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THE
PUBLIC LIFE
OF
QUEEN VICTORIA.
BY
JOHN McGILCHRIST.
FELT AND DILLINGHAM,
455, BROOME STREET, NEW YORK.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| ANCESTRY. | |
| Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, the Protector of Luther—Staunch Protestantism of the Queen’s Saxon Forefathers—Houseof Saxe-Coburg—A Saxon Desperado of the Middle Ages—A Fighting Hero of the Eighteenth Century—TheQueen’s Grandmother a Woman of Extraordinary Excellence—Great Alliances in the Marriages of her Uncles and Aunts | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THE GREATEST OF THE MODERN COBURGS. | |
| Romantic Career of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Queen’s Uncle—His Continuous, Kind, and Fatherly Care of hisOrphaned Niece—The Duchy of Coburg held by Napoleon—Sufferings of the Ducal Family—A Temptation resisted—TheTide turned—Leopold’s Popularity in England—Betrothal and Marriage to the Princess Charlotte of Wales | 8 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| PARENTAGE AND BIRTH OF QUEEN VICTORIA. | |
| How the Princess Victoria came to be Heiress Presumptive to the Throne—Death of the Princess Charlotte—Marriages of theRoyal Dukes—Of the Duke of Kent—Birth of the Princess Alexandrina Victoria—Prediction of George IV.—Death ofthe Duke of Kent—His Character—His Liberal Opinions—Public Condolence with the Widow and Orphan—Early Life of the Duchess of Kent | 14 |
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| CHAPTER IV. | |
| FIRST YEARS OF CHILDHOOD. | |
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