w he came to write his book:
"Professor King, one of the teachers at Latta University said to me, 'If
I had done what you have done I would have wrote a history of my life
several years ago.'"

The best part of the book, however, gives us Latta's account of his
doings in London:

Just before I left the city of London I was invited by a
distinguished friend, a close relation to Queen Victoria, to make a
speech. He told me there would be a meeting in one of the large
halls in that city. I can't just think of the name of the hall. He
invited me to be present. The distinguished friend that I have just
mentioned presided over the meeting. There was an immense audience
present. If memory serves me right, I was the only Negro in the
hall. The gentleman came to me and asked if I would make a speech.
I told him I had already delivered one address, besides several
sermons I had preached, and I thought that I would not speak again
during my stay. I accepted the invitation, however, and spoke.

The Professor then tells how he was introduced as one whose addresses
were "among the ablest ever delivered in London." Also he gives his
speech in full. Great events followed. His distinguished unnamed friend,
the "close relation of the Queen," came to him soon after, he says, and
asked him if he had "ever been to the palace."

Continues Latta:

He said to me, "If you will come over before you leave the city,
and call to see me, I will take you to the palace with me and
introduce you to the Queen." I told him I would do so, that I had
heard a good deal about the royal throne, and I would be very much
interested to see the palace. He said he thought I would, because
the government was very different from ours.

I called at his residence as I had promised, and he went with me to
the palace. The Queen knew him, of course. He was received very
cordially. Everything shined so much like gold in the palace that I
had to stop and think where I was. He introduced me to the Queen,
and told her I was from North America. He told her that I spoke at
a meeting he presided over, and he enjoyed my speech very much. He
told her we had an immense audience, and all the people were well
pleased with the speech. The Queen said she was more than glad to
meet me, and she would have liked very much to have been present,
and