CONTENTS

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[CHAPTER I]
An Appreciation[1]
[CHAPTER II]
Birth and Early Years[5]
[CHAPTER III]
The King’s Boyhood[22]
[CHAPTER IV]
Oxford, Cambridge, and the Curragh[34]
[CHAPTER V]
The King’s Visit to Canada and the United States[43]
[CHAPTER VI]
Death of the Prince Consort—Tour in the East[55]
[CHAPTER VII]
The Wedding of King Edward and Queen Alexandra[63]
[CHAPTER VIII]
Early Married Life[83]
[CHAPTER IX]
Their Majesties’ Tour in Egypt and the Mediterranean[103]
[CHAPTER X]
The Franco-Prussian War—The King’s Illness[125]
[CHAPTER XI]
1873-1875[136]
[CHAPTER XII]
The King’s Tour in India[143]
[CHAPTER XIII]
Quiet Years of Public Work, 1876-1887—Visit to Ireland—QueenVictoria’s Golden Jubilee[159]
[CHAPTER XIV]
Silver Wedding of King Edward and Queen Alexandra—Engagementand Marriage of Princess Louise[171]
[CHAPTER XV]
The Baccarat Case—Birth of Lady Alexandra Duff—The King’sFiftieth Birthday—Illness of Prince George[179]
[CHAPTER XVI]
The Duke of Clarence and Avondale[184]
[CHAPTER XVII]
The Housing of the Working Classes—Marriage of Prince George—TheDiamond Jubilee—Death of the Duchess of Teck[200]
[CHAPTER XVIII]
Later Years—A Serious Accident to the King—Gradual Recovery—TheAttempt on the King’s Life[220]
[CHAPTER XIX]
The King as a Country Squire[235]
[CHAPTER XX]
The King in London[251]
[CHAPTER XXI]
The King and State Policy[262]
[CHAPTER XXII]
The King and the Services[268]
[CHAPTER XXIII]
The King and Freemasonry[279]
[CHAPTER XXIV]
The King as a Philanthropist[287]
[CHAPTER XXV]
The King as a Sportsman[296]
[CHAPTER XXVI]
The Death of Queen Victoria—The King’s Accession[310]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The King. From the Painting by Mr. A. Stuart Wortley[Frontispiece]
The King at Homburg[xvi]
The Christening of King Edward VII.[9]
Queen Victoria, the Empress Frederick, and King Edward VII.[11]
King Edward VII.[13]
King Edward VII. at the Age of Three[15]
The King in 1847[17]
The Landing of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their Children at Aberdeen[19]
The King and the Empress Frederick as Children[21]
The Rev. Henry Mildred Birch, the King’s First Tutor[25]
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their Children[27]
The King at the Age of Eight, and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the Age of Five[29]
Sketching at Loch Laggan—Queen Victoria with King Edward and the Empress Frederick[31]
Queen Victoria and King Edward VII.[32]
The King in 1859[35]
Christ Church, Oxford[38]
Trinity College, Cambridge[39]
The King in 1861[41]
The Tour in Canada and the United States, 1860[43]
The Fifth Duke of Newcastle, K.G.[44]
The King’s Landing at Montreal[46]
The King laying the Last Stone of the Victoria Bridge over the St. Lawrence[47]
The Grand Ball given at the Academy of Music, New York[52]
Dean Stanley[58]
The King’s Reception by Said Pacha, Viceroy of Egypt, at Cairo[59]
The King about the Time of his Marriage[62]
Queen Alexandra[65]
The King on Coming of Age[67]
Queen Alexandra in 1863[69]
Queen Alexandra[71]
The Marriage of the King and Queen[75]
A Contemporary Design for the Royal Wedding[78]
On the Wedding Day[81]
Queen Alexandra at the Time of her Marriage[82]
Queen Alexandra in 1863[86]
Queen Alexandra in 1864[89]
Queen Alexandra with the Baby Prince Albert Victor[91]
King Edward, Queen Alexandra, and Prince Albert Victor[93]
Queen Victoria with Prince Albert Victor[95]
King Edward at the Age of Twenty-Three[99]
Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Christian[101]
Queen Alexandra about the Year 1865[102]
Thanksgiving Day, 1872: The Scene at Temple Bar[132]
Thanksgiving Day, 1872: The Procession up Ludgate Hill[134]
Queen Alexandra and her Sister, the Empress Alexander of Russia, in 1873[137]
Queen Victoria, with the Princes Albert Victor and George, and their sister, Princess Victoria[139]
The King’s Indian Tour, 1875[143]
Embarkation on Board the Serapis at Brindisi[147]
The King’s Visit to the Cawnpore Memorial[153]
The King in 1876[157]
The King in 1879[161]
The King in 1882[164]
Queen Alexandra in her Robes as Doctor of Music[169]
The Duchess of Fife, Princess Victoria, and Princess Charles of Denmark[175]
The Duke of Fife[177]
The Duke of Clarence and Avondale[185]
Queen Alexandra[193]
King Edward and Queen Alexandra, with the Duchess of Fife and Lady Alexandra Duff[201]
Queen Victoria and the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York[205]
The King in the Undress Uniform of an Admiral of the Fleet[210]
The King as Grand Master of the Knights-Hospitallers of Malta, at the Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball[213]
The Duke of Cornwall and York in his Robes as a Knight of St. Patrick[215]
The Duchess of Cornwall and York[217]
The Duke of Connaught, the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg, the German Emperor, King Edward VII., Queen Victoria, and the Empress Frederick[223]
The King with the Ladies Duff[229]
Sandringham from the Grounds[235]
The Norwich Gate at Sandringham[238]
The East Front, Sandringham[239]
Queen Alexandra’s Dairy at Sandringham[241]
Queen Alexandra at Sandringham[245]
The Kennels, Sandringham[248]
Queen Alexandra with her Favourite Dogs[250]
Marlborough House from the South-West[252]
Marlborough House: the Drawing-Room[254]
Garden Party at Marlborough House, July 1881[257]
Marlborough House: the Salon[259]
The King as Admiral of the Fleet[269]
The King as Colonel of the 10th Hussars[273]
The King and the Duke of Connaught[277]
Sir Francis Knollys[292]
Mr. John Porter and Mr. Richard Marsh, the King’s Past and Present Trainers, and John Watts, his Jockey[296]
The Egerton House Training Stables, Newmarket[297]
The King’s Derby, 1896[299]
The King as a Sportsman in 1876[305]
The Britannia[307]
The King as a Yachtsman[308]