PREFACE. 
Tus volume gives a graphic narrative of the adventures 
in Arctic Regions of perhaps the most celebrated Arctic 
traveler of this, or other times. Graphic—because in the 
main, Sir John Franklin tells his own story. Apart from 
the interest of the narrative, and its intrinsic merits, the 
deep interest, which for years has been felt in the fate of 
Sir John Franklin, will attract attention to the story of 
his early adventures, now, for the first time, presented in 
a cheap and readable shape. The narrative of Sir John’s 
Jirst Polar Sea Expedition, we venture to say, is unsur- 
passed among books of travel and adventure for intense, 
all-absorbing interest. 
The book sketches Franklin’s three expeditions, and 
gives all the information to be had respecting the fourth 
and last sad one Which will forever be shrouded in mys- 
tery to this world. “We also add a sketch of the expedi- . 
tions sent in search of Franklin, and their results, 
Franklin’s first journey into Arctic Regions was. made 
