Excerpt from The Lure of Africa The depression on the part of the missionaries was so apparent that I came home resolved to cheer them up in every way in my power. I undertook to demonstrate that Africa not only is not lacking in fea tures which interest the Christian public, but that it is peculiarly the field which lends itself to romantic description and appeal. I have always held that, next to highly cultivated beings like poets and inventors, the most interesting thing in the world is primitive man. And surely Africa is not lacking in material of this kind. As for the attitude of student volunteers, that is largely a matter of education. With their hearts inclined toward the foreign work, if we give them the facts, interest will follow as a matter of course. This at least has been my theory in the more than 200 addresses I have been enabled to give on Africa and its needs. If this book helps in any wise to turn the tide of interest toward this neglected continent, I shall be amply repaid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.