Excerpt from The Egyptian Sudan
Ever since the tragic and pathetic death of General Charles Gordon at Khartum, on January 26th, 1885, the Egyptian Sudan has occupied a large place in the thought and sympathy of the Western world. Before that time, the adventures and discoveries of such explorers as Baker, Grant, Schweinfurth, Speke, or the harrowing tales connected with the slave trade, awakened only a temporary and transient interest in this section of Africa. At the death of Gordon, however, something of the worth and dignity which the world rightly attached to the life and character of that Christian soldier, passed over to the land for which he so willingly suffered martyrdom.
Since Kitchener's victory over the Mahdists at Omdurman, the Egyptian Sudan has been open to civilization, and interest in the Sudan has developed along two clearly defined lines and this interest promises to increase steadily from year to year.
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