Initially written as loose leaves, the pages were bound subsequently by either the publisher, John Murray, or a later archivist. The draft manuscripts of Missionary Travels consist primarily of three volumes in the National Library of Scotland (NLS) (Livingstone 1857bb, 1857cc, 1857dd). The following discussion facilitates consultation of Livingstone’s manuscript by this edition’s users and provides background for the more detailed analyses of Missionary Travels – in its draft and published forms – that are developed in later critical essays ( Composing and Publishing Missionary Travels, Missionary Travels in Pen & Print ). The essay describes the scope, structure, and appearance of the manuscript as it has been preserved in the archive and examines its most notable textual features: pagination and annotation in pencil editorial corrections in red ink and other significant non-authorial written contributions. This essay introduces the manuscript of David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels, which forms the basis of the present edition. Glossary of Key Terms in the Missionary Travels Manuscript.Composing & Publishing Missionary Travels (2).Composing & Publishing Missionary Travels (1).Digital Humanities, Exploration Literature, and Missionary Travels.
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