XII. IN CLUB- AND CARD-LAND 175 XIII. WITH THE WITS 183 XIV. JOURNALS AND JOURNALISTS 209 XV. THE SPORTSMAN 214 XVI. IN FACTORY AND MINE 224 XVII. WITH THE MEN OF SCIENCE 233 XVIII. LAW AND JUSTICE 237 XIX. CONCLUSION 258 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. _PLATES._ THE PRINCESS VICTORIA IN 1830. _From the Picture by Richard Westall, R.A., at Windsor Castle_ _Frontispiece_ WINDSOR CASTLE _Vignette_ PAGE QUEEN VICTORIA IN 1839. _From a Drawing by R. J. Lane, A.R.A._ 1 THOMAS CARLYLE. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 16 THE QUEEN’S FIRST COUNCIL--KENSINGTON PALACE, JUNE 20, 1837. _From the Picture by Sir David Wilkie, R.A., at Windsor Castle_ 18 A SHOW OF TWELFTH-CAKES. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 20 GREENWICH PARK. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 22 THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPS’ ANNUAL HOLIDAY. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 24 BEATING THE BOUNDS. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 26 BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 28 VAUXHALL GARDENS. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 30 IN FLEET STREET. PROCLAIMING THE QUEEN. _From Cruikshank’s ‘Comic Almanack’_ 56 LEIGH HUNT. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 64 JOHN GALT. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 86 THE QUEEN RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT AFTER HER CORONATION. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, JUNE 28, 1838. _From the Picture by C. R. Leslie, R.A., at Windsor Castle_ 94 THEODORE HOOK. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 100 THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 110 COUNT D’ORSAY. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 112 SYDNEY SMITH. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 116 JOHN BALDWIN BUCKSTONE. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 126 THOMAS NOON TALFOURD. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 128 MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 130 SIR WALTER SCOTT. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 132 LORD LYNDHURST. _From the Fraser Gallery_ 138