CHAPTER X THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR--THE KING’S ILLNESS 125 CHAPTER XI 1873-1875 136 CHAPTER XII THE KING’S TOUR IN INDIA 143 CHAPTER XIII QUIET YEARS OF PUBLIC WORK, 1876-1887--VISIT TO IRELAND--QUEEN VICTORIA’S GOLDEN JUBILEE 159 CHAPTER XIV SILVER WEDDING OF KING EDWARD AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA--ENGAGEMENT AND MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS LOUISE 171 CHAPTER XV THE BACCARAT CASE--BIRTH OF LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF--THE KING’S FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY--ILLNESS OF PRINCE GEORGE 179 CHAPTER XVI THE DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE 184 CHAPTER XVII THE HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES--MARRIAGE OF PRINCE GEORGE--THE DIAMOND JUBILEE--DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF TECK 200 CHAPTER XVIII LATER YEARS--A SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE KING--GRADUAL RECOVERY--THE ATTEMPT ON THE KING’S LIFE 220 CHAPTER XIX THE KING AS A COUNTRY SQUIRE 235 CHAPTER XX THE KING IN LONDON 251 CHAPTER XXI THE KING AND STATE POLICY 262 CHAPTER XXII THE KING AND THE SERVICES 268 CHAPTER XXIII THE KING AND FREEMASONRY 279 CHAPTER XXIV THE KING AS A PHILANTHROPIST 287 CHAPTER XXV THE KING AS A SPORTSMAN 296 CHAPTER XXVI THE DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA--THE KING’S ACCESSION 310 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The King. From the Painting by Mr. A. Stuart Wortley _Frontispiece_ The King at Homburg xvi The Christening of King Edward VII. 9 Queen Victoria, the Empress Frederick, and King Edward VII. 11 King Edward VII. 13 King Edward VII. at the Age of Three 15 The King in 1847 17