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Title: The boyhood of a great king, 1841-1858 : an account of the early years of the life of His Majesty Edward VII
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Publisher: London and New York : Harper and Brothers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ompanied his pupils. A novel attrac-tion was provided for Prince Alberts birthdayfete (August 26) in the shape of the now celebratedMont Blanc entertainment of Albert Smith, whofour years later was to be the Prince of Walesscicerone at Chamounix. A few days afterwardsPrince Albert crosses to Boulogne to visit the FrenchEmperor. Punch summarises the situation in acartoon entitled the Entente Cordiale, in whichNapoleon and Prince Albert are seen pledging eachother across the dinner-table, glass in hand. Quoththe former, Well, now you have found your wayhere, we hope to see you oftener, to which thelatter replies, Oh yes ! and the next time we havea holiday I hope our wives may be present. Thethree first verses of the three portions of a poemcalled Three Epochs of Half a Century, arewell worth remembering, although the title is apatent misnomer : • The Right Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley,P.C., born 1836. The able biographer of I-ord Palmerston nowresides at Broadlands. 304
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LEntente CordialeI. 1804. I wonder what his thoughts were—that sallow, silent man—As athwart the lines of bayonets the dancing sunlight ran,Steeping in golden glory the white tents on the down,And the old gray Roman watch-tower that looms oer Boulognetown ? 2. 1840. I wonder what his thoughts were—that shabby, silent man—As thirty-six years later to shore a pinnace ran.Bearing a homeless, penniless adventurer with his trainA draggled pinioned Eagle and some cases of champagne ? 3. 1854. I wonder what his thoughts were—that sad-eyed silent man—As alongside Boulognes jetty Englands royal steamer ran ;While with a King beside him, that adventurer was seenGreeting, as Emperor of France, the Consort of our Queen ? A little later than in former years (September 14),the Royal Family set out from Buckingham Palacefor Balmoral, where great progress had been madewith the new buildings and other improvements.Within the week Her Majesty received the joyfulnews of the victory of the Al

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