An Englishwoman’s twenty-five years In tropical Africa
by George Hawker
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hawker, George
- Title
- An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa : Being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo
- Original Publication
- London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911.
- Credits
- Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship
- Subject
- Missions -- Cameroon
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 74425
- Release Date
- September 16, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.AN ENGLISHWOMAN’S TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN TROPICAL AFRICA:
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS
- 6.CHAPTER II BETROTHAL, BEREAVEMENT, AND DESIGNATION TO THE CAMEROONS
- 7.CHAPTER III VOYAGE TO THE CAMEROONS, AND A SURFEIT OF ADVENTURES. 1884
- 8.CHAPTER IV ORANGE BLOSSOMS AND IMMORTELLES . 1885
- 9.CHAPTER V RETURN, MARRIAGE, AND JOURNEY TO CONGO. 1885-1887
- 10.CHAPTER VI FIRST TERM AT SAN SALVADOR. 1887-1890
- 11.CHAPTER VII SECOND TERM AT SAN SALVADOR
- 12.CHAPTER VIII SECOND TERM AT SAN SALVADOR— continued
- 13.CHAPTER IX THE BUILDING OF THE NEW CHAPEL AT SAN SALVADOR, AND OTHER MATTERS
- 14.CHAPTER X THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHAPEL AT SAN SALVADOR. SEPTEMBER, 1899
- 15.CHAPTER XI PIONEERING IN ZOMBO: PERILS AND PROVIDENCES. 1898-1899
- 16.CHAPTER XII LIFE AT KIBOKOLO
- 17.CHAPTER XIII LIFE AT KIBOKOLO— continued
- 18.CHAPTER XIV A MISSION OF MERCY
- 19.CHAPTER XV LAST FURLOUGH
- 20.CHAPTER XVI SETTLEMENT AT KIMPESE
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE FIRST SESSION AND THE LAST VOYAGE 1909
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII CHARACTERISTICS
- 23.FOOTNOTES
- 24.APPENDIX — NOTE A.— P. 55. The German Annexation — NOTE B.— P. 110. Kongo and Congo — NOTE C.— P. 134. “ Concerning the Collection ” — NOTE D.— P. 168. The Old Cathedral — NOTE E.— P. 194. “ The First White Men ” — NOTE F.— P. 310. “ Bella ”
- 25.INDEX
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