The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
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SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London, March 9.-(Copyright, 1901, by the
New York Herald Company.)-Nisitors to
Windsor next summer should not be sur
castle.
This is because the building is in the
hands of workmen.. fitting 1t up, for the
a long time.
In the meantime. 1t IS announced. the
King and Queen will reside at Frogmore
and make occasional visits to Windsor.
The popular supposition is that Frogmore
is merely n mausoleum, where the Prince
Consort and the late Queen are buried; but
the fact is 1t possesses also a comfortable
summer house in well-wooded grounds.
This house is now being renovated for
the kings occupancy: which is expected
longed to Queen Victoria's mother. has been
left to Princess Beatrice, who takes Os-
borne.
Plans OF KING AND QUEEN
q THE SUMMER.
The royal plans for the summer include a
month at Homburg. probably August,
where the King will live at the Schloss.
which has been placed at his disposal by
the Kaiser.
This has lately been entirely refitted and
a new English wing added. specially ar
ranged for the King. Water is piped from
the mineral wells of the town to the bath
rooms.
In September or October the court will
move to Balmoral. much to the delight of
l!it h''oiti ptoPIt, VIII ltdItl lldI IIltN
had seen the last Of royalty when the
Queen died.
BIOGRAPHY OF VICTORIA
BY HER SON-IN-LAW.
Biographies of Queen Victoria promise 20
become numerous, but few will probably
equal in popularity that from the pen &C
her son-in-law, the Duke of Argyll. who
writes under the more familiar title OF Mar
QuiS of Lorne.
Work was begun within two days OF the
Queens death, the Duke selecting as the
scene of his literary labors Keasington Pal
ace, where he has buried himself with a
stenographer for steady and hard work.
He was armed with voluminous personal
records and papers and was aided in describ-
ing the scenes of her Majesty's early child
hood by the fact that she had occupied the
room where he was actually sitting: the
garden outdoors where she played, and the
toys she handled in her childish games
We're within easy reach.
Everything conduced to render the task
one of affectionate interest.
HOW THE DUKE
RUSHED THE WORK.
This biography. which will probably take
the edge off the public appetite for Victor
ian biographies, may establish a record in
other ways. as the work was produced in a
remarkably short time. and promises to
rank with "RaSSelaS" and la Danes deS
Camelias."
The Duke was a ~tireless worker. debating
sometimes as much as 5000 words a cay.
The typewriter copy was always carefully
s%crutinlzed the next morning before begin
ming on the days dictation. The proofs
from the printer were reserved for personal
the next morning before Begin
Her late Majesty's printers. who are pro-
duciIg the work, have no reason to COM
plain Of lack of copy. which keeps a long
way ahead of the requirements of tie six
penny serial numbers in which it Is being
issued.
AMBASSADOR
AN AUTOMOBILE.
A novel spectacle is promised in London
in the near future when the Chinese AM
carries out his intention to use
automobile for official visits to the For
eign Office.
Sir Chin Cher Lotengluh, who Is one of
the ablest as well as the most progressive