The world: historical and actual . ed king in 1820, the prince was crowned GeorgeIV. He occupied the throne ten years. The thirdGeorge was obstinate and finally demented, but mor-ally a most worthy sovereign, while his son and suc-cessor was a debauchee of the vilest sort. In hisdomestic life the last of the Georges was unhappyand disreputable. At his death his brother, theDuke of Clarence, succeeded to the crown as WilliamIV. For seven years he wielded the feeble scepter ofthe great kingdom. Dying childless, the successionfell to the lot of Victoria, daughter of his brother, theDuke of Kent.
The world: historical and actual . ed king in 1820, the prince was crowned GeorgeIV. He occupied the throne ten years. The thirdGeorge was obstinate and finally demented, but mor-ally a most worthy sovereign, while his son and suc-cessor was a debauchee of the vilest sort. In hisdomestic life the last of the Georges was unhappyand disreputable. At his death his brother, theDuke of Clarence, succeeded to the crown as WilliamIV. For seven years he wielded the feeble scepter ofthe great kingdom. Dying childless, the successionfell to the lot of Victoria, daughter of his brother, theDuke of Kent. Ascending the throne in 1837, atthe age of eighteen, she is now in the enjoyment ofa long and prosperous reign. In 1840 she marriedPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotba, who died in1861. Personally she is very popular; politicallyshe is merely what the nation decrees, through par-liamentary elections. Her heir, the Prince of Wales,does not hesitate to say that the continuance of mon-archy in England depends on the will of the Having traced the sovereigns of England in theirdecline to the present time, we now turn to the prog-ress of Present En-gland. In order toappreciate the civil-ization which is thecrowning honor ofto-day, it is necessaryto look back a littleto the period coveredby the precedingchapter. It was during thereign of Charles the Royal So- ™™ria and prince for the Promotion of Science was formedin London, and most excellently well did itmerit the name, for right royally did it foster thegrowth of exact knowledge. In 1619 Harvey dis-covered the circulation of .the blood, and thus laidthe foundation of physiology, and from that timeon the spirit of Roger Bacon has seemed to animatethe British mind, producing, later in the ceutury,Sir Isaac Newton, whose discovery of the law ofgravitation was an epoch in science. The first En-glish newspaper was printed in 1641, six years afterthe post-office system had been established. Thefirst toll-g
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