Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's ReignMaxwell, Herbert, Sir
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Sixty Years a Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's Reign
Maxwell, Herbert, Sir
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Vienna, Conferences of Ambassadors at, 75.
Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. P., *17, 21, 35, *112.
Volunteer movement, 111;
uniforms, *110.
Wales, Prince of, portraits, *48, *79, *107, *124, *144, *175, *191;
christening of, *37;
marriage, 122, *123;
illness, recovery, and thanksgiving, *140;
visits India, 144;
organizes Jubilee Institute, 173;
hand of, *192.
Wales, Princess of, *124, *175;
marriage, 122, *123.
War correspondents, 82.
_Warrior_, H.M.S., *69.
War-ships. _See_ Navy.
Waterloo Bridge, *147.
Wellington, Duke of, *5, *25;
at the Coronation, 10;
declines Premiership, 21;
moves amendment to address on Queen's betrothal, 27;
as Cæsar's Ghost, *36;
on Corn Laws, 38;
advises recall of Lord Russell, 59;
presents casket to Prince Arthur, *59;
death, 67;
funeral, *67, *68.
West Australia, statistics of, *128.
Who? Who? Ministry, 67.
William IV., death of, 3.
_William Fawcett_ Steamship, *21.
Windsor Castle, *3;
Throne Room, *19.
Winnipeg City Hall, *116.
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, afterwards Viscount, portrait, *160;
in Ashanti, 140;
in South Africa, 149;
in Egypt, 160, *161, 165.
Wood, Sir Charles, *112.
Woolwich Arsenal, *70.
Wordsworth, William, *110.
York, Duke of, *175;
marriage of, *181.
York, Prince Edward of, *180.
Zulu War, 148.
*** _All the illustrations in this Work are copyright._
ERRATA.
_The following corrections have been made in a portion of the issue of
this Work._
pp. 62, 63, date of closing of Great Exhibition _should be_
"October 11."
p. 65, fifth line from bottom, date of fire at Houses of
Parliament _should be_ "1834."
p. 71, last line, _for_ "died out" _read_ "almost died out"
p. 77, sixth line from bottom, _for_ "oppressor" _read_
"opposer"
p. 90, first line of note beneath upper illustration _should
read_ "first visit of an English Sovereign to Paris since
Henry VI. was crowned there," &c.
p. 119, title to first illustration _should read_ "Sydney
Harbour, from Palace Garden."
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Who had recently taken the place of the old watchmen, and were
nicknamed Peelers after Sir Robert Peel.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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