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Transcriber's Note: This is the first volume of three. The index is in Volume III, with links to all three Volumes; and some footnotes are linked between volumes. These links are designed to work when the book is read on line. However, if you want to download all three volumes and have the links work on your own computer, then follow these directions carefully. 1. Create a directory (folder) named whatever you like (e.g., Victoria). (The name of this directory (folder) is not critical, but the inner folders must be named as listed below, or the links between volumes will not work). 2. In that directory (folder) create 3 directories (folders) named 20023 24780 28649 3. Create the following directories (folders): In the 20023 directory create a directory named 20023-h In the 24780 directory create a directory named 24780-h In the 28649 directory create a directory named 28649-h 4. Download the zipped html version of each volume. Download Vol. I from [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20023] Download Vol. II from [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24780] Download Vol. III from [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/28649] 5. Unzip the downloaded files and move them into the appropriate directories: Move the unzipped 20023-h.htm file and its "images" directory into your 20023-h directory. Move the unzipped 24780-h.htm file and its "images" directory into your 24780-h directory. Move the unzipped 28649-h.htm file and its "images" directory into your 28649-h directory. Use the BACK button to return from a link. There are a number of 'period' spellings, which have been retained
(e.g. bord, controuled, uncontrouled, Controul, woud, etc.). The original pageheadings have been retained, moving them to appropriate
positions in the right-hand margin close to the text to which they refer,
so as not to interrupt the flow of the text. Likewise, footnotes have been moved to the end of the appropriate letter, or the
appropriate paragraph, in the case of longer pieces of text. Initial letters are spaced as in the original, i.e., personal initials:
spaced; academic initials: unspaced. Errata and [sic]: Page 14: removed extraneous opening quote. Page 83: replaced 'It' with 'If' (It you could get my kind....) Page 145: 'mariage' [sic]: King Leopold may have used the French
spelling 'mariage' for the English 'marriage'. Page 146: changed 'anxety' to 'anxiety' - old typo? Page 157: removed duplicated word (Lord Lord Melbourne) Page 162: corrected 'Houeshold' to 'Household'. Page 191: corrected 'beng' to 'being'. Page 193: corrected 'affecionate' to 'affectionate'. Page 261: replaced missing period. Page 298: replaced missing period ... '_I.e._, Lord Melbourne being succeeded Page 376: corrected 'Every our' to 'Ever your'. Page 384: '... on bord the Black Eagle ...' [sic] Page 392: 'I ... am quite confuse. [sic]
Queen Victoria used the feminine form of the French adjective,
"confus, e, confused, overpowered; obscure, dim." Page 417: corrected page no. in footnote from 408 to 409. Page 443: uncontrouled [sic] Page 445, Footnote 112: 'a' corrected to 'at'. Page 448: 'woud' [sic] (though followed by 'would' in same paragraph). Page 466: corrected 'as' to 'at' ...'look at'... Page 469: '... one of the Secretaries to the Board of Controul.' [sic] Page 512: Replaced missing period ... 'Viney, Ld.,'