King Theodore through John BUll in Abyssinia This is the impression Americans must have had when they first learned about the Napier Expedition and Abyssinias king. This published portrait of Emperor (Atse) Tewodros was published in the August edition of Harpers Magazine in 1868. Several pages were dedicated for the expose giving a glimpse of Abyssinia life , its king and the climax of the Napier Expedition. It was entitled John Bull in Abyssinia. Its author publisher was Henry Mills Alden(November 11, 1836 – October 7, 1919). The events of the past fifteen years of Abyssinia history group themselves about a single centre-King Theodore, whose character and career are equally remarkable. He is represented as uniting in himself the most opposite and conflicting qualities--brutality and intelligence, benignity and tyranny, moderation and madness, savage prejudice and political sagacity. These inconsistencies are, however, easy of explanation if we separate his career into two periods, the first of which closes about 1861. It is in this early portion of the kings career that his best qualities appear, while the latter years of his reign disclose features from the contemplation of which the human mind shrinks in horror and disgust. A complete article is now available Google books online . Search Harpers Magazine, Volume 37
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