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.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. | |
| PARLEY ARRIVES IN LONDON | [Page 1] |
CHAPTER II. | |
| PARLEY GOES TO SEE THE NEW CROWN | [6] |
CHAPTER III. | |
| PARLEY VISITS WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND HYDE-PARK.—PREPARATIONS FOR THE FAIR | [11] |
CHAPTER IV. | |
| PARLEY SEES THE QUEEN, AND RELATES SOME ANECDOTES OF HER MAJESTY | [16] |
CHAPTER V. | |
| PARLEY CONTINUES HIS ANECDOTES OF THE QUEEN | [28] |
CHAPTER VI. | |
| PARLEY DESCRIBES WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON THE MORNING OF THE CORONATION, AND RELATES THE LEGENDS CONNECTED WITH ST. EDWARD'S CHAIR | [40] |
CHAPTER VII. | |
| PARLEY DESCRIBES THE PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY | [52] |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
| PARLEY DESCRIBES THE CORONATION IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY | [65] |
CHAPTER IX. | |
| PARLEY CONTINUES HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE CORONATION IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY | [81] |
CHAPTER X. | |
| PARLEY GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE ILLUMINATIONS, AND OF THE GRAND DISPLAY OF FIRE-WORKS | [92] |
CHAPTER XI. | |
| PARLEY ATTENDS A REVIEW IN HYDE PARK, AND RELATES SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MARSHAL SOULT.—CONCLUSION | [103] |