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    356 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    Diary Of A, Lady Of Quality. Longman And...

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    readers Bearing will in no mind t be the surprised allusion to to find the ynn common that the -place selections book , our are .

    Several detached , shewing are - devoted little or to no the connection authorshi one of J with unius the wit other hout . pages

    several however cur , affording ious anecdotes a clue of to _JSTapoleon that literary . Here p mystery is one . which _, There was are ,

    related by his brother , Prince Lucien : his " In own those account days , at when least crowns ) seems were to have literall shewn y goin great g a-begg firmness ing , in Lucien rejecting ( by

    them , not only for , himself , but for his family . At one time Napoleon sent for ( Ferdinan one of d ) Lucien or to ' the s daughters Prince of , offering Wirtemberg to marry ( Paul her ) to Lucien the Prince determined of Spain to ,

    . Paris falloit refuse suivie obeir both ; de aux _' L'un ordres femmes , ' he supr said seulement , _^ mes c etait de fou mon , _Tautre frere etait ; et j p ' envoyai ire que fou Charlotte , mais il a

    arrived , at St . Cloud ses , where the Emperor et de was l'Abbe , she was B . ' immediatel "When the y poor presented victim Princesse to him ; and She when had she the knelt to to pay l her obeisance , he said , ' Levez-vous ,

    je ne suis . que ' Charlotte Buonap courage arte rep ; permettez y , * _JSTon , - Sire moi , je Sire ne suis de retourner pas Princesse chez ; her mon ( afterwards pere . ' Princess at This Ludlow permission Gabrielle ) was was granted , when , the and story the , intended was , related queen , living of S with pain

    parents . " of T Queen o many Victoria the following will be i new nciden : t connected with the accession

    whether " On Monday the at 2 guests we were were listening going to the all day Waterloo for the dinner tolling at of A the psley bells House , watching . On

    of Tuesday Canterbury , _^ - and a . m Lord ., the Conyngham scene closed the , and Chamberlain in a very short set time out to the announce Archbishop the they event knocked to the young they soverei they gn . thumped They , reached for a considerable Kensington , time Palace before about they could five ;

    rouse the porter , at rang the gates , ; they were kept waiting in the court-yardthen turned bod into one of the lower rooms , where they seemed forgotten by every , -

    audience Victoria y . They mi on ght business ran be g sent the to of bell inform importance , desired Her Royal ; that after Hi the g another hness attendant that delay th of ey , the and requested Princess another an to

    the ring Princess ing enquire was in the such cause a sweet , the sleep attendant that she was would summoned not venture , who stated to disturb that herThen said

    . they , ' We are come to the Queen on business of stateand keep even them her sleep waiting must , in give a way few moments to that . ' It she did cam ; and e into to _j ) the rove room that she in a did loose , not white niand

    collected upon her ght and shoulders -gown diified , her . shawl feet , her in sli ni ppers ght-cap , tears thrown in , her off , and eyes her , but hair perfectl falling y gn

    most " The of fi the rst summonses act of the rei were gn was not , of received course , the till summoning after the early the hour council fixed ; and for its

    the meeting head of . the The table Queen . She was received , upon the first opening the homage of the doors of the , found Duke sitting of Cum at - the berland Duke , who of Sussex , I suppose rose , to was perform not King tbe same of Hanover ceremony when , but he the knelt Queen to wit her h ;

    admirable grace , stood up , and preventing him from kneeling , kissed him , in

    356 Notices Of Books.

    356 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/68/