Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-02-02

late Prince Cohsort. The reception OF thil
book--not only by the English people, bu
even by foreign nations-could not but b'
entirely satisfactory to the royal author
ess, and has, perhaps, proved an encour
agement to her to follow up her first work
by another. The new work which hal
just made its appearance, is-,aentitled
Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in
The Highlands, from 1s4s to 1861 tc
which is prefxed and added extracts from
the same journal, giving an account Of
Earlier Visits to Scotland, and Tours in
England and Ireland, and Yachting Ex-
eursions." The London papers appear to
be charmed with it. The Star says:
This new volume gives us a perfect
picture Of the happiness of her Msiesty's
welded life, the simplicity of her tastes,
her domesticity, her genial kindness, and,
above all, her firm, constant reliance upon
her husband. II is exactly what its title
represents il to be--extracts from a iour-
nal, the writer of which could not have
dreamed, when she made the entries, that
they would ever come to be read by mil
lions Of interested people. The work of
editing has been done most admirably by
Mr.. Arthur Helps. The arrangement is
extremely good. Mr.. Helps has written
preface, without which the volume would
scarcely be complete, for il not only tells
US how the diary came to be published,
but says some other things which it is quite
as well the people over whom the Qeeen
reigns should know"
The book is dedicated. "To the dear
memory Of him who made the life of the
writer bright and happy, these simple re.
cordsare lovingly and gratefully inscribed" :"
II is not made up of continuous narratives,
except in two or three instances, but simply
consists Of extracts from her Maiesty's
Journal IL is divided into three parts, re-
speetively headed Earlier Visits to Scot-
land" Life in the Highlands, Is48-186I, p
and "Tours in England and Ireland, and
Yachting Excursions"
The volume relates almost enterely to
the Queens experience Of life in the High
lands Of Scotland. The Queen was der
lighted with the Highlanders, and chose
from among them her most trusted at
tendants. She says, in one part of her
Journal: "All the Highlanders are so
amusing, and really pleasant and instruc-
tive to talk to-wOmen as well as men
and the latter 30 gentlemanlike." In an
other passage she observes: 1--WE were
always in the habit of converting with the
Highlanders, with whom one comes so
much in contact in the Highlands. The
Prince highly appreciated the good breed.
ing, simplicity and intelligence which
made it 30 pleasant, and even instructive,
to talk to them"
From among the Highlanders the Queen
chose some of her most trusted servants.
She thus speaks of Mr. Grant her head
keeper:
"He had been nearly twenty years with
Sir Robert Gorden--nine as keeper He
was born in Bracmar in the year 1910. He
is an excellent man, most Trustworthy, of
singular shrewdness and discretion, and
most deyotedly attached to the Prince and
myself He has fine, intelligent counte-
nance. The Prince was very fond of him
He has six Sons. The second, AIick, il
wardrobe-man 10 our son Leopold. All
are good, well-disposed lads, and getting on
we'll in their different occupations. His
hAJihtAt uANg hdtt hAu MOAldh Ol tiEiliN
yeais, stops in a small cottage which the
Prince built for her in our village. He
himself lives in pretty lodge called Croft,
mile from Balmoral, which the Prince
built for him."
And Mr.. John Brown, now an upper
servant and permanent personal attendant
of the Queen, is Thus spoken of;
"The same, who in 1853, became my
regular attendant out of doors everywhere
in the Highlands, who commenced as gill
lie in 1S49, and was selected by Albert and
me TO go with my carriage"
When in Scotland, the royal family, TO
the immense modification of the High
Church Anglicans, was accustomed 20 at
tend service in the established Presbyte-
rian Kirk Of Scotland. She thus speaks
Of the Presbyterian service conducted by
one of her chaplains;
"October %, lS67.-We went TO the kirk
as usual at ten O'clock The service was
performed by the Rev. Norman Mcleod,
of Glasgow, son of DR.. Mcleod, and any
thing finer / never heard. The sermon,
entirely extempore, was quite admirable
so simple, and yet 80 eloquent, and 80
beautifully argued and put. The text was
from the account of the coming OF Nicode-
mus 10 Christ by night st. John, chap. 8
Mr.. Mcleod showed in the sermon how
we all tried TO please sel, and live for that
and in so doing found no rest. Christ had
come not only TO die for us, but TO show uE
how we were to live. The second prayer
was very touohing his allnsions 10 US were
90 simple, saying, afler his mention of us
bless their children IL gave me lump
in my throat, as also when he prayed for
the dying, the wounded, the widowsan
the orphans Every one came back de-
lighted; and how satisfactory it is TO come
back from church with such feelings
| The servants and the Highlanders, al, wers
equally delighted"
The Queen became very fond of her houss
in the Highlands, and thus wrote of it about
a dozen years ago:
"0ct0ber 13, lS56.-Eyery year my hear
becomes more fixed in this dear Paradise
and so much more so now, that all has be-
come my dearest Albert's Osoa creation, owI
work, own building, own laying out, as a
Osborne and his great taste, a2d the i'm
press Of his dear hand, have been stamped
everywhere. He was very busy to-day
setting and arranging many things for nsxt
/ year"
On returning 10 England she greatly
missed the Highlands and thus gave vent
10 her feelings:
THE English coast appeared terribly
hat Lord Aberdeen was quite touched
when l told him was so attached TO thC
dear, dear Highlands and missed the fne
hills so much. There is great peculiarly
about the Highlands and Highlanders
and they are such chivalrous, fine, active
people. Our stay among them was 30 de-
lightful. Independent of the beautiful
scenery, there was quiet, a retirement, q
wildness, liberty and solitude that hac
such charm for us.D
The following lie the Queens account o.
one Of che incidents of those expedition,
in which she travelled incog:
"a few seconds brought Us over to tht
road. where there were two shabby yehi'
oIes. one kind of barouehe, into which
Albert and got; Lady Churchill and Gen
Grey into the other-a break; each with
pair of small and rather miserable horses
driven by a man from the box. Grant wa
on our carriage, and Brown on the other
We had gone so far forty miles, at leas
twenty on horseback. We had decided Z
call ourselves Lord snd Lady Churchill
and party Lady Charchill passing as Mis-
Spencer, and General Grey as DIR. Grey
/ progrn cnra fory-of fhfa and called m