54 MEMOIRS OF 



Burney of Greenwich, as his houfekeeper, 

 and affiftant in the cares of his academy. 

 She is treated by him, and his friends, 

 with every mark of efteem and refpecl due 

 to a gentlewoman, and one whofe virtues 

 entitle her to univerfal approbation. Her 

 name was not in Mr. Day's will, but Mrs. 

 Day continued the allowance he had made 

 her, and "bequeathed its continuance from 

 her own fortune during Mrs. Bicknel's Kfe, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Day left no child. 



Mr. Edgeworth, having alfo loft his 

 third wife, Elizabeth, is now the huf- 

 band of a fourth, a daughter of the re- 

 verend Dr. Beaufort of Ireland. He had 

 four children by his firft ; a fon, who of 

 late years died in America ; Mifs Edge- 

 worth, the celebrated writer of Stories for 

 Children, and Moral Tales for Young Peo- 

 ple, &c. ; Mifs Anna, married to the ingeni- 

 ous Dr. Beddoes of Briftol ; and Mifs Em- 

 meline, married to Mr. King, furgeon of the 



fame 



