Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851

OUR NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY. SOME ACCOUNT OF FRANCIS'S LIFE-BOATS AND LIFE-CARS. MAURICE TIERNAY, THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE. MORBID IMPULSES. THE HOUSEHOLD OF SIR THOS MORE. PHANTOMS AND REALITIES.AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. SOMNAMBULISM. A CHAPTER ON GIRAFFES. THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THE CONVICT'S TALE. A BRUSH WITH THE BISON. JOSEPHINE AT MALMAISON. WORK AWAY! THE USURER'S GIFT. A FRENCHMAN IN LONDON. LONDON SPARROWS. CONCERNING THE ECLIPSES IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 1851. THE DESERTED HOUSE. VISIT TO AN ENCAMPMENT OF LAPLANDERS. THE WORSHIP OF GOLD. MY NOVEL; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. Monthly Record of Current Events. Literary Notices. Editor's Drawer. A Leaf from Punch. Summer Fashions. ON the morning of a brilliant day in October, 1760, the heir apparent to the British throne and his groom of the stole, were riding on horseback near Kew Palace, on the banks of the Thames. The heir was George, son of the deceased Frederick, Prince of Wales; the groom was John Stuart, Earl of Bute, an impoverished descendant of an ancient Scottish chieftain. The prince was young, virtuous, and amiable; the earl was in the prime of mature manhood, pedantic, gay, courtly in bearing, and winning in deportment. He came as an adventurer to the court of George the Second, for he possessed nothing but an earldom, a handsome person, and great assurance; he lived in affluence in the royal household of Frederick, because he played Lothario well not only in the amateur theatre, but in the drawing-room of the princess, and soon became her petted favorite. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 25093
Author: Various
Release Date: Apr 18, 2008
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Language: English