Publishers announce new scientific and fiction titles
Messrs. Kegan Paul unveil forthcoming works including The Geography of Ireland and Etna History, with translations and essays by Darwin era scholars. Houseton and Sons plan The Way it is Done, a practical household manual. Religious Tract Society expands Scripture pictures and picture hymn sheets for children, while Nisbet and Co. preview Eventide at Bethel and South Africa and its Mission Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson Burns
Kegan Paul
Ireland
G. H. Kinahan
Etna
G. F. Rodwell
Darwin
W. Lauder Lindsay
Haeckel
H. Charlton Bastian
Prof. Bain
Charlotte O’brien
Smith O’brien
Hesba Stretton
Winterfeld
Religious Tract Society
Messrs. Nisbet and Co
Bethel
Dr. Macduff
Bible Lands
Philip Schaff
Savonarola
W. Dinwiddie
South Africa
J. E. Carlyle
Bishop Huntingdon
East African Slave Trade Revival Reported Near Mozambique Coast
Reverend Waller reports letters from Zanzibar dated July 25 1878 indicating a revival of slave exports from near Mozambique to Madagascar. Organized slave-collecting expeditions are active with slaves sent to Senna and Tette under questionable circumstances. The death of Mozambique’s consul and Madagascar station withdrawals are cited as enabling factors. The Sultan of Zanzibar is said to be asserting greater control over punishment in slave trade dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Waller
The
Times
East Africa
Zanzibar
Mozambique
Madagascar
Senna
Tette
Elton
Corbett
Portugal’s devious coast guards threaten African shores
A long critique denounces Portuguese corruption and lax officials enabling slave traders on the East African coast. It praises English naval endurance, urges Lisbon to dispatch capable sailors to curb the stain on its flag, and warns that inaction worsens tensions with Zanzibar and Madagascar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Zanzibar
Madagascar
Diminution of Pauperism
William Tallack, secretary of the Howard Association, argues for combining preventive beneficence with real relief to curb pauperism. He praises German Dutch and Scandinavian practices of subdivided local inspection and moral as well as financial aid, and notes the deterrent effect of gaol labor on beggars, while calling for balanced imitation in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tallack
Howard Association
Bishopsgate Without
London
Times
Mr. Chadwick
English ‘Local Government Board
Sclater-Booth
Manchester
Atcham
Central Board
Germany
Holland
Scandinavia
Elberfeld
Poor Law Boards
Great Britain
Sweden
Armenpfleger
England
Lubeck
Hamburgh
Hamburg
Holy Ghost
William 'Tallack
Government halts inquiry into Mr. Ogle's death
The government states no immediate inquiry into Mr. Ogle's death is practicable. Cook and Son report from Alexandria dated August 20 that the physician sent to assess Cyprus health is seriously ill with fever, leading them to cancel plans to guide tourists through the island before spring.
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Ogle
Messrs. Cook and Son
Alexandria
Messrs. Cook
Cyprus
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