Dick Maitland
A Tale of Unknown Africa
By Harry Collingwood
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Dick Maitland is working as a doctor's apprentice in the East End of
London, at that time a place of great poverty. The doctor with whom he
is studying is rather a philanthropist for, instead of setting up trade
for the wealthy, in Harley Street, he is curing the poor for practically
nothing.
Dick's family circumstances take a turn for the worse, and he goes down
to the docks to work his passage to South Africa. He has no idea how he
will proceed when he gets there, having no money, but he meets a rich
young man called Grosvenor on the ship, and, striking up a friendship,
they decide upon going together on a voyage of exploration.
After meeting a tribe whom this author, Collingwood, had written about
in a previous book, and sorting out various problems there, they proceed
on their way. They had heard rumours of a mysterious white race living
not too far away, and they decide to investigate. These turn out to be
one of the lost tribes of Israel. They are eventually accepted there as
friends, after initially being taken prisoners. Here again they are
able to sort out various problems. Grosvenor marries the Queen, and
Dick, who in the course of these travels has managed to find some very
valuable jewels, eventually returns home with them. He converts them
to cash, and is able to provide his poor old mother, whom he had left in
abject poverty, with a luxurious style of life. He also puts lots of
money in the account of the doctor with whom he had been working before
these adventures began.
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DICK MAITLAND
A TALE OF UNKNOWN AFRICA