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This must have been taken near sunset when the silhouettes of the boats made a dramatic and mysterious composition. contemporary source: “In a small studio near Sandringham Road in Hunstanton, there is to be found ... an old gentle¬ man who taught Queen Alexandra to use a camera and who subsequently in¬ structed Her Majesty in the art of de¬ veloping and printing.” The article, which appeared in the English maga¬ zine Photography at the time of the coronation in August 1902, goes on to say that Mr. Ralph was also called upon to take private pictures for the King and Queen. As camera design advanced. Queen Alexandra acquired new cameras. After her No. 1 Kodak camera, she had both a No. 2 Bulls-Eye and a No. 4 Bulls-Eye Special. The Special, which was presented to her in 1892 by Kodak, is covered with purple leather and has a monogram and crown in gold. This camera is now in the Kodak Museum of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford. 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Queen Victoria was herself a collec¬ tor of cartes-de-visite, not only of royal¬ ty and political figures, but of actors, performers or anyone she thought was interesting. One album holds pictures of a couple who had been married for 70 years, a number of people who were over 100 years old and veterans of vari¬ ous wars. In the 1860s, when Queen Victoria was looking for a wife for the Prince of Wales, photographs even played a part in her search. When the search began, the Queen ruled out the possibility of the Danish Princess Alexandra for a number of political reasons. But when she was given good reports of the Princess and then received a set of photographs, she changed her mind. Apparently when the Prince Consort saw the pictures he said, “from the photograph I would many her at once.” The future Queen Alexandra was bom December 1, 1844 in Copenhagen. Although she was a princess, she did not come from a rich and luxurious back¬ ground. Her father was not the direct heir to the throne of Denmark and did not become King until after Princess Alexandra was married and living in England. According to one biographer, when she was young her parents couldn’t afford to have portraits and miniatures made of their children, so there are very few pictures of her as a child. Princess Alexandra’s interests were always more artistic and athletic than academic. Activity was important to her from the time she was a child until she was in her very late 70s when her frailty prevented activity. Even a stiff knee, which was the result of rheumatic fever contracted in her early 20s, did not pre¬ vent her from dancing and ice skating. She loved dancing and music, and grew into a very graceful and beautiful woman. As a girl and a young woman. Princess Alexandra enjoyed sketching and by all accounts she had a very good eye. Although no one knows exactly what sparked her interest in photogra¬ phy, it seems likely that to someone as active as she was, the idea of getting a picture without having to sit still to make a sketch was very appealing. Sometime in the late 1870s or early 80s, an usher of the Servant’s Hall at Sandringham (the royal residence in Norfolk) taught the Princess to-use a camera. She became so interested that she attended the London Stereoscopic School of Photography. Her first camera was a No. 1 Kodak, a rollftlm camera which was introduced in 1889. It took round pictures, 2in diameter. Some of the pictures taken with this camera decorate a tea service made for the Princess by Brown-Westhead, Moore & Company. By the time the Princess took up pho¬ tography she could send her films away for processing, but she had her own darkroom at Sandringham and Frederick Ralph (who taught her to use a camera in the first place) also taught her the art of developing and printing. 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From time to time, articles about her interest in photography appeared in magazines ( Photography and The Graphic) and in the Daily Mirror newspaper. The Daily Mirror ar¬ ticle mentions how graciously she al¬ lowed herself to be photographed while she was taking pictures or in the words of the reporter she was “snapshotted while taking a snapshot.” other charities. This suggestion was the inspiration for her second book Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Gift Book, which was published in 1908. Both of these books sold very well (within 10 days of its publication the Christmas Gift Book had sold 358,000 copies) and they raised a large amount of money for over 30 charities. The Christmas Gift Book is a cloth bound album with some pictures printed directly on the pages and others actually mounted on the album pages. It wasn’t just Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandra acquired a No. 4 Bulls-Eye Special which was presented to her in 1892 by Kodak. This camera is now in the Kodak Museum of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. Although Queen Alexandra was a very active Queen, she had an inherited deafness, which grew progressively more pronounced as she grew older. Her deafness meant that she had some trou¬ ble with public appearances and engage¬ ments. She was, however, very concerned with charity work and want¬ ed to do her share. One of the ways she helped charity was through the publica¬ tion of two books. In 1905, an anthology of stories, poems, essays, drawings and music called The Queen's Christmas Carol was published to help raise funds for Queen Alexandra’s Fund for the Unemployed. Although this first book didn’t include her photographs, after its success the publisher suggested that an album of her own photographs might be published as a fund raising project for Queen Alexandra who were seriously interested in photography, either. Queen Alexandra’s two eldest daughters and her daughter-in-law (who became Queen Mary, grandmother of the pre¬ sent Queen) also shared her interest and exhibited prints in the 1897 Kodak exhi¬ bition. Queen Mary was as avid a col¬ lector of photographs as Queen Victoria and by the time of her death in 1953 she had a series of 33 albums containing several thousand prints. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II car¬ ries on the tradition. She has often been “snapshotted,” usually with her M-series Leica (she also has a Leica reflex), but also with her Rollei B35 at Ascot Races and other events. Like Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary be¬ fore her, she compiles her photo albums and captions them herself. 31 The Royal Archives © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II if/ Women In Photography Photography A Alexandra, while she was still Princess of Wales, with one of her cameras. T he early years of photography are generally regarded as the province of male photogra¬ phers, so I was intrigued to learn that Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of England, was a keen photographer. I was even more in¬ trigued when I found that a book, Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Gift Book, which I bought at an auction, actually contains examples of her photography. Amazingly, though. Queen Alexandra (1844- 1925) was not the first Queen of England to take a serious interest in photography. Queen Victoria commissioned her first photographs in 1840, only a year after the first commercial photographs were produced. As photography became more popular she took an even greater interest in it. During the Crimean War in 1854, when conditions for wounded soldiers were reported as being poor. Queen Victoria collected photographs, along with medical reports and eye¬ witness accounts, and studied them so that she could gather the clearest possible impression of the situation. She realized the importance of docu¬ mentary photography very early and she col¬ lected photographs as a means of gaining infor¬ mation, as well as for en¬ joyment. Throughout the 1850s Queen Victoria and Prince Albert collected photographs which they placed in a series of al¬ bums. Queen Victoria was also a great fan of the stereoscope and bought one sometime in 1851. Shortly after her purchase, stereoscopes became fashionable and mass production of pho¬ tographs for sale began. There appear to be no existing examples of pic¬ tures actually taken by Queen Victoria or Prince Albert, but it is known that she purchased a cam¬ era in 1853. This first camera was mounted on the superstructure of the Royal Yacht, but it could be taken off its mount¬ ing and carried on shore as well. Then, in 1854 a “double body folding camera” was purchased, along with a Ross lens, accessories and dark¬ rooms. Records show the purchase of two mobile darkrooms in the spring of 1854 and then a perma¬ nent darkroom was installed in the conservatory at Windsor Castle in December of that same year. Even if she didn’t practice photography much herself, Queen Victoria’s interest in it, both as an art form and a means of information, had a lot to do with the popularity of photography in England. Throughout the reign of Queen Victoria no fewer than 51 Royal Warrants “By Special Appointment, Purveyors to the Queen” were is¬ sued to photographers who provided pictures and photographic services to the Royal Family. When the Photographic Society of London, precursor to the Royal Photographic Society was founded, she and Prince Albert were among the first patrons. One of the founding members of the society was also Prince Albert’s librarian and an assistant tutor in the royal household. It is reckoned that this man. Dr. Ernst Becker, was the one who in¬ troduced the practice of photography to the Royal Family. It was he who ordered cameras, chemi¬ cals and accessories for them, and it was he who taught them to use these things. In 1857 there was a big art exhibition—the Manchester Art Trea¬ sures-Exhibition—the function of which was to gather examples of art from the earliest times to the present day. Many collectors of art in England lent examples from their collections. Victoria and Albert were among the first to offer works of art, and they not only lent paintings but also a number of photographs. Again the records are not altogether clear about who took these photographs. The Royal Archives at Windsor has no exam¬ ples of work by Victoria or Albert, and most sources believe that the photographs in the exhi¬ bition were ones that they had bought because they liked them and con¬ sidered them works of The popularity of photography grew as the ad¬ vances in processing made the photographs more permanent and cheaper to produce. In 1860 the Queen decided to allow the publication of an album of cartes-de-visite format photographs of See Queens_page 141 QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S CHRISTMAS GIFT BOOK PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MY CAMERA To be Sold for Charity PUBLISHED BY “THE DAILY TELEGRAPH” LONDON 1908 A The title page from “Queen Alexandra’s Christmas Gilt Book." This book was published as a charity fund raiser and il sold more than 350,000 copies in the first 10 days. It was sold not only through “The Daily Telegraph" but through Kodak and in camera stores and book stores. art. 134 May 1995 Shutlerbug by Frances E. 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The man that hath true Wisdome got, Continues firme and wavers not He thus that workes puts Policie to Schoole And makes the Machavilian prove a foole. Geo. Wither. MARCH 21. MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. PRINCESS LOUISE AND THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, 1871. “ Jttntmtm attxilittm.” There is a kind of sympathy in souls, that fits them for each other; and we may be assured when we see two persons engaged in the warmths of a mutual affection, that there are certain qualities in both their minds which bear a resemblance to one another. Ancient Laconic. MARCH 19 MARCH 20 MARCH 21 MARCH 22. The hill, though high, I covet to ascend, The difficulty will not me offend ; For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up heart, let’s neither faint nor fear; Better, though difficult, the right way to go, Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe. Bunyan. MARCH 23. Those that wish for what they have not, forfeit the enjoyment of what they have. Set a just term to your wishes, and when you have touched it, make a stand ; happiness only begins when wishes end, and he that hankers after more, enjoys nothing. Ancient Aphorism. MARCH 24. By false and servile fear, Afflictions we begin Before their time, and mischiefs rear, Which else had never been : Yea, what might wear away, Or be with ease endured ; Grows thereby more than bear we may, And hardly to be cured. Geo. Wither. MARCH 22. MARCH 23. MARCH 24. MARCH 25. Cultivate thy soul. Cut away the thorns, sow the word of godliness. Nurse with much care the fair plants of Divine Wisdom, and thou hast become a husbandman. Sharpen thy sickle, which thou hast blunted. St. Chrysostom. MARCH 26. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, 1819. “ Inots thrum bir lomm ornat.” By Labour, Vertue may be gain’d By Vertue, Glorie is attain’d For, where a vertuous Industry is found, She shall with Wreaths of Glory thus be crown’d. Geo. Wither. MARCH 27. Glory, like a shadow, flieth him who pursueth it; but it followeth at the heels of him who would fly from it ; if thou courtest it with¬ out merit, thou shalt never attain unto it: if thou deservest it, though thou hidest thyself, it will never forsake thee. Economy of Human Life. MARCH 25. MARCH 26. MARCH 27. 1 MARCH 28. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF ALBANY OBIIT A.D. 1884. “Dirtits nb sibera ±0IXit.” Think not the longest life the happiest: that which is best employed doih man the most honour; himself shall rejoice after death in the advantages of it. Economy of Human Life. Love is the fairest and best in itself, and is the cause of what is fairest and best in all other things. Plato. MARCH 29. The touche doth trye, the fine, and purest goulde: And not the sound, or els the goodly showe. So, if mennes wayes, and vertues, wee behoulde, The worthy men, wee by their workes shall knowe. Whitney's Emblems. MARCH 30. Nobility is to be considered only as an imaginary distinction, unless accompanied with the practice of those generous virtues by which it ought to be obtained. Though an honourable title may be conveyed to posterity, yet the ennobling qualities, which are the soul of greatness, are a sort of incommunicable perfections, and cannot be transferred. Elegant Extracts. MARCH 28. MARCH 29 MARCH 30. MARCH 31. Let this experiment which, to thy thoughts, May by this Extract, now perhaps be brought, Persuade thee to consider, that no actions, Can come but by degrees/to their perfections ; And teach thee, to allot, for everything, That leisurely-proceeding, which may bring The ripenesse, and the fulnesse thou expectest. Geo. Wither. MARCH 31. APRIL. This was the goulden worlde, that Poettes praised moste, No hate, was harbor’d then at home nor hatch’d in forren coste. But after, when the earthe, with people did increase : Ambition, straighte began to springe : and pryde did banishe peace. Then Justice came, in personne of oure Queene; When quicklie vertues shee advanc’d ; and vices did subdue : And of that worlde did make, a paradice of blisse; By which wee doo inferre : That where our loved Soveraine is That land doth flourishe still, and gladnes, their doth growe, And where her presence wantes, there ruine raignes and wracke, And Kingdomes can not longe indure that doe this Ladie lacke. Then happy England moste : where Justice is embrac’d And eeke so many famous men, within her chaire are plac’d. Adapted from George Whitney. APRIL i. The way to make thy son rich is to fill His mind with rest, before his trunk with riches; For wealth without contentment climbs a hill, To feel those tempests which fly over ditches. But if thy son can make ten pound his measure, Then all thou addest may be called his treasure. Geo. Herbert. APRIL 2. An intrepid courage is but a holiday-kind of virtue to be seldom exercised but in cases of necessity : affability, mildness, tenderness, and a word which I would fain bring back to its original significa¬ tion of virtue, namely good-nature, are of daily use; they are the bread of mankind, and staff of life. Dry den. APRLL 3. He that doth fear, because he loves, will never Adventure to offend, But always bend His best endeavours to content his friend. Fears the soul’s centinel, and keeps the heart, Wherein love lodges. Quarles ’ Emblems. K APRIL 4. I will labour not to be like a young colt first set to plough, which more tires himself out with his own untowardness, whipping himself with his misspent mettle, more than with the weight of what he draws, I will labour patiently to bear what is imposed upon me. Thos. Fuller, APRIL 5. H.S.H. PRINCESS LOUIS OF BATTENBERG, 1863. “ gum jEtati0 bn agitur, cmteule brnma.” Marke, to what their Soules aspire, Who, true Blessednesse, desire For, if you can doe like those, Heau’n you gaine, when Earth you lose. Geo. Wither. APRIL 6. Since the days that are past are gone for ever, and those that are to come may not come to thee, it behoveth thee, to employ the present time, without regretting the loss of that which is past, or too much depending on that which is to come. Economy of Human Life. APRIL 4. APRIL 5. APRIL 6. APRIL 7. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF ALBANY, 1853. “ alit agrkolas.” The Husbandman, doth sow the Seeds ; And then, on Hope, till Harvest, feeds. God brings helpe, when men their best have done. Yea, they that in good workes their life employ ; Although, they so we in teares, shall reape in joy. Geo. Wither. APRIL 8. No day like to-day, the instant time is always the fittest time; the farther off the time, the more unfit. To-day is the golden opportunity, to-morrow will be the silver season, next day but the brazen one, and so on till the end. Tkos. Fuller. APRIL 9. Heav’n has to all allotted, soon or late, Some lucky revolution of their fate : Whose motions if we watch and guide with skill (For human good depends on human will) Our fortune rolls as from a smooth descent, And from the first impression takes its bent; Dry den. APRIL io. Of flatteringe speeche, with sugred wordes beware, Suspect the harte, whose face doth fawne, and smile, With trusting theise, the worlde is clog’de with care, And fewe there bee can scape theise vipers vile: With pleasing speeche they promise, and protest, When hatefull hartes lie hidd within their brest. Whitney's Emblems. APRIL n. Let not the sun in Capricorn go down upon thy wrath, but write thy wrongs in ashes. Draw the curtain of night upon injuries, shut them up in the tower of oblivion, and let them be as though they had not been. Sir T. Browne. APRIL 12, H.R.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA OF PRUSSIA, 1866. “ partot0 Qranht 0 arerbms ml” By many drops, is made a mighty showre; And many minutes finish up an houre: By little, and by little, we possesse Assurance of the greatest Happinesse, And, oft, by too much haste, and, too much cost, Great Wealth, Great Honours, and great Hopes, are lost. Geo. Wither. APRIL io. APRIL ii APRIL 12. APRIL i Rack not thy wit to win by wicked ways ! Seek not to oppress the weak by wrongful might! To pay thy due do banish all delays ! Care to dispend according to thy store; And in like sort be mindful of the poor ! Rare Poems, APRIL 14. H.R.H, PRINCESS HENRY OF BATTENBERG, 1857. H.H. PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, 1867. H.S.H. PRINCE ALEXANDER GEORGE OF TECK, 1874. “ JJmt nobis solum nati sitmus.” A precious Balme of love to cure Mans griefe. ... In our private Actions too. There must bee both a Knowledge how to doe The worke propos’d; and strength to finish it 5 Geo. Wither. APRIL 15. Let not the croaking of a raven, the crying of a cricket, or the crossing of a hare, trouble thy repose; he is ill acquainted with himself, who does not know his fortune better than those creatures. Ancient Aphorism. L APRIL 16. Such is the weakness of all mortal hope; So fickle is the state of earthly things, That, ere they come into their aimed scope, They fall too short of our frail reckonings And bring us bale and bitter sorrowings, Instead of comfort, which we should embrace. Edmund Spenser* APRIL 17. Take heed of doing irrevocable acts ; Time may restore some losses, others are never to be repaired. Wherefore, make no Persian decree which cannot be reversed or repealed; but rather Polonian laws, which last but three days. Do not in an instant, what an age cannot recompense. Thos. Fuller. APRIL 1 3 . Remember, the noble lessons by affliction taught: Preserve the quick humanity it gives, The pitying social sense of human weakness; Yet keep thy generous fortitude entire. The manly heart, that to another’s woe Is tender, as superior to its own. Elegant Extracts. APRIL 16. APRIL 17. APRIL 18. APRIL 19 The love we bear our country is a root Which never fails to bring forth golden fruit; ’Tis in the mind an everlasting spring Of glorious actions which become a king— Nor less become a subject. Ancient Laconic . APRIL 20. H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE OF EDINBURGH, 1884. " (Eoaccrrhia vest path# cxzstnnt.” Althoughe thy store bee small for to beginne, Yet guide it well, and soone it is increaste. For mightie men, in time theire wealthe did winne, Whoe had at firste, as little as the teste: Where God doth blesse in time abundance springes, And heapes are made, of manie little things. Whitney's Emble?ns. APRIL 21. Did men but take as much care to mend, as they do to conceal their failings, they would both spare themselves that trouble which dissimulation puts them to, and gain besides the commendations they aspire to, by their seeming virtues. Ancient Aphorism. APRIL io. APRIL 20. APRIL 21. APRIL 22. H.R.H. PRINCESS MARGARET OF PRUSSIA, 1872. “Dike 1} deque.” Withhold my hands from doing wrong My feet from courses uain ; Teach likewise eu’ry other sense To act an honest part, But chiefly settle innocence And pureness in my heart. Geo. Wither. APRIL 23. Do all things like a man, not sneakingly: Think the king sees thee still; for his King does. Simpering is but a lay hypocrisy: Give it a corner, and the clue undoes. Who fears to do ill sets himself to task: Who fears to do well, sure should wear a mask. Geo. Herbert. APRLL 24. Comply with some humours, bear with others, but serve none. Civil complacency consists with decent honesty; flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity. But while thou maintainest the plain path, fall not into self-adulation, and become not thine own parasite. Sir T. Browne. APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL 25. H.R.H. THE GRAND DUCHESS OF HESSE (PRINCESS ALICE OF ENGLAND), 1843. “ Jftrmita in Crekr.” With Patience, I the Storme sustaine For, Sunshine still doth follow Raine. All Griefe shall have an ending, I am sure, And, therefore, I with Patience, will Endure. Geo. Wither. APRIL 26. Let Prudence admonish thee—let Temperance restrain—let Justice guide thy hand—Benevolence warm thy heart—and grati¬ tude to Heaven inspire thee with devotion. These shall give thee happiness in thy present state, and bring thee to the mansions of eternal felicity. Economy of Human Life. APRIL 27. MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF ALBANY AND H.R.H. PRINCESS HELEN OF WALDECK, 1882. “ (Qttob Jhtis hult ffat.” Where True-Love begetteth, and enjoyes The proper Object, which shee doth desire, Nor Time, nor Injury the flame destroyes ; But it continues a Perpetual! Fire. Geo. Wither. APRIL 25 . APRIL 26 APRIL 27 . APRIL 28. Give me the pliant mind, whose gentle measure* Complies and suits with all estates; Which can let loose to a crown, and yet with pleasure Take up within a cloister’s gates. Geo. Herbert. APRIL 29. I can count him but a fool, that, having the liberty to keep what he has, shall be so unwise as to lose it. Let us be wise as serpents ; it is best to make hay when the sun shines; you see how the bee lieth still all winter, and bestirs her only when she can have profit with pleasure. B tiny an. APRIL 30. MARRIAGE OF H.G.D.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA ALBERTA OF HESSE AND H.S.H. PRINCE LOUIS OF BATTENBERG, 1884. “ fletimusque bamusque bicia&im.” She who ne’er answers till a husband cools, Or if she rules him, neuer shews she rules, Charms by accepting, by submitting sways, Yet has her humour most when she obeys. Ben Jonson. APRIL 28. APRIL 29. APRIL 30. M A Y. We doe serve a Queene that not far hence doth wone, A Princesse of great powre and majestie, Famous through all the world, and honor’d far and nie. For her great bounty knowen over all And soveraine grace, with which her royall Crowne She doth support, and strongly beateth downe The malice of her foes, which her envy And at her happinesse do fret and frowne; Yet she herselfe the more doth magnify, And even to her foes her mercies multiply. Spenser. MAY i. H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, 1850. “Jtninur non aetntia.” Where courage great, and consaile good doe goe, With lastinge fame, the victorie is wonne: But seperate theise, then feare the overthrowe, And strength alone, dothe unto ruine ronne: Then Captaines good, must joyne theise too, in one. Geo. Whitney. MA Y 2. The foundations of knowledge and virtue are laid in our child¬ hood, and without an early care and attention, we are as good as lost in our very cradles; for the principles that we imbibe in our youth, we carry commonly to our graves, and it is the education that makes the man. A ncien t A p ho Asm. MAY 3. H.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA LOUISE OF SCHLESWIG- HOLSTEIN, 1870. “€xifns acta probat.” Endeavour honestly, whilst thou hast light: Deferre thou not, thy Journey, till the night; Nor, sleeps away, in Vanities, the prime, And flower, of thy most acceptable time. Geo. Wither. r MA Y 4. Men are the corn, they are in the floor ; In the floor they can have the chaff with them ; they will not have them in the barn. Let men endure what they would not, that they may come to what they would. Si. Augustine. MAYS. The works my calling doth propose, Let me not idly shun ; For he whom idleness undoes, Is more than twice undone : For be we poor, or be we rich, If well employ’d we are, It neither helps nor hinders much, Things needful to prepare. Geo. Wither. MA Y 6. H.R.H. PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM VICTOR OF PRUSSIA, 1882. " (Dmnite plareta.” Be moderate in thy enjoyment, and it shall remain in thy possession. Join esteem to thy admiration ; unite friendship with thy loue: so shalt thou find in the end that content surpasseth raptures; that tranquillity is of more worth than ecstasy. Economy of Human Life. MA V 4- MA Y 5. MA Y 6. MA Y 7. Take well whate’er shall chance, though bad it be, take it for good and ’twill be good to thee. A contented mind is a hidden treasure, and a guard from trouble. Economy of Human Life. MAY 8. Whose gold is double with a careful hand His cares are double; The pleasure, honour, wealth of sea and land Bring but a trouble ; The world itself, and all the world’s command Is but a bubble. Quarles ’ Emblems. MA Y 9. Think not silence the wisdom of fools ; silence may be eloquence and speak thy worth above the power of words. Make such a one thy friend in whom princes may be happy and great counsels successful. Let him have the key of thy heart who has the lock of his own, where thy secrets may lastingly lie like the lamp of Olybius’s urn, alive and light, but close and invisible. Sir T. Browne. MA Y 7. MAYS . MA Y 9. MAY to In Chesse-play, so long as the game is in playing, all the men stand in their order, and are respected according to their place; but when once the game is ended, then all are confusedly tumbled into a bag, and happily the King is lowest, and the pawne upmost: so is it with us in this life, the world is a huge theater or stage, but at the end all will be alike. Dean Boys. MA Y 11. To make up charms which have the pow’r to move Through a discerning eye, true love : There must be wit and judgment too ; Greatness of thought and worth, which draw From the whole world, respect and awe. A ncient Laconic. MAY 12. H.H, PRINCESS FEODORE OF SAXE-MEIN INGEN, 1879. " ^Jttoh ncrtt nt hib-eare rabe.” By seeming other than thou art, Thou dost performe a foolish part The World is made for Shewes, and few there are So diligent to bee , as to appeare ; Bee therefore, what to bee, thou hast profest. Geo. Wither. MAY 10. MAY I T. MAY 12. MAY 13. It is no great matter to live lovingly with good-natured, with humble and meek persons : but he that can do so with the froward, with the wilful, and the ignorant, with the peevish and perverse, he only hath true charity. Jeremy Taylor. MAY 14. Who travailes by the wearie wandring way, To come unto his wished home in haste, And meetes a flood, that doth his passage stay, Is not great grace to helpe him over past, Or free his feet that in the my re sticke fast ? Spenser. MAY 15. I should esteem the world but a desart, were it not for the society of the fair sex; they are the guardians of our infancy and youth, the companions of our riper years, and the cherishers of our old age. Love is the soul of the world, the vital prop of the elements; it is the cement of human society, and strongest fence of nature. Ancient Aphorism. MAY 13. MAY 14. MA Y 15. MAY 16. Shall they who wrong begin yet rightly end ? Shall they at all have safety for their friend ? No, no ; in headstrong manner they set out, And headlong will they fall at last, no doubt. Butty an. MAY 17. Contentment consisteth not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire—not in multiplying of wealth, but in subtracting men’s desires. He that at first thought ten thousand pounds too much for any one man, will afterwards think ten millions too little for himself. Thos. Ftiller. MAY iS. To strength, and skill, unite we must therefore, A manly prudence, ev’n such, as when shee please, To all her ends, can use and manage these; And, shew us how to cure, or to prevent All Hazards; or withall to bee content. Geo. Wither. MAY 16. MAY 17. MAY 18. o MAY 19. Although the devil be the father of Lies, he seems, like other great inventors, to have lost much of his reputation by the con¬ tinual improvements that have been made upon him. Ancient Laconic. MAY 20. For us the winds do blow; The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow, Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight or as our treasure: The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. Geo. Herbert. MAY 21. Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others; and let the world be deceived in thee, as they are in the lights of heaven. Hang early plummets upon the heels of pride, and let ambition have but an epicycle and narrow circuit in thee. Sir T. Browne. MAY 19. MAY 20. MAY 21. MAY 22. Wee see, the lillie freshlie bloomes, Though thornes, and briers, enclose it round aboute: So with the good, thoughe wicked have their roomes, They are preserv’d in spite of all their route: And learning lives, and vertue still doth shine, When follie dies, and ignoraunce doth pine. Geo. Whitney . MAY 23. No Receipt openeth the Heart, but a true Friend, to whom you may impart Griefs, Joyes, Fears, Hopes, Susspicions, Counsels and whatsoever lieth upon the Heart, to oppress it, in a kind of Civil Shrift or Confession. Bacon. MA Y 24. HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, 1819. “ Jhrmri btcm nbbii abito.” This good May-day hath laid a foundation for the happiness of our Church and State. May God reward Your Majesty with honour here, and glory hereafter, which is the desire of the millions of Your nation, and our prayer is, that shining as a pearl of grace here, You may shine as a Star hereafter. Thos. Fuller. MAY 22. MAY 23. Y 24. MA Y 25. H.R.H. PRINCESS CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, 1846. “ Jfax mentis hottest^ gloria.” Power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring : for good thoughts (though God accept them) yet towards Men are little better than good dreams, except they be put in Act; and that cannot be without Power and Place. In the Discharge of the Place, set before thee the best Examples; for Imitation is a Globe of Precepts. Bacon. MA Y 26. H.S.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA MARY OF TECK, 1867. “|Ion inferiora statins” Whilst I, the Sunne’s bright Fate may view, I will no meaner Light pursue. That imitating him, in what / may, I neuer follow an inferiour Way. Geo. Wither. MAY 27. But if thou doe injoye a faithful frende, See that with care, thou keepe him as thy life: And if perhappes he doe, that maye offende, Yet waye thy frende; and shunne the cause of strife, Remembringe still, there is no greater crosse; Than of a frende, for, to sustaine the losse. Whitney's Emblems. MAY 25. MAY 26. MAY 27. MA Y 28. Let smiling fortune prosper and perfect What wit began; Let earth advise with both, and so project A happy man ; Let wit or fawning fortune vie their best, He may be blest With all the earth can give ; but earth can give no rest. Quarles' Emblems. MAY 29. As the branches of a tree return their sap to the root from whence it arose; as a river poureth his streams to the sea, from whence his spring was supplied; so the heart of a grateful man delighteth in returning a benefit received. Economy of Human Life. MA Y 30. What though the sea with waves continuall Do eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earthe the lesse, or loseth ought: For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tide unto another brought: For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought. Spenser. p MAY 31. The mark of a man of probity lies in keeping reason at the head of practice. To live in a crowd of objects, without suffering either in his sense, his virtue, or his quiet: To be all truth in his words, and justice in his actions : And if the whole world should disbelieve his integrity, dispute his character, and question his happiness, he would neither take it ill in the least, nor alter his measures, but pursue the end of living, with all the honesty, ease and resignation imaginable. Ancient Aphorism. JUNE. Sacrifice to God Thanks in this whole Island’s name In a joyful praiseful Ode ; You that loyal Britons be Hallelujah sing with me. On her coasts our Maker smiles, And vouchsafes her the rule Over all the floods and isles From the Midland Straits to Thule, Plenty doth her valleys fill, Health is in her climates found, Pleasure plays on ev’ry hill, And these blessings peace hath crown’d : Hallelujah therefore sing Till the shores with echoes ring. Geo. J Vi the?'. JUNE i. Pronunciation is the life and soul of eloquence. The art of Oratory is never so great and potent by the things that are said, as by the manner of saying of them; its leading excellence consists in the delivery, and by this it maintains its empire over the hearts of men. Ancient Aphorism. JUNE 2. As long as you are engaged in the world, you must comply with its maxims; because nothing is more unprofitable, than the wisdom of those persons who set up for reformers of the age. ’Tis a part a man cannot act long, without offending his friends and rendering himself ridiculous. St. Evremond. JUNE 3. H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES, 1865. “ Jkttm ffMis.” Dispise all pleasures vayne, hould uertue by the hand , And as in rage of wyndes, and Seas, the Rocke doth firmly stande So stande thou all wages sure, that thou maist Hue with fame . no places male compare, Unto our homes, where wee commaunders are. Whitney's Emblems. JUNE i. JUNE 2. JUNE 3. JUNE 4. A humble ignorant man is better than a proud scholar, who studies natural things, and knows not himself. The more thou knowest, the more grievously thou shalt be judged. Jeremy Taylor. JUNE 5. If blessing were as slow As men’s returns, what would become of fools? What hast thou there ? a heart ? but is it pure ? Search well and see; for hearts have many holes Yet one pure heart is nothing to bestow Yet one, if good, may title to a number, And single things grow fruitful by desert. Geo. Herbert. JUNE 6. H.G.D.H. PRINCESS ALIX VICTORIA OF HESSE, 1872. “ Jtcn obest birtuti 001:0.” Seehe a more assur’d estate , On good , and honest Objects , fixe your Minde, And follow Vertue, that you may a Fate Exempt from feare of Change , or Dangers finde. Geo. Wither. JUNE 4. JUNE 5. JUNE 6. Q JUNE 7 . The pleasure of society and conversation betwixt friends is entertained by a similitude of manners, and a little difference of opinions in the sciences. By this it is that a man either confirms and pleases himself in his own sentiments, or exercises and instructs himself by the dispute. Ancient Aphorism. JUNE 8. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be, Or standing long an oak three hundred year To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere; In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measure life may perfect be. Ben Jonson. JUNE 9. Great examples grow thin, and to be fetched from the passed world. Simplicity flies away, and iniquity comes at long strides upon us. We have enough to do to make up ourselves from present and passed times, and the whole stage of things scarce serveth for our instruction. Sir T. Browne. JUNE 7. JUNE 8. JUNE 9. JUNE 10. We all of us complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do; we are always com¬ plaining our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them. Seneca. JUNE ir. Take thy ballaunce, if thou be so wise, And weigh the winde that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the East doth rise: Or weigh the thought that from man’s mind doth flow; But if the weight of these thou canst not show, Weigh but one word which from thy lips doth fall. Spenser. JUNE i 2 . MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE AND H.S.H. THE DUKE OF TECK, 1866. “ aut marti." Happy is the man that hath made her his wife; happy the child that calleth her Mother. She informeth the minds of her children with wisdom ; she fashioneth their manners from the example of her own goodness. Economy of Human Life. JUNE /UNE JUNE JUNE 13. Life is not a plaything, or rather our present life is a plaything but the things to come are not such ; or perchance our life is not a plaything only, but even far worse than this. For it ends not in laughter, but rather brings exceeding damage on them who are not minded to order their own ways strictly. St. Chrysostom . JUNE 14. H.R.H. PRINCESS SOPHIA DOROTHEA OF PRUSSIA, 1870. “glum dab urn redttm ten cam.” Regard not, therefore much, what those things bee, Which come, without thy fault, to thwart thy Waye, Nor how, Rash-Lookers-on wit! censure thee; But, faithfully, to doe thy part, assaye. Geo. Wither. JUNE 15. MARRIAGE OF H.G.D.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF HESSE AND THE GRAND DUKE SERGIUS OF RUSSIA, 1884. “ Jiaffb birtutum ronstantia.” That's Love in earnest which isjconstantlfound, When Friends are in Affliction or in Bands, And, their Affection merits to be crown'd, Whose hearts are faster, ed where they joyne their hands. Geo. Wither. JUNE 13. JUNE 14. JUNE 15. JUNE 16. Endeavour to make peace among thy neighbours; it is a.worthy and reputable action, and will bring greater and juster commenda¬ tions to thee, and more benefit to those with whom thou conversest, than wit or learning, or any of those so much admired accom¬ plishments. Ancient Aphorism. JUNE 17. Prompted by love of human race, From generous motives bent to please Thy feelings answer to thy face, Thy manners still are stamped with ease. Each social being, in thy presence blest With ardour clasps thee to his grateful breast. Elegcmt Extracts. JUNE 18. I would have you proceed, and seek for fame In brave exploits; like those, that snatch their honour Out of the talons of the Roman Eagle, And pull her golden feathers in the field Those are brave men; not you that stay at home. Shackerly. JUNE 16 JUNE 17 JUNE 18. JUNE 19. If any touch my friend, or his good name It is my honor and my love to free His blasted fame From the least spot or thought of blame. Geo. Herbert . JUNE 20. THE ACCESSION OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, 1837. “ Jlnblica tfidtt# mtn mzxa&” The almightie God from whome all honour and true nobillitie doe proceede, who hathe manie yeares, moste lovinglie and liberallie, indued your Majesty with the same, blesse and prolonge your daies here that wee maie behoulde the consummation of youre happie oulde age. Geo. Whitney . JUNE 21. Contentment makes men carry themselves gracefully in wealth, want, health, sickness, freedom, fetters, yea, what condition soever God allots them. It is no breach of contentment for men, by lawful means, to seek the removal of their misery, and bettering of their estate. Thos. Fuller. JUNE 19. JUNE 20. JUNE 21. JUNE 22. Whensoever I shall need The service of another’s hand; He shall in heart, in tongue, in deed, Be faithful unto my command. But whatso ever else I find, This will befal to me at least, That I shall keep a quiet mind. Geo. Wither. JUNE 23. Let thy studies be free as thy thoughts and contemplations : but fly not only upon the wings of imagination ; join sense unto reason, and experiment unto speculation, and so give life unto embryon truths, and verities yet in their chaos. Sir T. Browne. JUNE 24. Yea, blessed is he in life and death, That fears not death, nor loves this life ; That sets his will his wit beneath ; And hath continual peace in strife. That ever lives a light to all, Though oft obscured, like the Sun; And though his fortunes be but small, Yet Fortune doth not seek, nor shun. Rare Poems. JUNE 22 JUNE 23 JUNE 24 JUNE 25. As benevolence is the most sociable of all virtues, so it is of the largest extent; for there is not any man, either so great, or so little, but he is yet capable of giving and of receiving benefits. Seneca. JUNE 26. For lacke of reste, the feilde dothe barren growe, The winter coulde, not all the yeare dothe raigne : And dailie bent, doth weake the strongest bowe: Yea, our delightes still us’d, wee doe disdaine, Then rest by fittes, amongste your great affaires, But not too muche, leste sloathe dothe set her snares. Whitney's Emblems. JUNE 27. The best way to make a homer of comfort increase to an ephah (which is ten times as much) is to be heartily grateful for what one hath already that his store may be multiplied. He shall never want more, who is thankful for, and thrifty with, little. Thos. Fuller. JUNE 25. JUNE 26. JUNE 27. JUNE 28. THE CORONATION OF H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA, 1838. “ (&loxm birtttfrm tanquam umbra js&quitur.” A king’s dignity is public wealth, On that subsists the nation’s fame and power. True Majesty’s the very soul of Kings, And Rectitude’s the soul of majesty ; And he that lessens Majesty, impares That just obedience public good requires. Ancient Laconic. JUNE 29. The fruicte that soonest ripes, dothe soonest fade awaie. And that which slowlie hath his time, will not so soone decaie, Our writing in the duste, cannot indure a blaste : But that, which is in marble wroughte, from age to age doth laste. Geo. Whitney. JUNE 30. Overburthen not thy memory, to make so faithful a servant a slave. Remember Atlas was weary. Have as much reason as a camel, to rise when thou hast thy full load. Memory like a purse, if it be overfull that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Thos. Fuller JUNE 28. JUNE 29. JUNE 30. s JULY. Lord! let Thy power protect the Queen, And make her earthly throne An earnest of a heavenly crown. Of peace let her the sceptre bear ; Make holiness her royal robe, The wreaths of justice let her wear And in upright and pious ways Observe and serve Thee all their days. Her honour so, and her so crown, Her so invest, and her so arm, Her so anoint, her so enthrone And by Thy Word her so inform That our Queen, O Lord ! and we May to each other blessings be. Adapted from Geo. Withe?'. JULY i. MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. PRINCESS ALICE AND H.R.H. THE GRAND DUKE OF HESSE, 1862. “Jlelitaraiihum hilt, xptoi) statuerttmm zzmzi.” What joy or honours can compare With holy nuptials when they are Made out of equal parts Of years, of states, of hands, of hearts, When in the happy choice The spouse and spoused have the foremost uoice? Ben Jonson. JULY 2. Love is the epitome of our whole duty; and all the sweetnesses and endearments of society that can be, so long as they are lawful and honest, are not only consistent with it, but parts and ex¬ pressions of it. Ancient Aphorism. JULY 3. When winter endes, comes in the pleasant springe. When nighte is done, the gladsome daye appeares. When griefes be gone, their joye doth make us singe. When storms be paste, the varying weather cleares. So after paines, our pleasures make us glad, But without sower, the sweete is hardlie had. Whitney's Emblems. JULY i. JULY 2. JULY 3. JUL Y 4. Lovely concord, and most sacred peace, Doth nourish vertue, and fast friendship breeds; Weake she makes strong, and strong thing does increase, Till it the pitch of highest praise exceeds : Brave be hei warres, and honorable deeds, By which she triumphes over yre and pride, And winnes an Olive girlond for her meeds. Spenser. JULY 5. MARRIAGE OF H.R.H. PRINCESS HELENA AND H.R.H. PRINCE CHRISTIAN OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, 1866. “ Jtmiatia etiam post mortem tmrans.” Wee shoulde be link’de with such a frende, That might reuiue, and helpe when wee bee oulde; And when wee stoope, and drawe unto our ende, Our staggering state, to help for to uphoulde; Whitney's Emblems. JUL Y 6. H.R.H. PRINCESS VICTORIA OF WALES, 1868. Diribm* jtutgenha