This work presents a valuable journal for anyone curious about African Southern colonial history. Stanley focuses on contrasting and comparing his experience in the United States and Britain with that of the South African territories he traveled. He describes his observations on a journey through what would become the Republic of South Africa just before the Second Boer War. A must-read for history enthusiasts.

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When, in 1792, the Austrian and Prussian armies had advanced toward Paris with the object of freeing Louis XVI from the restrictions placed upon him by the National Assembly, the French, roused to fury, had deposed and executed a ruler who was convicted of plotting with foreign powers to maintain his authority. In 1814 the allies placed on the throne the brother of Louis XVI, a veteran emigre, who had openly derided the Revolution and had been intriguing with other European powers for nearly twenty years to gain the French crown. Yet there was no demonstration of anger on the part of the nation, no organized opposition to the new king. The French were still monarchical at heart and had quietly submitted to the rule of Napoleon, which was no less despotic than that of Louis XIV.