The letters of Queen Victoria, vol. 1, 1837-1843 : $b A selection from Her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861.

Queen Victoria's early years--Duke and Duchess of Kent--Parliamentary grant to Duchess of Kent--The Queen of Würtemberg--George IV. and the Princess--Visits to Windsor--Duchess of ...

Queen Victoria's relations and friends--King Leopold's influence --Queen Adelaide--Baroness Lehzen--Baron Stockmar (Pages 22-26)...

1821-1835 Observations on the correspondence with King Leopold and others--First letter received by Queen Victoria--Her first letter to Prince Leopold --Birthday letters--King Leo...

1836 Visit of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg--Invitation to the Prince of Orange--Arrival of Princes Ernest and Albert--The Princess's appreciation of Prince Albert--King Leopold...

1837 Spain and Portugal--Music with Princes Ernest and Albert --Parliamentary language and political passion--The throne of Greece --Queen of the Belgians' dowry--The English Pres...

1838 Lord Melbourne--Canada--Influence of the Crown--Daniel O'Connell --Position of Ministers of State in England and abroad--New Poor Law --Pressure of business--Prince Albert's ...

1839 Murder of Lord Norbury--Holland and Belgium--Dissension in the Cabinet --The Duke of Lucca--Portugal--Ireland and the Government--England and Belgium--Prince Albert's tour in...

1840 Letters to Prince Albert--Opening of Parliament--The Prince's grant --The Prince at Brussels--Marriage of the Queen and Prince--Public enthusiasm--Plays in Lent--Debate on th...

1841 Letter to King Leopold--The Prince and literature--The speech from the throne--Domestic happiness--Duke of Wellington's illness--England and the United States--Operations in ...

1842 Letter from Queen Adelaide--Disasters in Afghanistan--The Oxford movement--Church matters--The Duke of Wellington and the christening --Lord Melbourne ill--A favourite dog--T...

1843 Recollections of Claremont--Historical writers--Governor-Generalship of Canada--Mr Drummond shot--Mistaken for Sir Robert Peel--Death of Mr Drummond--Demeanour of MacNaghten-...

THE ANCESTRY OF THE QUEEN--HOUSES OF BRUNSWICK, HANOVER, AND COBURG QUEEN VICTORIA, on her father's side, belonged to the House of Brunswick, which was undoubtedly one of the olde...

MEMOIR OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S EARLY YEARS ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, was born on Monday, 24th May 1819, at Kensington Palace. Her...

QUEEN VICTORIA'S RELATIONS AND FRIENDS It may be held to have been one of the chief blessings of Queen Victoria's girlhood that she was brought closely under the influence of an e...

1821-1835 [The first letter ever received by Queen Victoria appears to be the following little note, written by the Duchess of Clarence, afterwards Queen Adelaide, in May 1821, wh...

1836 _The King of the Belgians to the Princess Victoria._ _4th March 1836._ MY DEARLY BELOVED CHILD,--You wrote me again a long, _dear_, _good_ letter, like all those which I re...

1837 _The Princess Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ _16th January 1837._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,-- ... We saw Van de Weyer[1] on Tuesday, and his conversation was most interesti...

1838 _Viscount Melbourne to Queen Victoria._ _1st January 1838._ ... Lord Melbourne feels most deeply the extreme kindness of your Majesty's expressions. Whatever may happen in ...

1839 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ PAVILION [BRIGHTON], _1st January 1839._ MY DEAR UNCLE,--... I don't like your _croaking_ so about damp climates; if a niece m...

1840 _Queen Victoria to the Prince Albert._ BUCKINGHAM PALACE, _11th January 1840._ STOCKMAR is here; I saw him yesterday and to-day, and have begged him to explain to you _all ...

1841 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ _5th January 1841._ MY DEAREST UNCLE,--I have to thank you for two very kind letters, of the 26th December and 1st January, an...

1842 _Queen Adelaide to Queen Victoria._ SUDBURY HALL, _4th January 1842._ MY DEAR NIECE,--Most grateful for your very amiable kind letter full of good wishes for me, I hasten t...

relating to what passed from one hundred to two hundred years ago, Lord Melbourne would strongly recommend the Private Memoirs of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon (Edward Hyde), not t...

1843 _Queen Victoria to the King of the Belgians._ WINDSOR CASTLE, _4th January 1843._ DEAREST UNCLE,--... We have been _very_ gay; danced into the New Year, and again _last_ ni...

It added that the King could not, in any event, be in England before the latter end of May or beginning of June, and rather hinted that as his proposed visit was more out of a spir...