little dry.

The names of the hundreds of places and tribes cannot be kept seperate in the readre's mind. This makes the reading a little dense, so I do not rate it higher than just above average.

The reprint would benefit greatly from having a route map at the start of each chapter.

In fact it could benefit by having the chapters start on the top of a page also, not just in the middle of a page, with the tail end of preceding chapter taking up the top of the page.

Still the story of the expedition is quite a story and worth reading through. ( )

This is Stanley's original account - but bear in mind that he was a professional journalist as well as an explorer. How generously and honestly can we treat his tale? Did he really utter those most famous words - 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?'

Well, the story of how he crossed Africa in search of the Scot is an interesting one, but not that interesting. His writing is simple and informative, but the events are repetitive. This is one for the scholars, I think. ( )

A painful, but worthy read. Stanley's attitudes are very colonial (prejudiced), but he describes the land, animals, diseases and experiences well. When he met Livingstone, it changed him and his attitudes. He marveled at the quiet reasonable way Dr. Livingstone spoke with the natives, and what a good effect it had. I am glad I read it, I will never read it again. ( )

Tanhanyika