Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood

If the Princess Charlotte was the prototype of her cousin Victoria, Prince Leopold was in some respects the prototype of his beloved nephew Albert, who was born in August, 1819,...

Arrival in England of the Princess Alexandra to wed the Prince of Wales-- Garibaldi's visit to London--The Queen's first public appearance after her widowhood--Marriage of the P...

In the Hall of the St. George's Society of Philadelphia there is a very interesting picture by the late Mr. Sully of Queen Victoria in her coronation robes. It is life-size, and...

My reasons for admiring and honoring Queen Victoria are, perhaps, amply revealed in this little book, but I will briefly recapitulate them: First, is her great power of loving,...

The first months of Marriage--Incidents and anecdotes--The adoption of Penny postage--The Inauguration of Steam Railway travel--The Duchess of Kent takes a separate residence--P...

In May, Prince Albert ran over to Germany to visit his old home, and his new son, and his darling daughter, whom he found well and happy. In one of his letters to the Queen from...

At Balmoral, where they took possession of the new Castle, the Queen and Prince received the news of the approaching fall of Sebastopol, for it was not down yet. It finally fell...

Death of the Duke of Wellington--Birth of the Duke of Albany--The Crimean War--Slanders upon Prince Albert--The Prince of Wales takes a place for the first time upon the Throne-...

Failing health of Prince Albert--His last visit to Balmoral--His influence upon the policy of England in the _Trent_ difficulty with the United States--Strange revolution in Eng...

Old homes and new--A visit from the King of France--The Queen and Prince Albert make their first visit to Germany--Incidents of the trip--A new seaside home on the Isle of Wight...

Miscreants and Monarchs--A visit from Mendelssohn--The Queen's first visit to Scotland--Anecdote--A trip to France and Belgium--Death of the Duke of Sussex and of Prince Albert'...

A Troublous Time--Louis Philippe an Exile--The Purchase of Balmoral--A Letter of Prince Albert's--Another attempt on the Queen's Life--The Queen's instructions to the Governess...

The Boy "Jones" and his singular pranks--A change in the Ministry--Sir Robert Peel becomes Premier--Prince Albert made Chairman of the Fine Arts Commission--Birth of the Prince...

The, Queen had been slightly troubled at the thought of some of the antiquated forms of that grand and complicated ceremony--for instance, the homage of the Peers, spiritual and...

On the 10th of June, 1840, occurred the first mad attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria--made as she and Prince Albert were driving up Constitution Hill, near Buckingham Palace,...

The Queen's kind heart was really pained by the sudden death of the Czar, her sometime friend and "brother"--whose visit to Windsor was brought by the startling event vividly to...

On Lord Mayor's Day, the Queen went in state to dine with her brother- monarch, the King of "Great London Town." It was a memorable, magnificent occasion. The Queen was attended...

Birth of the Princess Victoria--Character of her Father--Question of the Succession to the Throne--Death of the Duke of Kent--Baptism of Victoria --Removal to Woolbrook Glen--He...

"There is no one near me to call me 'Victoria' now!" is said to have been the desolate cry of the Queen, when, on waking from that first sleep, the cruel morning light, smote up...

The great Exhibition was closed about the middle of October, on a dark and rainy day. The last ceremonies were very solemn and impressive. It had not remained long enough for pe...

Comments upon the young Queen by a contemporaneous writer in _Blackwood_--A new Throne erected for her in Buckingham Palace--A touching Anecdote related by the Duke of Wellingto...

Victoria's first meeting with Prince Albert--She comes of Age--Ball in honor thereof--Illness of King William--His Death--His Habits and Character--The Archbishop of Canterbury...

King William jealous of Public Honors to Victoria--Anecdote--The unusual Studies of the Princess--Her Visits to the Isle of Wight--Laughable Incident at Wentworth House--Anecdot...

The Princess opens the Victoria Park at Bath--Becoming used to Public Curiosity--Secret of her Destiny revealed to her--Royal Ball on her Thirteenth Birthday--At the Ascot Races...

It seems to me that the life of Queen Victoria cannot well be told without a prefacing sketch of her cousin, the Princess Charlotte, who, had she lived, would have been her Quee...

Queen-making not a Light Task--Admirable Discipline of the Duchess of Kent--Foundation of the Character and Habits of the future Queen--Curious Extract from a Letter by her Gran...

Early in this year of 1850, Prince Albert, though not in his usual health, began in deadly earnest on his colossal labors in behalf of the great "World's Exhibition." England ow...

The sovereignty of England and Hanover severed forever--Funeral of King William IV. at Windsor--The Queen and her household remove to Buckingham Palace--She dissolves Parliament...

Queen Victoria tells little of her childhood, but speaks of it as rather "dull." It seems, however, to have never been empty or idle. All her moments were golden--for study, or...

It seems to me that the momentous day just described was the last of Victoria's real girlhood; that premature womanhood was thrust upon her with all the power, grandeur, and sta...

1. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. 2. QUEEN VICTORIA AT THE AGE OF 18. 3. THE DUCHESS OF KENT, MOTHER OF THE QUEEN. 4. THE QUEEN AT THE AGE OF 64. 5. PRINCE ALBERT, HUSBAND OF THE QUEEN.