CHAPTER I.
Ancestry of Queen Victoria--Houses of Brunswick, Hanover, and Coburg -- Family connections--The English Royal Family--The Royal Dukes--Duke of Cumberland--Family of George III .-- Political position of the Queen (Pages 1-7) CHAPTER II Queen Victoria's early years--Duke and Duchess of Kent--Parliamentary grant to Duchess of Kent--The Queen of Wuertemberg--George IV.

and the Princess--Visits to Windsor--Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld -- Education of the Princess--The Duchess of Kent's letter to the Bishops--Religious instruction--Result of examination--Speech by Duchess of Kent--The Princess's reminiscences of Claremont--William IV.
and the Princess--The accession--Queen Victoria's character and temperament--Her sympathy with the middle classes (Pages 8-21).