Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood and Womanhood [Paperback]

Grace Greenwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2006

"Permit me, my dear friend, to inscribe to you this very imperfect Life of your beloved Queen, in remembrance of that dear old time when the world was brighter and more beautiful than it is now (or so it seemeth to me) and things in general were pleasanter. "

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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From the author's Dedicatory Letter:

To Camilla Toulmin (Mrs. Newton Crosland), Linton Lodge, Blackheath Park:

Permit me, my dear friend, to inscribe to you this very imperfect Life of your beloved Queen, in remembrance of that dear old time when the world was brighter and more beautiful than it is now (or so it seemeth to me) and things in general were pleasanter;--when better books were written, especially biographies, and there were fewer of them;--when the "gentle reader" and the "indulgent critic" were extant;--when Realism had not shouldered his way into Art;--when there were great actors and actresses of the fine old school, like Macready and the elder Booth--Helen Faucit and Charlotte Cushman; and real orators, like Daniel O'Connell and Daniel Webster;--when there was more poetry and more romance in life than now;-- when it took less silk to make a gown, but when a bonnet was a bonnet;-- when there was less east-wind and fog, more moonlight to the month, and more sunlight to the acre;--when the scent of the blossoming hawthorn was sweeter in the morning, and the song of the nightingale more melodious in the twilight;--when, in short, you and I, and the glorious Victorian era, were young.
--GRACE GREENWOOD.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: IndyPublish.com (May 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421996219
• ISBN-13: 978-1421996219
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)