Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-19
The Queens Latest Book.

Her majesty Of England, who signs
her name "Victoria Regina" is again
before the world, after a lapse of sever
al years, as an authoress. The work is
n diary, commenced as far back as
1858, and relating almost entirely to
personal affairs. The first edition was
| placed in the hands of the London
booksellers IA week ago to-day, and ten
thousand copies were sold by night of
the first day. The cable has brought
liberal quotations from the volume,
which gives rarely liberal glimpses at
the everyday life Of royalty. Judg-
ing from the extracts, however, there
is more of the woman and mother re-
vealed than the queen. Instance the
following sentence, the day the news
came of the French prince imperial's
death in Xululand:
To die In such an awful, horrible way;poor,
dear empress, her only, only child, her all.
gone! ! was quite beside MYSELF Brown was
so distressed; everyone was quite stunned.
Little sleep did l get, thinking OF the poor
IL.
prince was so good and so much beloved; to
think Of that dear young man, the apple of
his mothers eye, born and nursed in the pur-
pie, dying there-it is fearful, too awful, and
| II is lnexpresslble and dreadful that the 9th.
ers should not have turned round and fought
for him.
In another place the story of Lord
Lorne's proposal 10 the Princess Louise
is told. The queen says:
The event took place during walk from
Glassalt Shiel 10 Dhu Loeb. where Louise
had gone with Lady Ely, the lord chancellor
ana Lorne. Louise on returning at night,
told me that Lorne had spoken OF his deyo-
ton 10 her, and had proposed TO her. She
had accepted, knowing ! wonld approve.
Although ! was not unprepared for this re
suit, felt painfully the thought OF losing
her. but, naturally, gave my consent, and
could only pray that she might be happy.r
These are the dainty bits of senti-
ment sandwiched here and there in
the book. The royal writer seems to
have had her share of experience with
a parsonage very much dreaded (by
some people, in this country. On one
page she tells of what occurred when
ruralizing at Glencoe, Scotland
The day was most beautiful and calm. |
sat down on the grass for luncheon. Then
skotched. Here however, here in this com.
ple'e solitude We were spied on by impudent,
inquisitive reporters who followed us ey-
erywhere. one in particular, who writes for
some Scotch paper, lay down and watched us
with telescope. He lodged me and
Beatrice when We were walking about, and |
was most impudent when Brown went TO |
tell him 10 move. He went away at last. |
Brown came back, saying he thought there
would have been fight. for when Brown
said the queen wished him 10 move away,
he said he had quite ms good right to TO-
main there as the queen had
Brown answered very strongly that the
highest gentlemen OF England would not do
what he did, much less manly reporter,
Other reporters came up and advised tho
man 10 come away quietly.
We had an idea that the British re-
porter was very proper sort of fellow,
who would not think of doing any.
thing save In the solemn, stiltcd.
British way, but the queens evidence
must be accepted. An American re-
porter, however, would have dlsdained
the use of the telescope aud would
have found his way into the royal
presence and interviewed the queen.
The book is not the first one Victoria
mas written. In a modest little volume.
lot uninteresting, either, she has told