Goodrich Samuel Griswold. Peter Parley's Visit to London, During the Coronation of Queen Victoria
CHAPTER I. PARLEY ARRIVES IN LONDON
CHAPTER II. PARLEY GOES TO SEE THE NEW CROWN
CHAPTER III. PARLEY VISITS WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND HYDE-PARK. PREPARATIONS FOR THE FAIR
CHAPTER IV. PARLEY SEES THE QUEEN, AND RELATES SOME ANECDOTES OF HER MAJESTY
CHAPTER V. PARLEY CONTINUES HIS ANECDOTES OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER VI. PARLEY DESCRIBES WESTMINSTER ABBEY ON THE MORNING OF THE CORONATION, AND RELATES THE LEGENDS CONNECTED WITH ST. EDWARD'S CHAIR
CHAPTER VII. PARLEY DESCRIBES THE PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CHAPTER VIII. PARLEY DESCRIBES THE CORONATION IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CHAPTER IX. PARLEY CONTINUES HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE CORONATION IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
CHAPTER X. PARLEY GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE ILLUMINATIONS, AND OF THE GRAND DISPLAY OF FIRE-WORKS
CHAPTER XI. PARLEY ATTENDS A REVIEW IN HYDE PARK, AND RELATES SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MARSHAL SOULT. – CONCLUSION
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"After paying a few visits, and renewing old friendships, I set myself, in good earnest, to see what was to be seen.
"The most attractive object, connected with the Coronation, exhibiting at the time, was the new crown made for the occasion. I accordingly made the best of my way into the city, to the shop of Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, her Majesty's goldsmiths, on Ludgate Hill, who, with the greatest liberality, had thrown open their rooms that the public might have an opportunity of inspecting the crown.
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"The good-natured girl, quite unconscious of the rank of the applicant, immediately complied, and tripped along by the side of the Princess for some time in unceremonious conversation. At length she said,
"'I am tired now, and cannot carry your dog any farther.'
