| + | Am. J. Theol. 11: 184. Ja. ’07. 80w. (Review of pt. 2.) | |
| Bib. World. 27: 399. My. ’06. 20w. (Review of pt. 2.) |
“One lays down the book with much the same feeling as one has after studying Holman Hunt’s ‘Light of the world’—beautiful, but a bit too modern, and therefore unreal. The book from a literary point of view is worth reading.” Clifton D. Gray.
| + − | Bib. World. 29: 237. Mr. ’07. 560w. (Review of pt. 2.) |
Strang, Herbert. Fighting on the Congo: the story of an American boy among the rubber slaves, il. †$1.50. Bobbs.
6–41714.
A story written for the purpose of revealing the horror of the rubber traffic on the Congo, to show what has been the effect of the white man’s rule. Young Jack Challoner in company with his uncle makes a nobler fight than ever mediaeval crusaders undertook. The uncle dies with this admonition “help the negroes of the Congo fight the corrupt government that enriches itself on their blood; go to the fountain-head and expose the hypocrisy of King Leopold.” Jack carries on his battle with Samba at his side, Samba, whose woeful plight had first brought home to his heart the terrible realities of the rubber slavery. The tale abounds in thrilling adventure, bloodshed and cruelty.
“The special literature of the subject has been mastered, and indebtedness is acknowledged to Mr. and Mrs. Harris, the energetic missionaries, for assistance to which is doubtless owing the exceptional accuracy and minuteness of the descriptions of the Central African scenery and animals. The young readers for whom the volume is primarily intended are not likely to find fault with it on account of the triteness of its characterisation.”
| + − | Ath. 1906, 2: 732. D. 8. 220w. |