V.R.I. Her life and empire

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... of the smell of paint, or caught cold, and the worst is over. Everything in the house is quite new, and the drawing-room looks very The new Royal home at Osborne. From a painting by Sir Edwin Landsccr in the Royal Collection. THE QUEEN (AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE) WITH THE PRINCESS ROYAL AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. the last century. The handles were worked by two or font men. Through the staples in the sides, poles were passed so that the engine could be carried up and down stairs by the firemen. handsome. The lights of the lamps in the windows in this room must have been seen far out at sea. At dinner we were to drink the Queen and Prince's health as a house-warming, and after it the Prince said, very simply and seriously, 'We have a Psalm in Germany for such occasions,' and then quoted it. It was 'to bless our going out and coming in, our daily bread, and all we do; bless us to a blessed dying, and make us heirs of heaven.' It was dry and quaint, being Luther's. We all perceived that he was feeling it, and truly the entering of a new house is a solemn thing to do to those whose space of life in it is possibly not long, and who in spite of rank and health and youth may be going down-hill now. "I forgot the best part of our breaking in, which was that Lucy Kerr insisted on throwing an old shoe into the house after the Queen, as she entered for the first night, this being a Scottish superstition. She wanted also to have some melted lead and sundry other charms, but they were not forthcoming." The Queen had spoken to Louis Philippe about difficulties in Spain likely to arise if, as was reported, it was desired that lUcssn. iierrywcather & sons, the son of the King of the French should marry with the Infanta An Old Fire-engine From Windsor of Spain...