Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake, Central Africa, within Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 86, issue 527

Title

Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake, Central Africa, within Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 86, issue 527

Text Read

Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake, Central Africa, within Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 86, issue 527

Author

Speke, Captain John Hanning

Original Source

London: Blackwood Pillans & Wilson, 1859. Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 86, issue 527, 1859-09. pp. 339-57

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Internet Archive

Publication Date

1859

Date(s) of Reading

  • 1859-10-16

Evidence

George Eliot to John Blackwood, 16 October 1859. “How clever and picturesque the Horse dealer in Syria is! I read him with keen interest, only wishing that he saw the seamy side of things rather less habitually. Excellent Captain Speke can't write so well, but one follows him out of grave sympathy. That a man should live through such things as that beetle in his ear! Such papers as these make the specialité of "Blackwood": one sees them nowhere else.” GEL 3: 185

Citation

Speke, Captain John Hanning, Journal of a Cruise on the Tanganyika Lake, Central Africa, within Blackwood's Magazine, vol. 86, issue 527, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57310