, 1879-01-22
QUEEN VICTORIA,
iIor Treatment Of Prime a1inlstcrs-Tho
Isootsa Bho Iscads-lIrr nnlly Ocaupatlon.--
pOysbnRl Likes and ulslikcs.

iIcr Treatment Of Prime A1lnIxterx-Tl.o
liooha Bho Keads-lIrr nnlly Occupations.
pOysbnRl Likes and ulslikes.
-. Laainn Iruth.
Most Prcnlers have bcun extremely defercn-
tlal toward tue Queen, nntl the only ono who wus
not ro-I.ord John ll1ase'l-bad no reason to
congratulate hhnself upon his crabbcdncss, Tor
he got Into very III odor at Court, nnd found no
support tleru III trying times. lie was ond Of
tile very lew statcsnitn who ever received q
downright sharp answer from the Queen. This
was In 1850. nftcr tile Italian revolution. when
tho different Grand Dukes wero being dispos-
scsscd. The Duchess Of Parma, III great
distress, wrotu 10 tho Queen, bcscech,nc
that her private property might not he conj!s.
gated; and thu Qucen, coupasaonately willing
to do wlIat Vas asked. Blluwcd the letter 10
Earl Russell. "7rho Carnsti,ushlon dcmau,ls
that should answer tfsat," renarkcd bis Lord
tilsn, answcr H." sail tho Queen eurtly, aud
suruel array much Offended. It las Often been
said that'thu Queen liked Lord pamcrston, hut
tl.is Is ~ srrGr. Her lavor!te sIinistcr. have
l:,Lert Peel she ut Iiral d!.,Ikcd intensely, but
her aversion wore OIL wien the canlo to knuw
HIN better. MI exactly tho sa:l,e thing pe-
CURED In tllr casr Of Mt. 1srac1t. i+unl Bcarons-
to tho Premiership Il, 1888 tho t}uccn bud only
read oslu of Ills novcls-"uunrlctta Tcnplc.h
sfsp read All The others. In tho course Of
three months after M. Dlsrault hal
ss assss ns easyc aS5 st 49;sf ssab .ss a T.
ent Premier has ,lrycr runked uluuiig her lyur-
itu authors. Fur ths Ills l.ur.lsi., NAV cousoic
ltn.self, seeing that fhaeaeray and the late Lord
Lytton nru ut,tisr the same Ian A. himself. Tie
Quren Likes Dlckens' novtls, QUO or two Of
Georve Eliot's. but chiefly WikIo ColItna' and
MIR. l.lasI's-tla lntttEs descriptions Ut Scotch
scenery GainG very denr 90 !'cr. Thu Queen also
reads and roreads Walter seott's novels
HOW, norc's the Pity. On tt!e Whole. though,
aho luclinrS rather t0wurl tho serious reading
Of history and theology, unA tho liorurics at oil
her palases arc richly stocked with booxs Of
b;ei Noticed that sha never 'ralls for d
Frrnch book, having q deep 0bIuctton
to FrrnvlI literature in all lis Branches.
Every o'ic wlio !as couversea with tho Qngcn OH
hoy tn'rou .hly pruseslaut Il 'l4r righteousness,
aall alnw bnu yrI keeps up quitu sciltfuluntsi
fecltn. u symLally with Tho Stuarts. Going
nHc day Into snr library at Wludsor Castle, slo
strongly Jarui'ito memoirs. :" Ui,, you t'.ed not
put !iIcnl awAy," sile said With uleasans atule.
'iou kntw n,, Jaeul,!to myself" Ihts does
not quite tally with tEs story whirh baeauiay
li.r Majesty obscryru; II haye been reading
your iitstory, Sir. Macsulay, un1 am alsaIa i
clnnot say much Tor my ut>estott James H."
~ Your Mnicaty's Predecessor, unt a1tGcstor,''
answered .Ee Historian, Wlu apparently thought
HAT i!,u Queen had uoL been wei-intusMv4
abt'llt iIer own Lineage.
The Queen leads worry quiet, Al,Il yet = busy
life, al.t few yscht ladies lEd tmu to coin Is
su many occupations Into daytime ak sht dues
SHE breakfasts At y, iuuel!os at g. anI ut.,ts Ut =
Gruul y u sue 3cncgallY tirScs u w4lkY uak
hut lAc remainder ot her hours Is dcyotc.l to
Siate business, study, or correspondence with
members Uf her wIicspEcl0 faulty. All the
Queens private letters arc written fl E,Ig)tsl
nut tu ticrnan, as 1s,auy thiuk; and, In faut,
Gertnuu IL to littlo spoken sn,ong tir Koyai
,alnlly that even when the Cruwu Prince of
uer'nany co1les uyer he speaks EnslIsh ut Court
ike his W!lc'a relatives. Tie QuCeu teaua zli
thu daily newspapers, and tho proptie,oyS Ut
this OsH 1t f9Fal h. With the vein of load yistn
that distinguishes tl.nl, prlnt several COPIES vi
their aiEia' for i1t Royai PALACES on special pa
per. 'iIlc tlucen's devotion u Stutu alIairs "
wei! known, md her Intervention In tl,c, partl.-
ularly When relIllous questions aro inyuiyeI. il
not ut ull utsleuFtel. she also excfeissa her own
discretion very freely En llc appointment u
bssllups Ii.,t Pe:rs. Dr.. TAFT was ap,,utntcd bY
hrE tu the Scu vi Canterbury beloru Mt. UiAruejt
| had recommended auy one; p.,.4 abaut year
previously llcE Majesty hal uatiy refused IL t,t.
| slow usltEt oA Dr. WusdsWurtA, uMlns 10 tho
| protests Ehich tbis dsinu had quilted when
pr. Stanley WAS mude Dean Of Weat,utu er.
\ little tAte: she cUnseuted to ap; ulut DIR,
Wordsworth tu the Se'. o{ Lincoln. but rpthrf
| rs u c',nlplInent to bis scholarly attainment
than out Of RuY feeling ior bis views u u
! ehHtChtQAH. Al TO Pr0tH. the Qunau Anxipus