Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2
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IN TWO VOLUMES
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
LIST OF STEEL PLATES.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
LIST OF STEEL PLATES.
QUEEN VICTORIA.
CHAPTER I.
ROYAL PROGRESSES TO BURGHLEY, STOWE, AND STRATHFIELDSAYE.
CHAPTER II.
THE QUEEN'S POWDER BALL.
CHAPTER III.
THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO GERMANY.
CHAPTER IV.
RAILWAY SPECULATION—FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP—SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RESOLUTIONS—BIRTH OF PRINCESS HELENA—VISIT OF IBRAHIM PASHA.
CHAPTER V.
AUTUMN YACHTING EXCURSIONS—THE SPANISH MARRIAGES—WINTER VISITS.
CHAPTER VI.
INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE.
CHAPTER VII.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OP SCOTLAND AND STAY AT ARDVERIKIE.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FRENCH FUGITIVES—THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER.
CHAPTER IX.
THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT BALMORAL.
CHAPTER X.
PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC INTERESTS—FRESH ATTACK UPON THE QUEEN.
CHAPTER XI.
THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO IRELAND.
CHAPTER XII.
SCOTLAND AGAIN—GLASGOW AND DEE-SIDE.
CHAPTER XIII.
OPENING OF THE NEW COAL EXCHANGE—THE DEATH OF QUEEN ADELAIDE.
CHAPTER XIV.
PREPARATION FOR THE EXHIBITION—BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT—THE BLOW DEALT BY FATE—FOREIGN TROUBLES—ENGLISH ART.
CHAPTER XV.
THE DEATHS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, AND LOUIS PHILIPPE.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT HOLYROOD—LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS—THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE PAPAL BULL—THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE QUEEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE QUEEN'S "RESTORATION BALL" AND THE "GUILDHALL BALL."
CHAPTER XX.
ROYAL VISITS TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION.
CHAPTER XXI.
DISASTERS—YACHTING TRIPS—THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE IRON DUKE'S FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. AND THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE—FIRE AT WINDSOR— THE BIRTH OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE EASTERN QUESTION—APPROACHING WAR—GROSS INJUSTICE TO PRINCE ALBERT—DEATH OF MARIA DA GLORIA.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS.
CHAPTER XXVI.
INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL AT CHATHAM—VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MEDALS.
CHAPTER XXVI.
INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL AT CHATHAM—VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MEDALS.
CHAPTER XXVII.
DEATH OP LORD RAGLAN—VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—FALL OF SEBASTOPOL.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL—QUEEN'S SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM THE CRIMEA—BALMORAL.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
CHAPTER XXXI.
DEATH OF THE DUTCHESS D'ORLEANS—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO GERMANY—THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT BABELSBERG.
CHAPTER XXXII.
BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA—DEATH OF PRINCE HOHENLOHE— VOLUNTEER REVIEWS—SECOND VISIT TO COBURG—BETROTHAL OF PRINCESS ALICE.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
LAST VISIT TO IRELAND—HIGHLAND EXCURSIONS—MEETING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK—DEATH OF THE KINO OF PORTUGAL AND HIS BROTHERS
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE WITHDRAWAL TO OSBORNE—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S FUNERAL.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE FIRST MONTHS OF WIDOWHOOD—MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ETC., ETC.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
STAY AT HOLYROOD—DEATHS OF PRINCESS HOHENLOHE AND OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF DARMSTADT—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.
CHAPTER XL.
BIRTH OF THE FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY— CONCLUSION.
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