Identifier: storyofgreatestn06elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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s tried and sentenced to transportationfor seven years. The same year saw the Queens first visit to Ireland. Sheand her husband were greeted with such wild enthusiasm by the impulsivepeople, that at Dublin she caught the contagion, and, before any one couldinterfere, climbed the paddle box unaided and excitedly waved her handkerchiefto the cheering thousands on shore. In 1850, soon after the birth of Prince Arthur, Lieutenant Pate, a cox-comb, struck at the Queen with his cane as she was leaving Cambridge House.Her face was bruised, but her bonnet saved her from serious injury. Asusual, the plea of insanity was set up and all the punishment he received wasthe regulation seven years. The principal domestic event of 1851 was the opening of the Great Exhibi-tion in Hyde Park, which proved the beginning of the worlds fairs that havebeen held so many times in different countries The Queen shared with allEngland the sorrow over the death of the Duke of Wellington, which tookplace in 1852. ,
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England—The Boer War 1129 Prince Albert, who had been in poor health for some time, died December14, 1861. One of his last public acts was to urge Lord Russell to adopt amore friendly attitude toward the United States over the Trent affair. Hislast words to the Queen were, Good little wife, spoken in German. Everyone sympathized with the sovereign, left thus a widow at the age of forty-two.No wife ever mourned more sincerely the death of her husand, and the Queennever fully emerged from the seclusion to which she retired for a time. Shemarried off her children, and gave several hours daily to her official duties; buther grief was too profound ever wholly to leave her. In 1887 occurred the jubilee of the Queens accession to the throne.London swarmed with visitors, and many princes took part in the procession toWestminster Abbey. Ten years later, the celebration of her Diamond Jubileewas still more imposing. On June 21st—the right day being Sunday—theQueen went to St. Pauls in gre

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