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This a two-volume set (originally published 1893) that covers the rise of the East African empire, with Volume I, covering commerce, trade and sport and Volume II focussing on Uganda, its administration, past and future and suggestions for the future. The aim of the author is to place subjects of a serious concern in dealings with Africa in order to protect the welfare of the native races there.