Thomas Hughes’s Biography of David Livingstone

David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 1 May 1873) is regarded by some as the greatest British Missionary to Africa. This is Thomas Hughes biography of Livingstone written in 1889. My thanks to Redcliffe College for making a copy of the book available for scanning. This title is in the public domain.

Thomas Hughes [1822-1896], David Livingstone. London & New York: MacMillan & Co., 1889. Hbk. pp.208. [Click to download complete book in PDF]

Contents

1. David Livingstone
2. Start in Africa – Kuruman
3. Kolobeng – Lake Ngai – The Zambesi
4. Linyanti and the Makololo
5. Across Africa – Loanda to Quilemane
6. Home
7. The Zambesi Expedition – To Linynti amd Back
8. The Universities Mission
9. Recall – Voyage to India
10. Second Visit Home
11. Lakes Moero, Bangweolo, and Tanganyika
12. Stanley
13. To Unyanyembe with Stanley
14. Wating at Unyanyembe
15. The Last Advance – Death
16. Conclusion

Chapter 1

“My own inclination would lead me to say as little as possible about myself.” With these words the greatest explorer of modern times begins that account of his missionary journeys and researches in South Africa which electrified England. The eager desire of his countrymen to know all they could about himself, induced him to modify his own inclination so far as to devote six pages of his famous book to the history of his family, and of the early years of his own life up to the time of his sailing for the Cape at the age of twenty-three. This reticence is as characteristic of the man as are the few facts he does disclose. Foremost of these stands: “My great-grandfather fell at the battle of Culloaen, fighting for the old line of kings, and my grandfather was a small farmer in Ulva, where my father was born.” [Continue reading]