The following corrections have been made in a portion of the issue of this Work.
pp. 62, 63, date of closing of Great Exhibition should be “October 11.”
p. 65, fifth line from bottom, date of fire at Houses of Parliament should be “1834.”
p. 71, last line, for “died out” read “almost died out”
p. 77, sixth line from bottom, for “oppressor” read “opposer”
p. 90, first line of note beneath upper illustration should read “first visit of an English Sovereign to Paris since Henry VI. was crowned there,” &c.
p. 119, title to first illustration should read “Sydney Harbour, from Palace Garden.”
A Who had recently taken the place of the old watchmen, and were nicknamed Peelers after Sir Robert Peel.
B The Tory Party had by this time adopted the title of Conservatives, a term first applied to them by Wilson Croker in the Quarterly Review for January 1830, wherein he mentions his attachment to “what is called the Tory, but which might, with more propriety, be called the Conservative Party.” The Charter of Conservatism was never more clearly defined than by Sir Robert Peel, who, speaking at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in 1838, said: “My object for some years past has been to lay the foundations of a great party which, existing in the House of Commons, and deriving its strength from the popular will, should diminish the risk and deaden the shock of collisions between the two branches of the legislature.”
C During eight months of 1839 wheat was upwards of 70s. a quarter. Last year (1896) it was 24s.
D Daniel O’Connell’s parody referring to Colonel Sibthorp, who was Member for Lincoln, and two other Colonels in Parliament, is too witty to be forgotten:—
Colonel Sibthorp was distinguished, in days when shaven chins were all but universal, by an immense beard and moustache.
E This Act was repealed in 1871.
F There were at that time two offices in the Government, that of the Secretary of State for War, who was the Duke of Newcastle, and that of the Secretary at War, Mr. Sidney Herbert.
G Sir Henry Lawrence was brother of Sir John Lawrence, afterwards Lord Lawrence, Governor-General of India.
H Her Royal Highness’s full baptismal names are Alexandra Caroline Maria Charlotte Louisa Julia.
K Dress of black moiré silk with panels of pale grey silk, embroidered in silver; cape of black chiffon, with white lace insertion and silver embroidery. Black bonnet, ornamented with jet and silver, trimmed with white acacia and ostrich feathers, and diamond aigrette.
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
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Footnotes have been moved to the end of this eBook.
The Index only covers pages 1-192. In the original book, it appeared immediately after the Preface, but has been moved to the end of this eBook.
In the original book, the Errata section appeared immediately after the Index, and has been moved, with the Index, to the end of this eBook.
Index entry for “Press, the” refers to non-existent page 910. Changed here to ‘190’.
Table of Contents added by Transcriber.
Page 153, second illustration: plates numbered in original sequence.
Page 175: some numbers in the Key are unclear in the original.
Page 181: in illustration caption, “Victoria Melitia” should be “Victoria Melita,” as it is in the illustration caption on page 175.
Page 213: The number “6” in “about 600 Members” was printed poorly in the source.
Playable music on page 240:
The apparent scratched out notation in measures 2 and 14 have been ignored.
The Plagal Cadence (A-men chord) at the end of the piece has been transcribed as breves instead of semibreves for authenticity.