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floe, which drifted southward, and was frequently broken up by storms. 

 To add to the horror of their situation, the arctic night set in the sun 

 disappearing early in December, and not reappearing until the end of 

 January day being distinguishable from night only by the diurnal 

 streak of light which appeared on the southern horizon. Fortunately 

 the party had rifles and ammunition, and prolonged their lives by 

 killing a few seals, bears, and birds. This life of almost indescribable 

 suffering was continued for over six months, or 197 days. They were 

 at last rescued off Newfoundland by the British steamer Tigress, after 

 having drifted in winter upon the ice a distance of more than 1,500 

 miles. That the party all survived, and were saved at last in good 

 health, was attributed to the admirable discipline of the company 

 under the intrepid management of Captain Tyson. Of the scientific 

 results of the expedition we as yet know little, but shall perhaps learn 

 more when the Polaris, in charge of Captain Buddington, returns, as 

 she is expected to do this summer. 







JOHN STUART MILL. 



JOHN STUART MILL, the great English philosopher, is no more. 

 He was born in London, May 20, 1806, and was consequently 

 near sixty-seven years old at the time of his death. His father was 

 James Mill, a man of philosophical intellect and wide attainments, and 

 author of two celebrated works, " The History of British India," and 

 "The Phenomena of the Human Mind." Instead of being sent to 

 school, the son was carefully educated at home under his father's su- 

 pervision, and in accordance with his ideas. His early education was 

 thoroughly classical, and he was led into the paths of philosophical 

 inquiry in which his father was distinguished. The elder Mill had 

 long been employed in the service of the East India House, and, in 

 1823, when the son was seventeen years old, his father secured for him 

 a position in the same establishment, which he continued to hold for 

 35 years. He thus early came in possession of more than a compe- 

 tence, and with abundant leisure to cultivate the rare resources of his 

 mind, and to take his place as a leader of modern thought. While yet 

 a very young man, he contributed various essays of a bold and thought- 

 ful character to the Edinburgh and Westminster Heviews, and, some 

 years later, he became editor and proprietor of the latter periodical. 

 In 1843, when he was thirty-eight years old, he published the great work 

 which established his world-wide reputation, " The System of Logic ; " 

 and, in 1848, appeared his elaborate treatise, " The Principles of Political 

 Economy." In 1851, at the age of forty-five, he married Harriet, 

 daughter of Thomas Hardy, Esq., and widow of John Taylor, a Lon- 



