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  2. Shot at Again.

    On May 30, 1842, she was fired at on Constitution Hill. The day previous (Sunday), as she and the Prince were returning from the Chapel Royal, a man ...

    Article : 432 words
  3. LOVE IS BLIND.

    A more winsome, engaging bundle of femininity than Maud Trevor never existed on this earth of ours to torment the heart of man. It was not that she was ...

    Article : 1,901 words
  4. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. ONE DAY AT A TIME.

    What an unspeakable comfort in the thought, if we would only stop in the midst of our worries and reflect upon it! Only the griefs, losses, petty trials, and ...

    Article : 548 words
  5. THE RECORD REIGN. A Jubilee Retrospect.

    Incidents in the Royal history and that of the principal events of the “Record Reign ” are abundant at the present time. Some of the most interesting events of ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. Youthful Dangers.

    When about six months old, the little Princess was taken by her parents to Sidmouth, a pretty watering-place on the Devonshire coast. Here she had a very ...

    Article : 162 words
  7. The Proclamation.

    Great preparations were made, and at 10 a.m. on the 21st June, 1837, Her Majesty reached St. James’s Palace, where, according to custom, she appealed ...

    Article : 571 words
  8. Proper Economy.

    The following incident is given as an illustration of the habits of strict economy and prudence enforced, The Princess had her allowance, and was ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. “Too Plain to be Anybody."

    Her Majesty, it may be mentioned, preserved her simplicity of style in dressing her own children. In illustration of this, the following amusing incident is ...

    Article : 181 words
  10. She Would be Queen.

    Fearins that the sweet modesty of chudhood might be spoiled by a premature perception of the dazzling prospects beforo her, the Duchess deemed it wise, ...

    Article : 345 words
  11. UGLY MEN WHO FASCINATE WOMEN.

    It is not always the handsome men that women take to; indeed, it is well known that the prettiest girls in the majority of cases marry the ugliest men What can ...

    Article : 348 words
  12. Jenny Lind.

    About the same time a very pretty little story is told of how the Queen sent for Jenny Lind to sing before her in private. It happened that the Queen is ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. THE HOME CIRCLE.

    SAVOUKY TROTTERS.—Boil some sheep's trotters until tender, slip out the bones, and cut in pieces: Melt two ounces of dripping in a stewpan, fry in it half a ...

    Article : 508 words
  14. USEFUL INFORMATION

    Try this Indelible Ink.—Mix a strong solution of Prussian blue dissolved in distilled water, with good ox-gall. This will make a greenish-blue ink which ...

    Article : 461 words
  15. Tom Thumb.

    When writing of these celebrities, I had better give a little extract from Barnum’s notes of General Tom Thumb’s visit to the Queen. Chronologically this ...

    Article : 474 words
  16. In Westminster Abbey.

    Miss Martineau, in her Autobiography, thus describes the scene: “The stone architecture contrasted finely with the gay colors of the multitude. From my ...

    Article : 469 words
  17. The Royal Charity.

    On one occasion Princess Victoria heard, when at Tunbridge Wells, of a poor actress whose husband had died, leaving her in the deepest poverty and ...

    Article : 442 words
  18. The Coronation.

    The coronation or a maiden sovereign was, in some respects, unique. Hence many matters of etiquette and ceremonial detail had to be revised—amongst others, ...

    Article : 1,129 words
  19. Riding in a Hansom.

    Says a well-known Londoner:—“ It is extraordinary that the hansom-cab is hardly to be found out of London. In the English provinces there arc a few, about ...

    Article : 384 words
  20. Marriage Preparations,

    Everything which helps a girl to live a worthy life, to develop all her powers, will be a useful preparation for marriage, and will, moreover, not be wasted if she does ...

    Article : 124 words
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  22. The Queen Shot At.

    It is not at all improbable that the natural desire for the quiet and peaceful life at Windsor and Claremont may have been stimulated by the repeated attempts ...

    Article : 642 words
  23. Her Future Husband.

    In May, 1836, there came to visit “Aunt Kent, and Cousin Victoria,” at Kensington, two young German princes, Ernest and Albert, the latter being the ...

    Article : 177 words
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