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  1.     Queen Victoria, April 1855, quoted in Jerrold, op. cit., vol. IV, p. 88.

  2.     Le Moniteur Universel, lundi, 29 août 1855, p . 1.

  3.     Jerrold, op. cit., vol. IV, pp. 66–67.

  4.     Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 67.

  5.     Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, pp. 71–73.

  6.     Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 74.

  7.     Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, pp. 76–77.

  8.     Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 62.

  9.     The Times, Monday, Aug. 20, 1855, p. 7, with the report from Boulogne of Saturday, Aug. 18. For the complete coverage of her arrival see The Times, Aug. 20–29, 1855; Moniteur Universel, Aug. 19–20; and Jerrold, op. cit., vol. IV, p. 79.

  10.   Moniteur Universel, Aug. 19, 1855, p. 1. For details of this visit see Queen Victoria, Leaves from a Journal, 1855 (London: Andre Deutsch, 1961), comprised of the Queen’s diary entries covering both the April and August visits, e.g., beginning with p. 73. See also Queen Victoria, eds. Arthur Christopher Benson and Viscount Escher, The Letters of Queen Victoria, A Selection, 1837–1861 (London: John Murray, 1908), vol. III—1854–1861.

  11.   Moniteur Universel, dimanche, 19 août 1855, p. 1. Queen Victoria, Leaves, entry of Saturday, August 18 [1855].

  12.   Jerrold, vol. IV, p. 80.

  13.   The Times, Monday, Aug. 20, 1855, pp. 6 and 7. “The Visit of the Queen to Paris.” By Submarine and British Telegraph.

  14.   Victoria, Leaves, Sunday, Aug. 26, p. 129.

  15.   Jerrold, op. cit., vol. IV, p. 90.

  16.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 89.

  17.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 82.

  18.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, pp. 82–83.

  19.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 82.

  20.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 81.

  21.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 80.

  22.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 85.

  23.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 86; Victoria, Leaves, p. 129.

  24.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 84. For full coverage of this event see The Times, Aug. 27, 1855, pp. 7–8, citing article of Saturday, Aug. 15; see also Moniteur Universel, samedi, 27 août, p. 7, citing article dated vendredi, 24 août. The following descriptions have been taken from these two newspapers.

  25.   Victoria, Leaves, pp. 116–117.

  26.   For the “Avenue Victoria” ceremony, Carmona, Haussmann, p. 332; The Times, Tuesday, Aug, 28, 1855, p. 12; Moniteur Universel, of the same day.

  27.   Jerrold, op. cit., vol. IV, pp. 88–89.

  28.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 90.

  29.   Jerrold, Ibid., vol. IV, p. 90.