CONTENTS VOLUME I Page CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY - . . 9 CHAPTER II. THE CHILDHOOD OF KING EDWARD - - 12 1841-1848 Birth of King- Edward A Curious Custom The Guildhall Banquet Special Thanksgiving Nurses of the Royal Infant Royal Clemency The Queen's Joy Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester The Titles Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Saxony, &c. The Prince's Armorial Bearings Introduction of the Christmas Tree Christening of the Prince St. George's Chapel, Windsor Banquet in St. George's Hall Early Pictures of the Prince Baron Stockmar Early Incidents Brothers and Sisters Lady Lyttelton as Governess Early Training The Prince's Education The Rev. H. M. Birch as Tutor Other Tutors A Masque at Windsor Castle First Journey to Scotland The First Victoria and Albert At Blair Castle In South-west England Osborne Bought Erection of Osborne House To Jersey In Cornwall Via Wales to Scotland In the Firth of Clyde and the Western Highlands At Ardverikie First Visit to Balmoral The Balmoral Estate Acquired. CHAPTER III. A PRINCE'S TRAINING - - 45 1849-1856 A Visit to Ireland Queenstown and Cork Waterford, Kingstown, Dublin, and Belfast Earl of Dublin A Visit to Glasgow First Semi-official Appearance at Opening of New Coal Exchange in London The Great Exhibition of 1851 A Visit to Liverpool and Manchester Death of the Duke of Wellington Napoleon the Third The Prince at the Camp on Chobham Ridges A Great Naval Review Opening of Exhibition of Irish Industries in Dublin The Prince at the Opening of Parliament The Crimean War Visit from French Emperor and Empress The Second Victoria and Albert The Prince's First Visit to France The Capture of Sebastopol A Bonfire at Balmoral The New Balmoral Castle. iii
