CHAPTER X.
FIRST VISIT HOME.
A.D.

1856-1857.
Mrs.Livingstone--Her intense anxieties--Her poetical welcome--Congratulatory letters from Mrs.and Dr.Moffat--Meeting of welcome of Royal Geographical Society--of London Missionary Society--Meeting in Mansion House--Enthusiastic public meeting at Cape Town--Livingstone visits Hamilton--Returns to London to write his book--Letter to Mr.Maclear--Dr.Risdon Bennett's reminiscences of this period--Mr.Frederick Fitch's--Interview with Prince Consort--Honors--Publication and great success of _Missionary Travels_--Character and design of the book--Why it was not more of a missionary record--Handsome conduct of publisher--Generous use of the profits--Letter to a lady in Carlisle vindicating the-character of his speeches..