The book Queen Victoria: Scenes From Her Life And Reign was written by author Henty George Alfred Here you can read free online of Queen Victoria: Scenes From Her Life And Reign book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Queen Victoria: Scenes From Her Life And Reign a good or bad book?
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LIFE AT OSBOKNE. During the two years of warfare the life of the royal family had proceeded in its usual quiet and domestic way. At Osborne the Queen had built a Swiss cottage in the grounds for their special benefit. Each of the children had a flower and vegetable garden, and each worked Digitized by Google 106 LIFE AND TIMES their best in friendly rivalry. There was a carpenter's shop in the cottage, and here the young princes were taught to use their hands. Part of the ground-floor was fitte...d up as a kitchen with dairy and larder, and here the princesses were taught cooking, the making of pastry and preserves, and the management of a dairy. Their education was extremely thorough, and they worked more hours a day at their lessons than do most boys and girls at school. Even on their walks and rambles their instruction was continued. They were taught to make collections of plants, insects, and geological specimens, and to arrange them scientifically in their museum. Their youth was a far happier one than that of the Queen had been, for hers was a solitary childhood, cut off as she was from all playmates of the same age, while they were numerous enough to form a good-sized party.
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