Transcriber’s Notes
The cover image was created by the transcriber from the title page and is placed in the public domain.
Inconsistent hyphenization has been fixed. Where possible, the more common usage within the text was used. Where not possible, the more common usage at the time of publication was used.
In a few cases, missing or inconsistent puncutuation has been corrected, mostly in the index and advertisements.
[Page 25]: “‘uttered with a loud voice and” changed to “uttered with a loud voice and”
[Page 29]: ““Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.” changed to ““Life of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.””
[Page 46]: “the Marquis of Conyingham” changed to “the Marquis of Conyngham”
[Page 52]: “though Lord Lansdown” changed to “though Lord Lansdowne”
[Page 76]: “a remarkable oubtreak of real disloyalty” changed to “a remarkable outbreak of real disloyalty”
[Page 95]: “high opinion of the ablities” changed to “high opinion of the abilities”
[Page 116]: “who she Queen’s husband should be” changed to “who the Queen’s husband should be”
[Page 140]: “for the bouquet of her granddaugher” changed to “for the bouquet of her granddaughter”
[Page 145]: “by an Irish brickylayer” changed to “by an Irish bricklayer”
[Page 179]: “loyalty is a passsion” changed to “loyalty is a passion”
[Page 227]: “wild and rather inacessible” changed to “wild and rather inaccessible”