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Rather more than one mortal lifetime, as we average life in these later days, has elapsed since that June morning of 1837, when Victoria of England, then a fair young princess of eighteen, was roused from her tranquil sleep in the old palace at Kensington, and bidden to rise and meet the Primate, and his dignified associates the Lord Chamberlain and the royal physician, who "were come on business of state to the Queen"--words of startling import, for they meant that, while the royal maiden lay sleeping, the aged King, whose heiress she was, had passed into the deeper sleep of death. It is already. | Great Britain and Her Queen 1 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. PART I. PART II. Great Britain and Her Queen The Project Gutenberg eBook Great Britain and Her Queen by Anne E. Keeling CHAPTER I. 2 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Great Britain and Her Queen Author Anne E. Keeling Release Date August 3 2004 eBook 13103 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT BRITAIN AND HER QUEEN E-text prepared by Roy Brown Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http 1 3 1 0 13103 13103-h or http 1 3 1 0 13103 GREAT BRITAIN AND HER QUEEN by ANNE E. KEELING Author of General Gordon Hero and Saint The Oakhurst Chronicles Andrew Golding etc. Second Edition. Revised and Enlarged 1897 Illustration Queen Victoria Illustration Claremont CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE GIRL QUEEN AND HER KINGDOM CHAPTER II. STORM AND SUNSHINE CHAPTER III. FRANCE AND ENGLAND CHAPTER IV. 3 CHAPTER IV. THE CRIMEAN WAR CHAPTER V. INDIA CHAPTER VI. THE BEGINNINGS OF SORROWS CHAPTER VII. CHANGES GOOD AND EVIL CHAPTER VIII. OUR COLONIES CHAPTER IX. INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL PROGRESS CHAPTER X. PROGRESS OF THE EMPIRE FROM 1887 TO 1897 CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS OF WESLEYAN METHODISM UNDER QUEEN VICTORIA 1837-1897 CONCLUSION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Queen Victoria Claremont The Coronation of Queen Victoria Kensington Palace Duchess of Kent Elizabeth Fry Rowland Hill Father Mathew