Mary Kingsley Quote

The grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at the pictures, although I am now busily learning the alphabet of their language, so that I may some day read what these pictures mean.

Travels in West Africa (ed. Courier Corporation, 2003) - ISBN: 9780486424903

The grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at the pictures, although I am now busily...

The grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at the pictures, although I am now busily...

The grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at the pictures, although I am now busily...

The grim, grand African forests are like a great library, in which, so far, I can do little more than look at the pictures, although I am now busily...