Africa. Smith, C. S. Glimpses of Africa: West and Southwest Coast; Containing the Author's Observations during a Voyage of Six Thousand Miles from Sierra Leone to St Paul de Loanda, and return Including the Rio del Rey and Cameroon Rivers, and the

Africa. Smith, C. S. Glimpses of Africa: West and Southwest Coast; Containing the Author's Observations during a Voyage of Six Thousand Miles from Sierra Leone to St Paul de Loanda, and return Including the Rio del Rey and Cameroon Rivers, and the Congo River from its Mouth to Matadi. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 8vo, 288 pages; publisher's green cloth with the title decoratively stamped in gilt on front cover; inked arrows pointing to Nashville on both title and first page of Preface. Pencil signature 'W. H. Howe, Nov., 1895' on verso of front free endpaper. Nashville: Church Sunday School Union, 1895 E400-600 First Edition. Smith, an African-American, explains that He had planned this trip 20 years, 'To gratify a long cherished desire to see Africa. To see what the European is doing there. To see what the African himself is doing... To gain a knowledge of the operations of missionary efforts... To see if there are any openings for the employment of the skill and energy of intelligent and industrious young Americans of African descent.' Not in Work, the Blockson Collection, or the Hampton Catalogue.