Far Off; Or, Asia and Australia Described

Favell Lee Mortimer, born Favell Lee Bevan in 1802, was a notable English writer celebrated for her children's educational books, with a formidable emphasis on geography. Mortimer's upbringing in a wealthy banking family allowed her the leisure to cultivate her literary talents. With an evangelical Christian background, her works are infused with moralistic and didactic overtones, characteristics ...