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Title: The Letters of Queen Victoria, Vol 2 (of 3), 1844-1853
A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the
years 1837 and 1861

Author: Queen Victoria

Editor: Arthur Christopher Benson
(Viscount) Esher

Release Date: March 8, 2008 [EBook #24780]

Language: English

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[Illustration: H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA, 1843
From the picture by F. Winterhalter at Windsor Castle
_Frontispiece, Vol. II._]

THE LETTERS OF
QUEEN VICTORIA

A SELECTION FROM HER MAJESTY'S
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE YEARS
1837 AND 1861

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF
HIS MAJESTY THE KING

EDITED BY ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON, M.A.
AND VISCOUNT ESHER, G.C.V.O., K.C.B.

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. II.--1844-1853

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1908

_Copyright in Great Britain and Dependencies, 1907, by_
H.M. THE KING.

_In the United States by_ Messrs LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.
_All rights reserved_.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER XIII

1844 PAGES

Duc de Bordeaux--Hanoverian Orders--Domestic happiness--Death
of the Duke of Coburg--Lord Melbourne on old age--Recall
of Lord Ellenborough--Uncle and niece--Lord Ellenborough's
honours--Prince de Joinville's _brochure_--The Emperor
Nicholas--A great review--At the Opera--The Emperor's
character--The Emperor and Belgium--Crisis in Parliament--The
King of Saxony--Lord Ellenborough and India--England,
France, and Russia--France and Tahiti--King Louis Philippe
expected--Arrangements for the visit--Queen Louise's
solicitude--Arrival of King Louis Philippe--A successful
visit--The King's departure--Opening of the Royal
Exchange--Gift to the Prince of Wales--Education in India 1-29

CHAPTER XIV

1845

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