The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-22

ton Of beer tax, and the Queen Entrusted
the forming of new Cabinet 10 Lord Sal
isbury.
The events Of the later administration
OF this nobleman, Of Mr. Gladstone. and
of Lord Rosebery are too recent to require
detailed description a. this time. Proni-
nent among the parliamentary proceedings
OF the period was the long struggle over
home rule In 1887 the Queen celebrated
her jubilee with great pomp. the occasion
resulting in an extraordinary denonstra-
ton OF national patriotism and affection.
OF late years the Queen had led more and
more retired life, although her activity
and interest in matters Of state have new
er abated This. in her case, as is well
known, is no mere empty figure Of speech
Although eonscientiousIy refraining from
all efforts to exceed the limits Of the au-
thority conferred upon her as constitu-
tional monarch she has always exacted
and used the full prerogatiyes Of her pO-
sition, and in the framing and execution
Of important policies has exerted much
more influence than that Of g simple royal
fgUrehead. In fact in the course of long
years Of faithful devotion 10 her duties she
had become conyersanL- with the inner
most workings Of every branch Of the
public service and obtained a wonderful
mastery of the principles and objects OF
foreign policy. IL is generally understood
that at all events IN more recent years,
her Ministers were only too glad 20 lrcAt
by the advice dictated by her natural
sagacity and prolonged experience.
What victoria's Reign includes.
Her reign covers nearly the entire pc
Rod of the worlds development in those
useful arts that have changed the worlds
methods of living and doing. Steam had
for many years been serving man in some
OF Its minor capabilities The steamboat
was fully mastered If 1t was not full
grown when she came TO the throne Rail
roads had just begun to be a conceded
possibility. although no one had dreamed
in 1897 of the present achievements in that
line. Ocean steam navigation. telegraphy,
cabling. sewing and moving machines, the
vast variety of electrical apparatus-near-
" the whole round of Iabor-saving aTti-
fees OF today-are the fruit Of the Veto
rian age.
In literature the reign has enriched the
English language to an extent second only
to that which Queen Elizabeth bestowed
upon it. without attempting classified
ton, much less analysis, the names may
be mentioned of Carlyle, Grote, Maeaulay.
Harriet Martineau. John Stuart Mill,
Charles Kingsley. Charles Dickens, Ed
ward BuIwer Lytton. Thackeray, Reade.
George Eliot. Pennyson. the Brownings,
Charles Knight John Ruskin, Matthew
Arnold Thomas Hood Charlotte Bronte-
Charles Lever, Benjamin DisraeH, OAR
win Huxley. Herbert Spencer, Prof Tyn-
dali Max Muller. James Anthony Froude,
Goodwin Smith. Thomas Hughes. Henry
Buckle, Lecky. Kinglake. Dean Stanley,
Rossetti. Thomas Hardy, George Meredith,
William Black. and R l. Stevenson Many
| others might be added
Her Domestic Life.
The domestic life Of the Queen from
| 1870 to 1851 was happy and contented. The
| evidence Of this is apparent in every
| chapter of her diaries and other writings
| She was married on February 10. 1910, 10
| Prince Albert Francis Augustus Charles
Emmanuel of saxe-Coburg- Gotha. He was
three months and two days younger than
! his royal bride The two first met in
| 1899, by an arrangement made by their
common uncle King Leopold, and the royal
! household of England. Victoria was not at
| that time inclined to marry, and through
! out the Kingdom predictions were rife that
| another Elizabeth had come TO the throne.
! The King Of Belgium was the most anxious
! OF all the family relations that the meet
/ ing OF the young Queen and Albert should
| be mutually agreeable. One popularity OF
! the wooing and proposal was that the
! Queen was Obliged from the nature Of her
| position TO take the initiative. The Prince
J had come to Windsor ostensIbly on visit
! with his brother After they had been en-
| tertained for time, the Queens behavior.
ar first simply hospitable and impartial
| as between the visitors, was observed 10
| change toward Albert Shs became more
| seGate and formal. Finally she sent for