THE PUBLIC LIFE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. BY JOHN MCGILCHRIST. CASSELL, LONDON: PETTER, AND GALPIN, LA BELLE SAUVAGE YARD, LUDGATE HILL; AND 596, BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 1869. CONTENTS. Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, the Protector of Luther -Staunch Protestantism of the Queen's Saxon Forefathers -House of Saxe-Coburg-A Saxon Desperado of the Middle Ages A Fighting Hero of the Eighteenth Century-The PAGE THE GREATEST OF THE MODERN COBURGS. Romantic Career of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Queen's Uncle-His Continuous, Kind, and Fatherly Care of his Orphaned Niece-The Duchy of Coburg held by Napoleon-- Sufferings of the Ducal Family-A Temptation resisted- How the Princess Victoria came to be Heiress Presumptive to the Throne-Death of the Princess Charlotte-Marriages of the Royal Dukes-Of the Duke of Kent-Birth of the Princess Alexandrina Victoria-Prediction of George IV.-Death of the Duke of Kent-His Character-His Liberal Opinions- |