Alice, grand duchess of Hesse, princess of Great Britain and Ireland: Biographical sketch and letters. With portrait.

								


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ALICE



                        GRAND DUCHESS OF HESSE



                               PRINCESS



                                  OF



                       GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND



                    BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND LETTERS



                            WITH PORTRAIT



                           NEW YORK & LONDON



                          G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS



                        The Knickerbocker Press



                                 1885

                               Press of

                          G. P. Putnam’s Sons

                               New York

                               Dedicated



                                  TO



                          HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS



                       THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE



                                AND TO



                     THEIR GRAND DUCAL HIGHNESSES



                            THE PRINCESSES



                   VICTORIA, ELIZABETH, IRÈNE, ALIX



                         OF HESSE AND BY RHINE

CONTENTS.

PREFACE. BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHRISTIAN                    vii
CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD, 1843-62                                       11
IN HER NEW HOME, 1862-65.


1862                                                                31
1863                                                                49
1864                                                                71
1865                                                                88
AT HOME AND AT WORK, 1866-72.


1866                                                               123
1867                                                               168
1868                                                               199
1869                                                               216
1870                                                               235
1871                                                               266
1872                                                               284
TRIALS, 1873-1877.


1873                                                               300
1874                                                               321
1875                                                               339
1876                                                               348
1877                                                               356
THE END, 1878                                                        368
CONCLUDING REMARKS                                                   383
APPENDIX.


A WATCHER BY THE DEAD                                              391