The Queen unveiling the Statue of the Prince Consort at Balmoral 297 The Queen Keeping Hallowe’en _To face_ 299 The Prince Consort Memorial at Balmoral 299 Sir Robert Napier (afterwards Lord Napier of Magdala) 301 St. James’s Palace 305 Mr. Gathorne-Hardy (afterwards Lord Cranbrook) 309 The Queen Reviewing the Volunteers in the Great Park, Windsor 313 The Queen Inspecting the _Galatea_ in Osborne Bay 317 The Cathedral, Lincoln 321 Windsor Castle, from Thames Street, and “Bit” of the Outer Walls 324 Mr. Chichester Fortescue (afterwards Lord Carlingford) 329 Choir of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin 332 Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin 333 Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of Winchester (_From a Photograph by S. A. Walker_) 337 The Victoria Embankment, London 341 The Queen’s Drawing-Room, Osborne (_From a Photograph by Hughes and Mullins, Ryde, Isle of Wight_) 344 Ismail Pasha 345 The Tapestry Room, St. James’s Palace (_From a Photograph by H. N. King_) 348 The Queen Opening Holborn Viaduct 349 The Queen Opening Blackfriars Bridge 353 Blackfriars Bridge, London 357 Mr. Disraeli (afterwards Lord Beaconsfield) (_From the Bust by J. E. Boehm, R.A., in the possession of the Queen_) 361 Cowes, Isle of Wight 364 Sedan 368 The French Troops Leaving Metz 369 Versailles, 1871: Proclaiming King William German Emperor 373 Charles Dickens 380 Garden Party at Windsor Castle 381 [Illustration: THE PRINCE CONSORT. (_After the Photograph by Mayall._)] [Illustration: BALMORAL CASTLE, FROM THE NORTH, LOOKING TOWARDS LOCHNAGAR. (_After a Photograph by G. W. Wilson and Co., Aberdeen._)] THE LIFE AND TIMES OF QUEEN VICTORIA CHAPTER I. LORD DERBY’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION.