Browne, E. Gordon / 2008-07-02 00:00:00

EBOOK QUEEN VICTORIA ***


Produced by Ron Swanson


[Frontispiece: QUEEN VICTORIA]


QUEEN VICTORIA

_BY_
E. GORDON BROWNE, M.A.

_WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS_


LONDON
GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY
2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C.
MCMXV


_Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh, Great Britain_


_Contents_
CHAPTER
I. A LOOK BACK
II. CHILDHOOD DAYS
III. EARLY YEARS
IV. HUSBAND AND WIFE
V. FAMILY LIFE
VI. STRIFE
VII. THE CHILDREN OF ENGLAND
VIII. MINISTERING WOMEN
IX. BALMORAL
X. THE GREAT EXHIBITION
XI. ALBERT THE GOOD
XII. FRIENDS AND ADVISERS
XIII. QUEEN AND EMPIRE
XIV. STRESS AND STRAIN
XV. VICTORIA THE GREAT


_Illustrations_
QUEEN VICTORIA
THE QUEEN'S FIRST COUNCIL AT KENSINGTON PALACE
KENSINGTON PALACE
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION
PRINCE ALBERT
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
QUEEN VICTORIA IN THE HIGHLANDS
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL
SIR ROBERT PEEL, LORD MELBOURNE, AND BENJAMIN DISRAELI
THE SECRET OF ENGLAND'S GREATNESS
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM


CHAPTER I: _A Look Back_

In the old legend of Rip Van Winkle with which the American writer
Washington Irving has made us so familiar, the ne'er-do-weel Rip
wanders off into the Kaatskill Mountains with his dog and gun in order
to escape from his wife's scolding tongue.
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