New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS
TIE QUEENS JOURNAL.

AND YACHTING EXCURSIONS. LATED Dy ARTHUR
HENS. l2uo. p.. 2s7. Harper q Biothcia.
Mr. Arthur Helps ID Clerk of the Privy Council,
and his Office brought hun into that close personal
relation 20 the Queen which. together with his high
literary reputation led 20 his becoming The Ed tor Of
the Queens Diary. He states modesily and in on
interesting way how the book came 10 be published.
During an Official visit Her Majesty showed hiia eN-
tracts FROM her Journal of Life in the Highlands
which Size had it ia mind to PRINT forPrivaie oIs'ou
ton. Mr Helps aud others suggested tnat INC "oiN
would he not less interesting to the public IMAM 20 'I
personal friends The Queen, however sau 'i'n'
she had 10 skin whatever in Authorship; tna' theSe
were for the most part, mere holney accounts VI oN
.ure,or ,,eor holie and that she felt extremely re-
jnctopt 10 pnbli-h ANYTHING written by herself" II
will. perhaps be- the opinion OF most readers OF al
any rate Of most readers who are not also subjects OF
mi, roval autor that her Judgment the book was
wiser Than that OF her editor and friends. But
the prei.cc GOES on to say that 1t was urged
that extracts from q privately printed book
would be almost sure 10 find their way into
the papers in a arblcd shape and that her sub
jec.s would be eIatled to I've allowed to know how
her rare moments of leisure passed in her High
land home when every Joy was frightened, and every
care aud souow diminished By the loving companion
ship Of the Prince Consort Upon these consldela-
fions Her Majesty eventually consented to its publ
cation
All this is a plain unvarnished tale. and gives, we
dnibt not tho true history OF the appearance OF Tins
book. The account is interesting TO ordinary
for The same reason that tic book is interesting be-
cause We are admitted into the private councils OF
a sovortcn. Following so closely this does upon
the publication o the first volume OF the Life OF the
Prince Consor it continues the biographical interest
which that excited, and is surrounded with the same
mysteIious charm or rather, derives charm from
the stripping OF Tat mystery which surrounds
rOval parsonage and allowing Us 20 peep behind the
hedge of divinity which is believed to encompass
king II may be said further that this IS offered rs
some sort OF compensation or atonement for the
privacy which Her Majesty, to the mchanging grief
of her shop-keepng subjects persists in maintaining
Such book can scarcely be Judged its own merits
Ii Is not above criticism below it. Yet serious
criticism would be instruction OF energy when
applied 10 this simple narrative And IT Is fair to take
into account the entire absence Of pIetense the honest
purpose of the Queen TO give pleasure to her loyal
and devoted subjects. and the frank trstfulness with
which she has SIT forth emotions, and opinions and
incidents winch Lady of more humble station might
not have considered OF interest to the world at Large
We may as well take the book for what 1t is meant.
confess TO becoming curiosity to the inner life
and rural Ell ;Oynents of happy-wedded royal pair.
rad read this record with due of gratitude for
eyes.
The hool. opens with the departure of the
Queen from London for Scotland, Aug. 30 1912. As
an example of early rising nothing could be better,
for we find that Her Majesty left WndSorat o'clock
in the morning having with her number OF fine
people whose emotions on finding themselves awake
AT such an hour are unhappily not described 1t is
easy to imagine that the Queen enjoyed the joke and
kept II to herself The Royal Pilgrim reached London
81 a quarter 20 q. when Albert and Immediately
stepped into our barge" squadron OF nine vessels
conveyed the party TO Scotland The passage was
rough the Queen was sick, the ships, insensible to
The honor OF their burden were slow. Even in 1912
three knots an hour does seem poor rate Of speed
for the crack ships of nation that we al know rules
the wave. Grace Darlng's lighthouse on Ferne
Island is duly noticcd-so are the nmble sailors,
who struck Her Majesty as an adventurous race:
Ii is surprising the sailors climb on the bow
an lines q the day and night The man who carried
1he Lantern 10 the iamtop ran p with il in his mouth
Ia the top They are SO handy ana wei conducted
Ii is natural that the book should be fun Of allu
sons to The late Prince C0nsort and perhaps one OF
its best traits is the constantly recurring expressions
of the Queens affection for her husband. Nothing
of the kind is more touching than this note on the
arrival at plymouth:
al revisited Taymouh last Autumn, the sd Of octo
mr. Dunkeid QucOeuitO, with Louise, the DoWager
Uneh,ss az Atloo. and Miss MacGrcgOr. As We could
upon not attempting TO do and contencd ourselves
with getting out at gate close to a small iort INTO winch
we were led by woman from the gardeners house.
which We had stopped, ard who had 10 idea who
We cot ont and looked from this hight down upon the
house below. the mist having cleared away sufficiently
show everything; and there, unknown quite IN PR
vate cazediot without einotonon the scene Of our
reception twenty years ago by dear LORD bIeda9lhe IN
sIE5n'ey '''i' n0' 70 DC 'q''u ''"' a." p'''
Il5tt and were only .tventy-;hree; Young and
Doyyula tnat WITH us tleu.
Vas very thlnkfg to have it again
II seemed mnalteIed.-Isd6.
Upon reaching Blair AthOle " Vicky' seems TO have
proved herself heroine such as the Queen mothery
heart delights TO paint. alice and the baby prince
Alfred and BERTHE" lthe name by which the Prince
OF Wales was and is known III his family did not go
But our good little "Vcky" the stout matron who is
now Crown Princess of Prussia with four wellgrown
chickens of her own was TOO eager for Sightseeing
~ be left behind:
At halfpast eight we got into barge, with Nieky
aud ladies and gentlemen The sea was bright ana
blue and the boat danced along beautifully we h"u
about a quarter OF q mile 10 row.
staircase covered with red cloth arranged for
a. land up0n and there great many people; but
everything well managed that al crowdlng was
avoided and only the magistrates were below the plat
with me, holding lis and NcAy his hand, amid the
loud cheers Of the people all the way to the carriage our
dear Nlcky behaving Ike grown ppcrsOnno put ont.
a sSre time RcgSvick took ycIv mn jL his arms
aud her IN the next carnage with her gOyeiIess ana
nurse
Nor is it only of her own children that the Queen is
fond. The darlings of other manmas get such kindly
notices as this:
About three miles beyond Dundee stopped at the
gate of Lord CamperdOwns place here trumpha arch
had been erected aud Lady CamperdOwn and Lady Dun
cicorne rs and we're very civil and kind The little boy
lcantifuy dressed in the Highland dress. carried to
yckv and gave her "A basket with fruit and flowers
sad o Albert conld hardly believe that our child was
travelling with ust put me ~ IN nind Oi myself when
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