LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[Queen Victoria receiving the News of her Accession to the Throne, 20th June 1837.]
From the picture by H. T. Wells, R.A., at Buckingham Palace		[Frontispiece]
[T.R.H. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria.]
From the miniature by H. Bone, after Sir W. Beechey, at Windsor Castle		Facing p. [8]
[H.R.H. The Princess Victoria, 1827.]
By Plant, after Stewart. From the miniature at Buckingham, Palace		Facing p. [16]
[H.M. King William IV.]
From a miniature at Windsor Castle		Facing p. [72]
[H.R.H. The Prince Consort, 1840.]
From the portrait by John Partridge at Buckingham Palace		Facing p. [176]
[H.M. Queen Victoria, 1841.]
From the drawing by E. F. T., after H. E. Dawe, at Buckingham Palace		Facing p. [272]