Book Description
- Title:
- Pioneering on the Congo, 2 Vols.
- Author:
- William Holman Bentley [1855-1905]
- Publication Year:
- 1900
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- The Religious Tract Society
- Pages:
- 478+448
- Subjects:
- Christian Missions, Congo
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Contents - Volume 1
- Ancient History: 1484-1670
- The Old Slaving Days: 1670-1877
- The Inception of the Mission: 1877-8
- Congo-wards: 1879
- The Establistment of the Mission: 1879
- Developments at San Salvador and Explorations Therefore: 1879-80
- The Congo Basin and its Inhabitants; The Kongo Language
- Religion: The Knowledge of God, and Fetishism
- The Opposition Outflanked; Stanley Pool reached: 1881
- Development of the New Route to the Upper River: 1881-2
Contents - Volume 2
- The Transport of the Peace to Stanley Pool: 1883
- Exploration of the Upper River: 1884-6
- New Stations on the Upper River: 1886-90
- Progress on the Upper River: 1890-9
- Development in the Cataract Region: 1887-99
- Other Missions on the Congo
- The Government of the Congo Free State
Appendices
- Congo Missionaries
- The Lord's Prayer in Eight of the Kongo Languages and Dialects
- Malarial Fever, its Genesis and Effect
- Index