In the Days of Queen Victoria (Yesterday's Classics) by Tappan Eva March

Author:Tappan, Eva March [Tappan, Eva March]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biographies
ISBN: 9781599150383
Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
Published: 2010-11-13T03:44:08.521000+00:00

"Pity the sorrows of a poor young Prince—

Whose costly scheme has borne him to your door;

Who's in a fix—the matter not to mince—

Oh, help him out, and commerce swell your store."

Prince Albert laughed heartily at the cartoon, added it to his collection, and worked all the harder for the exposition.

There was much opposition to admitting foreign exhibits, for many English manufacturers had a wild fancy that the sight of them would prevent the English from patronizing home products. "All the villains of the Continent will be here," declared the grumblers. "They will murder the Queen and begin a revolution." In Parliament, one of the members invoked the lightning to fall from heaven and destroy the half-finished building. Nevertheless, enormous masses of goods were constantly arriving, and the mighty structure continued to rise. It was made of iron and glass, and was like an enormous greenhouse. Thackeray wrote of it:

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