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Title: Great Britain and Her Queen

Author: Anne E. Keeling

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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.
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
George Stephenson
Wheatstone
St. James's Palace
Prince Albert
The Queen in Her Wedding-Dress
Sir Robert Peel
Daniel O'Connell
Richard Cobden
John Bright
Lord John Russell
Thomas Chalmers
John Henry Newmann
Balmoral
Buckingham Palace
Napoleon III
The Crystal Palace, 1851
Lord Ashley
Earl of Derby
Duke of Wellington
Florence Nightingale
Lord Canning
Sir Colin Campbell
Henry Havelock
Sir John Lawrence
Windsor Castle
Prince Frederick William
Princess Royal
Charles Kingsley
Lord Palmerston
Abraham Lincoln and his son
Princess Alice
The Mausoleum
Dr. Norman Macleod
Prince