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William Kingston was a writer of tales for boys. His first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, Peter the Whaler, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from business and devoted himself entirely to writing and during 30 years he wrote upwards of 130 tales, including Digby Heathcote (1860), The Three Midshipmen (1862), The Three Lieutenants (1874), The Three Commanders (1875) and In the Rocky Mountains (1878).

In addition to these novels he also wrote & editted several non fiction biographical tales of adventure and discovery of which Adventures in Africa is one, the others were:

Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries, 1871
Great African Travellers, 1874
Popular History of the Navy, 1876
Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry, 1880
Adventures in the Far West, 1881
Adventures in Africa, 1883
Adventures in India, 1884
Adventures in Australia, 1885
Travels of Dr. Livingstone's Travels, 1886
Travels of Mungo Park, Denham and Clapperton, 1886

Note: Adventures in Africa is not the same books as "The African Trader; Or, the Adventures of Harry Bayford" which is a fictionalised version of the story within.