Peter Parley's Visit to London, During the Coronation of Queen Victoria

PETER PARLEY'S VISIT TO LONDON.
LONDON: CLARKE, PRINTERS, SILVER STREET, FALCON SQUARE.
Madeley lith. 3, Wellington St. Strand.
THE CORONATION OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
DURING THE CORONATION OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
LONDON: CHARLES TILT, FLEET STREET. MDCCCXXXIX.
TO THE GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS Of Great Britain, PETER PARLEY DEDICATES THESE PAGES.


PETER PARLEY'S VISIT TO LONDON.
Well, my little friends, here is your old acquaintance, Peter Parley, come to tell some more of his amusing Tales. You wonder, I dare say, what could tempt such a frail old man as I am to leave home, and come so far. You shall hear.
A Coronation, you must know, is a sight not to be seen every day in the United States, where we have neither King nor Queen, so thinks I to myself, I hear a great deal about the grandeur of the spectacle which is to be exhibited at the crowning of Queen Victoria, and though I have seen many grand sights in my day, I have never seen a Coronation, so I shall just get into one of these new steam ships which take one across the Atlantic Ocean so quickly, and have a look at the affair. I shall, besides, have an opportunity of seeing the kind London friends who treated me so handsomely when I was last in England, and then I shall have such lots of new stories for my young friends. I must—I shall go!