SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
Born 1786.—Died 1847.—George III.—George IV.—William IV.—Victoria.
When Captain Franklin this brave and persevering explorer went out to discover the north-west passage, and after several expeditions to the North and Polar seas, he started on a last Polar voyage, from which he never returned. In 1859 Captain Maclure went out on the same track, and found that Sir John Franklin had preceded him by five years in his discoveries, and been lost in the attempt.
MARIA EDGEWORTH.
Born 1767.—Died 1849.—George III.—George IV.—William IV.—Victoria.
This accomplished woman wrote a number of useful and educational tales, for which the children of many generations owe her a debt of gratitude. Her Frank, Rosamond, Harry and Lucy, Moral, Popular, and Fashionable Tales, Patronage, Belinda, Harrington and Ormond, etc., are all written with a purpose of instruction that is admirably carried out. Her last and most beautiful story, Helen, shows the wretched consequences of departing from truth.