PTOLEMY IN HIEROGLYPHICS.
Frank asked who Champollion was, and what he discovered.
"I know," said Fred; "he discovered the Rosetta Stone, and told what was written on it."
THE ROSETTA STONE, WITH SPECIMEN LINES FROM THE INSCRIPTION.
"He did not discover the Rosetta Stone," the Doctor answered, "but he translated it. The stone was found at Rosetta, in 1799, by a French engineer, and when the English came to Egypt they sent it to the British Museum. It was a slab, with an inscription upon it in three languages.