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GREAT BRITAIN AND HER QUEEN

ANNE E. KEELING

Author of "General Gordon: Hero and Saint," "The Oakhurst Chronicles," "Andrew Golding," etc. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged, 1897 CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS

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CHAPTER I THE GIRL-QUEEN AND HER KINGDOM

The Coronation of Queen Victoria Kensington Palace Duchess of Kent (From an Engraving by Messrs. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Pall Mall East) Elizabeth Fry Rowland Hill Father Mathew George Stephenson Wheatstone

CHAPTER II STORM AND SUNSHINE.

St. James's Palace Prince Albert The Queen in her Wedding-Dress (After the Picture by Drummond) Sir Robert Peel Daniel O'Connell Richard Cobden John Bright Lord John Russell Thomas Chalmers John Henry Newman (From a photograph by Mr. H. J. Whitlock, Birmingham) Balmoral Osborne House

CHAPTER III FRANCE AND ENGLAND

Buckingham Palace Napoleon III

CHAPTER IV THE CRIMEAN WAR

The Crystal Palace, 1851 Lord Ashley Earl of Derby Duke of Wellington Florence Nightingale

CHAPTER V INDIA

Lord Canning Sir Colin Campbell Henry Havelock Sir John Lawrence

CHAPTER VI THE BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS

Windsor Castle Prince Frederick William Princess Royal Charles Kingsley (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) Lord Palmerston Abraham Lincoln and his son Princess Alice The Mausoleum Dr. Norman Macleod Prince of Wales (From a Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Ebury Street, W) Princess of Wales (From a Photograph by Walery)

CHAPTER VII CHANGES GOOD AND EVIL

Sir Robert Napier Mr. Gladstone Lord Beaconsfield Lord Salisbury General Gordon Duke of Albany (From a Photograph by A. BASSANO, Bond Street, W) Duchess of Albany (From a Photograph by A. BASSANO, Bond Street, W)

CHAPTER VIII OUR COLONIES

Sydney Heads

CHAPTER IX INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS

Robert Southey William Wordsworth Alfred Tennyson (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) Robert Browning (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) Charles Dickens (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) W. M. Thackeray (From a Drawing by Samuel Lawrence) Charlotte Brontë Lord Macaulay Thomas Carlyle William Whewell, D.D. Sir David Brewster Sir James Simpson Michael Faraday David Livingstone Sir John Franklin John Ruskin (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) Dean Stanley "I was sick, and ye visited me."

CHAPTER X PROGRESS OF THE EMPIRE FROM 1887 TO 1897

Duke of Connaught The Imperial Institute Duke of Clarence (From a Photograph by Lafayette, Dublin) Duke of York (From a Photograph by Russell & Sons, Baker Street, W) Duchess of York (From a Photograph by Russell & Sons, Baker Street, W) Princess Henry of Battenberg (From a Photograph by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight) Prince Henry of Battenberg (From a Photograph by Hughes & Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight) The Czarina of Russia H. M. Stanley Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Miss Kingsley J. M. Barrie Richard Jefferies Professor Huxley (From a Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co) Professor Tyndall (From a Photograph by Alexander Bassano, Ltd) C. H. Spurgeon Dr. Horatius Bonar Rev. J. G. Wood Dean Church J. E. Millais, P.R.A. (From a Photograph by Elliott & Fry) Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A. (From a Photograph by J. R. Mayall, Piccadilly, W)

CHAPTER XI Part I

Wesley preaching on his father's tomb Group of Presidents Number One Centenary Meeting at Manchester Wesleyan Centenary Hall Group of Presidents Number Two

Part II

Sir Francis Lycett The Methodist Settlement, Bermondsey, London, S.E. Theological Institution, Richmond Theological Institution, Didsbury Theological Institution, Headingley Theological Institution, Handsworth Kingswood School, Bath The North House, Leys School, Cambridge Queen's College, Taunton Wesley College, Sheffield Children's Home, Bolton Westminster Training College Group of Presidents Number Three

CONCLUSION

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