HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII.

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I AN APPRECIATION

CHAPTER II BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER III THE KING’S BOYHOOD

CHAPTER IV OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE CURRAGH

CHAPTER V THE KING’S VISIT TO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER VI DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT—TOUR IN THE EAST

CHAPTER VII THE WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA

CHAPTER VIII EARLY MARRIED LIFE

CHAPTER IX THEIR MAJESTIES’ TOUR IN EGYPT AND THE MEDITERRANEAN

CHAPTER X THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR—THE KING’S ILLNESS

CHAPTER XI 1873-1875

CHAPTER XII THE KING’S TOUR IN INDIA

CHAPTER XIII QUIET YEARS OF PUBLIC WORK, 1876-1887—VISIT TO IRELAND—QUEEN VICTORIA’S GOLDEN JUBILEE

CHAPTER XIV SILVER WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA—ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE

CHAPTER XV THE BACCARAT CASE—BIRTH OF LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF—THE KING’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY—ILLNESS OF PRINCE GEORGE

CHAPTER XVI THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE

CHAPTER XVII THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES—MARRIAGE OF PRINCE GEORGE—THE DIAMOND JUBILEE—DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF TECK

CHAPTER XVIII LATER YEARS—A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE KING—GRADUAL RECOVERY—THE ATTEMPT ON THE KING’S LIFE

CHAPTER XIX THE KING AS A COUNTRY SQUIRE

CHAPTER XX THE KING IN LONDON

CHAPTER XXI THE KING AND STATE POLICY

CHAPTER XXII THE KING AND THE SERVICES

CHAPTER XXIII THE KING AND FREEMASONRY

CHAPTER XXIV THE KING AS A PHILANTHROPIST

CHAPTER XXV THE KING AS A SPORTSMAN

CHAPTER XXVI DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA—THE KING’S ACCESSION