John Slater ; with illustrative
sketches
by John Calcott
Horsley.
Horsley.
Childrens - Little Princes
Little princes : anecdotes of illustrious children of all ages and countries / by Mrs.
John Slater ; with illustrative sketches by John Calcott
Horsley.
Slater, John, Mrs.
London : H. G. Bohn, 1850
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? ANECDOTES
OF
ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
AND COUNTRIES.
BY MRS. JOHN SLATER,
AUTHOR OF SKNTBNTI<< CHRONOLOGIC. ^, LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY,
MODERN AND CLASSICAL, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES
BY JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY, ESQ.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCL.
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? HARVARD COUEGE LIBRARY
<<OH THE LIBA4RY OF
MRS, ELLEN HAVEN ROSS
JUNE 20, 1938
Tnspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium
Juleo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.
Ter. Adelph.
My advice to him is, to consult the lives of other men, as
he would a looking-glass, and from thence take examples for
his own imitation.
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? TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,
ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES,
BY PERMISSION OF HIS AUGUST MOTHER,
VICTORIA, OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN,
TO* little iSooft,
INTENDED TO BRING BEFORE HIS INFANT MIND
THE EXAMPLE OF ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN
OF ALL AOES AND COUNTRIES,
IS, WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT AND LOYAL AFFECTION,
INSCRIBED BY
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DEVOTED SERVANT,
ELIZA SLATER.
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? PREFACE.
T is above eighty years since the birth of an heir-
apparent to the throne was last celebrated in
these realms, and during this interval vast im-
provements have been made in infant literature.
Perhaps a little book, expressly designed for the first
reading of a Royal child, has not hitherto existed, and
this work is a very humble attempt to supply such a
deficiency.
Before his Royal Highness can read fluently, he will
probably have been made acquainted, by means of con-
versation, with most of the great men, of whose youth
I have given anecdotes; but this is not necessary to
the usefulness of the work: if he has already learned
to admire these great princes, the incidents of their
childhood will be interesting to him: if not, whenever
the page of history is opened to him, there will be
already facts in his mind, with which to associate the
knowledge he is about to acquire.
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? vi
PREFACE.
My principal object in the Moral Reflections, which
were necessary in order to introduce and connect the
anecdotes, was to make them so short, that it might
not be worth while to skip them, a habit that lively
children always acquire, if they are kept too long from
facts--the great object of interest to the infant mind.
I hope I shall be approved, in not having changed
the quaint style and antiquated spelling of the old
authors whom I have quoted. I have also considered
it better not to give a translation of two or three Latin
and French letters that I have inserted: it is of little
consequence, if they are not understood upon the first
reading of the book; but we all know with what plea-
sure we have recurred to passages formerly unintelli-
gible, but which, increased knowledge has enabled us
to understand.
All my hopes and wishes will be fulfilled, if it
should be found that the cause of religion and virtue
has been upheld in these pages, and no sentiments
inculcated, but such as are worthy of a great Prince,
destined to reign over a great nation.
ELIZA SLATER.
St. John's Wood, May, 1843.
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? CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION Page 1
RELIGION 3
A Prince's Reverence for the Bible 4
A little Daughter of Charles the First 4
The Princess Amelia 5
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 5
Childhood of George the Third 6
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 7
Son of Evelyn of Wotton 8
FILIAL LOVE 13
Singular Reward of Filial Love 14
Alexander the Great 14
Scipio Africanus 15
A Roman Son 15
A Latin Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father,
James the First 16
Letter of Henry, Prince of Wales, to his father, James the First 17
A Letter written by the Great Conde,in his Youth, to his Father 18
Another 19
Young George Staunton 20
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 20
FRATERNAL LOVE 23
The Sons of George the Third 24
Louis Philippe, King of the French 24
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 25
Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother, Prince Henry 25
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Another Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother. . . Page 26
Another 26
Prince William, Son of Henry the First 27
Cato the Younger 28
EARLY DISCIPLINE 29
The Children of George the Third 30
The Duke of Clarence, afterwards William the Fourth 31
The Princes of Orleans 31
A useful Lesson to check the Pride of Princes 32
The young Soldier's Pillow 32
Childhood of the Great Henry the Fourth of France 33
Early Education of Sesostris, King of Egypt 34
Cyrus the Great and his Grandfather 35
DOCILITY 39
Louis Philippe, King of the French 40
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 41
Youth of Alcibiades 41
SELF-CONTROL 43
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 44
Prince Henry, Son of Henry the Fourth 44
Sir Philip Sydney 45
Alexander the Great 46
Heroic Endurance 47
The Twin Sons of Sabinus 48
DECISION OF CHARACTER 60
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 51
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 53
Frederick the Great and his Nephew 55
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Son of Charles the First 56
Isabella, afterwards Queen of Castile 68
Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Third 58
Alexander the Third of Scotland 60
Cato the Younger and the Deputy 60
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PATRIOTISM Page 62
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia 63
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 67
The Citizens of Calais 69
COURAGE 73
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lady Sarah Napier . . . 74
Young Napoleon 75
Christina, Queen of Sweden 76
Gustavus Vasa, King of Sweden 77
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 77
Edward, the Black Prince 81
The Chevalier Bayard 82
The Chevalier De Boufflers 83
Cato the Younger 89
Isadas, a Spartan Youth 90
Alexander the Great and Bucephalus 91
PRESENCE OF MIND 94
Richard the Second 95
Margaret of Anjou and her Son 96
PRINCELY BEARING 98
George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth 99
The Princess Amelia 100
Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James the First 101
Christina of Sweden 102
Alexander the Great 104
King Porus 105
REPUTATION 106
Young Napoleon 107
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 107
The Emperor Augustus 108
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KINDNESS AND DELICACY OF FEELING Page 109
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 110
The Princess Sophia Ill
Queen Caroline's Lesson to her Daughter 112
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 112
The Dauphin, Father of Louis the Sixteenth 114
The Duke de Chartres, Father of King Louis Philippe 115
Maria Leczinska, Queen of Louis the Fifteenth 116
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 117
A Russian Princess 118
Alexander the Great 119
HUMANITY OR BENEVOLENCE 122
The young Princes of Brunswick 123
Napoleon, King of Rome 123
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 124
The Children of George the Third 126
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 126
The Duke de Chartres, King of the French 127
A Letter from the Duke de Chartres to Mad. de Genlis, his
Governess 128
Pulcheria, Daughter of Mad. de Genlis 129
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 131
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 131
Geta, Son of the Emperor Severus 132
FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES 134
Louis the Seventeenth 136
FRIENDSHIP 137
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 138
SECRECY 141
Papirius Prsetextatus 142
Hephtestion, Friend of Alexander the Great 143
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TRUTH Page 144
The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette 145
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 145
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 146 John, King of France 147
FLATTERY 148
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 149 Canute the Great 149
JUSTICE 151
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 152
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 154
Cyrus the Great 154
GENEROSITY 156
The Comte de Beaujolais, Brother of Louis Philippe 157
Louis the Twelfth of France 157
Edward the Sixth 157
Cyrus the Great and Croesus, King of Lydia 158
GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT 160
Louis the Seventeenth 161
The first Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 161
Alexander, Emperor of Russia 162
Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father, James the
First 162
LAUDABLE EMULATION 164
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 165
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 166
Kang-Hi, Emperor of China 167
Alexander the Great 168
The embryo Historian 168
Cyrus the Elder 169
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John Slater ; with illustrative sketches by John Calcott
Horsley.
Slater, John, Mrs.
London : H. G. Bohn, 1850
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? ANECDOTES
OF
ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
AND COUNTRIES.
BY MRS. JOHN SLATER,
AUTHOR OF SKNTBNTI<< CHRONOLOGIC. ^, LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY,
MODERN AND CLASSICAL, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES
BY JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY, ESQ.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCL.
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? HARVARD COUEGE LIBRARY
<<OH THE LIBA4RY OF
MRS, ELLEN HAVEN ROSS
JUNE 20, 1938
Tnspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium
Juleo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.
Ter. Adelph.
My advice to him is, to consult the lives of other men, as
he would a looking-glass, and from thence take examples for
his own imitation.
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? TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,
ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES,
BY PERMISSION OF HIS AUGUST MOTHER,
VICTORIA, OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN,
TO* little iSooft,
INTENDED TO BRING BEFORE HIS INFANT MIND
THE EXAMPLE OF ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN
OF ALL AOES AND COUNTRIES,
IS, WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT AND LOYAL AFFECTION,
INSCRIBED BY
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DEVOTED SERVANT,
ELIZA SLATER.
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? PREFACE.
T is above eighty years since the birth of an heir-
apparent to the throne was last celebrated in
these realms, and during this interval vast im-
provements have been made in infant literature.
Perhaps a little book, expressly designed for the first
reading of a Royal child, has not hitherto existed, and
this work is a very humble attempt to supply such a
deficiency.
Before his Royal Highness can read fluently, he will
probably have been made acquainted, by means of con-
versation, with most of the great men, of whose youth
I have given anecdotes; but this is not necessary to
the usefulness of the work: if he has already learned
to admire these great princes, the incidents of their
childhood will be interesting to him: if not, whenever
the page of history is opened to him, there will be
already facts in his mind, with which to associate the
knowledge he is about to acquire.
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? vi
PREFACE.
My principal object in the Moral Reflections, which
were necessary in order to introduce and connect the
anecdotes, was to make them so short, that it might
not be worth while to skip them, a habit that lively
children always acquire, if they are kept too long from
facts--the great object of interest to the infant mind.
I hope I shall be approved, in not having changed
the quaint style and antiquated spelling of the old
authors whom I have quoted. I have also considered
it better not to give a translation of two or three Latin
and French letters that I have inserted: it is of little
consequence, if they are not understood upon the first
reading of the book; but we all know with what plea-
sure we have recurred to passages formerly unintelli-
gible, but which, increased knowledge has enabled us
to understand.
All my hopes and wishes will be fulfilled, if it
should be found that the cause of religion and virtue
has been upheld in these pages, and no sentiments
inculcated, but such as are worthy of a great Prince,
destined to reign over a great nation.
ELIZA SLATER.
St. John's Wood, May, 1843.
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? CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION Page 1
RELIGION 3
A Prince's Reverence for the Bible 4
A little Daughter of Charles the First 4
The Princess Amelia 5
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 5
Childhood of George the Third 6
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 7
Son of Evelyn of Wotton 8
FILIAL LOVE 13
Singular Reward of Filial Love 14
Alexander the Great 14
Scipio Africanus 15
A Roman Son 15
A Latin Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father,
James the First 16
Letter of Henry, Prince of Wales, to his father, James the First 17
A Letter written by the Great Conde,in his Youth, to his Father 18
Another 19
Young George Staunton 20
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 20
FRATERNAL LOVE 23
The Sons of George the Third 24
Louis Philippe, King of the French 24
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 25
Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother, Prince Henry 25
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Another Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother. . . Page 26
Another 26
Prince William, Son of Henry the First 27
Cato the Younger 28
EARLY DISCIPLINE 29
The Children of George the Third 30
The Duke of Clarence, afterwards William the Fourth 31
The Princes of Orleans 31
A useful Lesson to check the Pride of Princes 32
The young Soldier's Pillow 32
Childhood of the Great Henry the Fourth of France 33
Early Education of Sesostris, King of Egypt 34
Cyrus the Great and his Grandfather 35
DOCILITY 39
Louis Philippe, King of the French 40
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 41
Youth of Alcibiades 41
SELF-CONTROL 43
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 44
Prince Henry, Son of Henry the Fourth 44
Sir Philip Sydney 45
Alexander the Great 46
Heroic Endurance 47
The Twin Sons of Sabinus 48
DECISION OF CHARACTER 60
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 51
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 53
Frederick the Great and his Nephew 55
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Son of Charles the First 56
Isabella, afterwards Queen of Castile 68
Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Third 58
Alexander the Third of Scotland 60
Cato the Younger and the Deputy 60
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? CONTENTS. ix
PATRIOTISM Page 62
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia 63
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 67
The Citizens of Calais 69
COURAGE 73
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lady Sarah Napier . . . 74
Young Napoleon 75
Christina, Queen of Sweden 76
Gustavus Vasa, King of Sweden 77
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 77
Edward, the Black Prince 81
The Chevalier Bayard 82
The Chevalier De Boufflers 83
Cato the Younger 89
Isadas, a Spartan Youth 90
Alexander the Great and Bucephalus 91
PRESENCE OF MIND 94
Richard the Second 95
Margaret of Anjou and her Son 96
PRINCELY BEARING 98
George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth 99
The Princess Amelia 100
Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James the First 101
Christina of Sweden 102
Alexander the Great 104
King Porus 105
REPUTATION 106
Young Napoleon 107
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 107
The Emperor Augustus 108
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KINDNESS AND DELICACY OF FEELING Page 109
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 110
The Princess Sophia Ill
Queen Caroline's Lesson to her Daughter 112
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 112
The Dauphin, Father of Louis the Sixteenth 114
The Duke de Chartres, Father of King Louis Philippe 115
Maria Leczinska, Queen of Louis the Fifteenth 116
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 117
A Russian Princess 118
Alexander the Great 119
HUMANITY OR BENEVOLENCE 122
The young Princes of Brunswick 123
Napoleon, King of Rome 123
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 124
The Children of George the Third 126
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 126
The Duke de Chartres, King of the French 127
A Letter from the Duke de Chartres to Mad. de Genlis, his
Governess 128
Pulcheria, Daughter of Mad. de Genlis 129
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 131
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 131
Geta, Son of the Emperor Severus 132
FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES 134
Louis the Seventeenth 136
FRIENDSHIP 137
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 138
SECRECY 141
Papirius Prsetextatus 142
Hephtestion, Friend of Alexander the Great 143
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TRUTH Page 144
The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette 145
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 145
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 146 John, King of France 147
FLATTERY 148
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 149 Canute the Great 149
JUSTICE 151
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 152
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 154
Cyrus the Great 154
GENEROSITY 156
The Comte de Beaujolais, Brother of Louis Philippe 157
Louis the Twelfth of France 157
Edward the Sixth 157
Cyrus the Great and Croesus, King of Lydia 158
GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT 160
Louis the Seventeenth 161
The first Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 161
Alexander, Emperor of Russia 162
Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father, James the
First 162
LAUDABLE EMULATION 164
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 165
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 166
Kang-Hi, Emperor of China 167
Alexander the Great 168
The embryo Historian 168
Cyrus the Elder 169
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BEAUTIFUL SAYINGS PageVJl
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 172
Louis Philippe, King of the French 174
The Duke de Montpensier, Brother of King Louis Philippe . .
Horsley.
Slater, John, Mrs.
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? ANECDOTES
OF
ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
AND COUNTRIES.
BY MRS. JOHN SLATER,
AUTHOR OF SKNTBNTI<< CHRONOLOGIC. ^, LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY,
MODERN AND CLASSICAL, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES
BY JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY, ESQ.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCL.
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? HARVARD COUEGE LIBRARY
<<OH THE LIBA4RY OF
MRS, ELLEN HAVEN ROSS
JUNE 20, 1938
Tnspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium
Juleo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.
Ter. Adelph.
My advice to him is, to consult the lives of other men, as
he would a looking-glass, and from thence take examples for
his own imitation.
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? TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,
ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES,
BY PERMISSION OF HIS AUGUST MOTHER,
VICTORIA, OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN,
TO* little iSooft,
INTENDED TO BRING BEFORE HIS INFANT MIND
THE EXAMPLE OF ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN
OF ALL AOES AND COUNTRIES,
IS, WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT AND LOYAL AFFECTION,
INSCRIBED BY
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DEVOTED SERVANT,
ELIZA SLATER.
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? PREFACE.
T is above eighty years since the birth of an heir-
apparent to the throne was last celebrated in
these realms, and during this interval vast im-
provements have been made in infant literature.
Perhaps a little book, expressly designed for the first
reading of a Royal child, has not hitherto existed, and
this work is a very humble attempt to supply such a
deficiency.
Before his Royal Highness can read fluently, he will
probably have been made acquainted, by means of con-
versation, with most of the great men, of whose youth
I have given anecdotes; but this is not necessary to
the usefulness of the work: if he has already learned
to admire these great princes, the incidents of their
childhood will be interesting to him: if not, whenever
the page of history is opened to him, there will be
already facts in his mind, with which to associate the
knowledge he is about to acquire.
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? vi
PREFACE.
My principal object in the Moral Reflections, which
were necessary in order to introduce and connect the
anecdotes, was to make them so short, that it might
not be worth while to skip them, a habit that lively
children always acquire, if they are kept too long from
facts--the great object of interest to the infant mind.
I hope I shall be approved, in not having changed
the quaint style and antiquated spelling of the old
authors whom I have quoted. I have also considered
it better not to give a translation of two or three Latin
and French letters that I have inserted: it is of little
consequence, if they are not understood upon the first
reading of the book; but we all know with what plea-
sure we have recurred to passages formerly unintelli-
gible, but which, increased knowledge has enabled us
to understand.
All my hopes and wishes will be fulfilled, if it
should be found that the cause of religion and virtue
has been upheld in these pages, and no sentiments
inculcated, but such as are worthy of a great Prince,
destined to reign over a great nation.
ELIZA SLATER.
St. John's Wood, May, 1843.
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? CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION Page 1
RELIGION 3
A Prince's Reverence for the Bible 4
A little Daughter of Charles the First 4
The Princess Amelia 5
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 5
Childhood of George the Third 6
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 7
Son of Evelyn of Wotton 8
FILIAL LOVE 13
Singular Reward of Filial Love 14
Alexander the Great 14
Scipio Africanus 15
A Roman Son 15
A Latin Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father,
James the First 16
Letter of Henry, Prince of Wales, to his father, James the First 17
A Letter written by the Great Conde,in his Youth, to his Father 18
Another 19
Young George Staunton 20
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 20
FRATERNAL LOVE 23
The Sons of George the Third 24
Louis Philippe, King of the French 24
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 25
Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother, Prince Henry 25
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Another Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother. . . Page 26
Another 26
Prince William, Son of Henry the First 27
Cato the Younger 28
EARLY DISCIPLINE 29
The Children of George the Third 30
The Duke of Clarence, afterwards William the Fourth 31
The Princes of Orleans 31
A useful Lesson to check the Pride of Princes 32
The young Soldier's Pillow 32
Childhood of the Great Henry the Fourth of France 33
Early Education of Sesostris, King of Egypt 34
Cyrus the Great and his Grandfather 35
DOCILITY 39
Louis Philippe, King of the French 40
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 41
Youth of Alcibiades 41
SELF-CONTROL 43
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 44
Prince Henry, Son of Henry the Fourth 44
Sir Philip Sydney 45
Alexander the Great 46
Heroic Endurance 47
The Twin Sons of Sabinus 48
DECISION OF CHARACTER 60
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 51
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 53
Frederick the Great and his Nephew 55
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Son of Charles the First 56
Isabella, afterwards Queen of Castile 68
Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Third 58
Alexander the Third of Scotland 60
Cato the Younger and the Deputy 60
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PATRIOTISM Page 62
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia 63
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 67
The Citizens of Calais 69
COURAGE 73
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lady Sarah Napier . . . 74
Young Napoleon 75
Christina, Queen of Sweden 76
Gustavus Vasa, King of Sweden 77
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 77
Edward, the Black Prince 81
The Chevalier Bayard 82
The Chevalier De Boufflers 83
Cato the Younger 89
Isadas, a Spartan Youth 90
Alexander the Great and Bucephalus 91
PRESENCE OF MIND 94
Richard the Second 95
Margaret of Anjou and her Son 96
PRINCELY BEARING 98
George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth 99
The Princess Amelia 100
Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James the First 101
Christina of Sweden 102
Alexander the Great 104
King Porus 105
REPUTATION 106
Young Napoleon 107
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 107
The Emperor Augustus 108
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KINDNESS AND DELICACY OF FEELING Page 109
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 110
The Princess Sophia Ill
Queen Caroline's Lesson to her Daughter 112
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 112
The Dauphin, Father of Louis the Sixteenth 114
The Duke de Chartres, Father of King Louis Philippe 115
Maria Leczinska, Queen of Louis the Fifteenth 116
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 117
A Russian Princess 118
Alexander the Great 119
HUMANITY OR BENEVOLENCE 122
The young Princes of Brunswick 123
Napoleon, King of Rome 123
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 124
The Children of George the Third 126
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 126
The Duke de Chartres, King of the French 127
A Letter from the Duke de Chartres to Mad. de Genlis, his
Governess 128
Pulcheria, Daughter of Mad. de Genlis 129
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 131
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 131
Geta, Son of the Emperor Severus 132
FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES 134
Louis the Seventeenth 136
FRIENDSHIP 137
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 138
SECRECY 141
Papirius Prsetextatus 142
Hephtestion, Friend of Alexander the Great 143
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TRUTH Page 144
The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette 145
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 145
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 146 John, King of France 147
FLATTERY 148
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 149 Canute the Great 149
JUSTICE 151
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 152
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 154
Cyrus the Great 154
GENEROSITY 156
The Comte de Beaujolais, Brother of Louis Philippe 157
Louis the Twelfth of France 157
Edward the Sixth 157
Cyrus the Great and Croesus, King of Lydia 158
GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT 160
Louis the Seventeenth 161
The first Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 161
Alexander, Emperor of Russia 162
Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father, James the
First 162
LAUDABLE EMULATION 164
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 165
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 166
Kang-Hi, Emperor of China 167
Alexander the Great 168
The embryo Historian 168
Cyrus the Elder 169
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John Slater ; with illustrative sketches by John Calcott
Horsley.
Slater, John, Mrs.
London : H. G. Bohn, 1850
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LIBRARY
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? ANECDOTES
OF
ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
AND COUNTRIES.
BY MRS. JOHN SLATER,
AUTHOR OF SKNTBNTI<< CHRONOLOGIC. ^, LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY,
MODERN AND CLASSICAL, ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES
BY JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY, ESQ.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCL.
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? HARVARD COUEGE LIBRARY
<<OH THE LIBA4RY OF
MRS, ELLEN HAVEN ROSS
JUNE 20, 1938
Tnspicere, tanquam in speculum, in vitas omnium
Juleo, atque ex aliis sumere exemplum sibi.
Ter. Adelph.
My advice to him is, to consult the lives of other men, as
he would a looking-glass, and from thence take examples for
his own imitation.
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? TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,
ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES,
BY PERMISSION OF HIS AUGUST MOTHER,
VICTORIA, OUR GRACIOUS QUEEN,
TO* little iSooft,
INTENDED TO BRING BEFORE HIS INFANT MIND
THE EXAMPLE OF ILLUSTRIOUS CHILDREN
OF ALL AOES AND COUNTRIES,
IS, WITH THE MOST PROFOUND RESPECT AND LOYAL AFFECTION,
INSCRIBED BY
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DEVOTED SERVANT,
ELIZA SLATER.
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? PREFACE.
T is above eighty years since the birth of an heir-
apparent to the throne was last celebrated in
these realms, and during this interval vast im-
provements have been made in infant literature.
Perhaps a little book, expressly designed for the first
reading of a Royal child, has not hitherto existed, and
this work is a very humble attempt to supply such a
deficiency.
Before his Royal Highness can read fluently, he will
probably have been made acquainted, by means of con-
versation, with most of the great men, of whose youth
I have given anecdotes; but this is not necessary to
the usefulness of the work: if he has already learned
to admire these great princes, the incidents of their
childhood will be interesting to him: if not, whenever
the page of history is opened to him, there will be
already facts in his mind, with which to associate the
knowledge he is about to acquire.
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? vi
PREFACE.
My principal object in the Moral Reflections, which
were necessary in order to introduce and connect the
anecdotes, was to make them so short, that it might
not be worth while to skip them, a habit that lively
children always acquire, if they are kept too long from
facts--the great object of interest to the infant mind.
I hope I shall be approved, in not having changed
the quaint style and antiquated spelling of the old
authors whom I have quoted. I have also considered
it better not to give a translation of two or three Latin
and French letters that I have inserted: it is of little
consequence, if they are not understood upon the first
reading of the book; but we all know with what plea-
sure we have recurred to passages formerly unintelli-
gible, but which, increased knowledge has enabled us
to understand.
All my hopes and wishes will be fulfilled, if it
should be found that the cause of religion and virtue
has been upheld in these pages, and no sentiments
inculcated, but such as are worthy of a great Prince,
destined to reign over a great nation.
ELIZA SLATER.
St. John's Wood, May, 1843.
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? CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION Page 1
RELIGION 3
A Prince's Reverence for the Bible 4
A little Daughter of Charles the First 4
The Princess Amelia 5
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 5
Childhood of George the Third 6
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 7
Son of Evelyn of Wotton 8
FILIAL LOVE 13
Singular Reward of Filial Love 14
Alexander the Great 14
Scipio Africanus 15
A Roman Son 15
A Latin Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father,
James the First 16
Letter of Henry, Prince of Wales, to his father, James the First 17
A Letter written by the Great Conde,in his Youth, to his Father 18
Another 19
Young George Staunton 20
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 20
FRATERNAL LOVE 23
The Sons of George the Third 24
Louis Philippe, King of the French 24
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 25
Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother, Prince Henry 25
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Another Letter of Charles, Duke of York, to his Brother. . . Page 26
Another 26
Prince William, Son of Henry the First 27
Cato the Younger 28
EARLY DISCIPLINE 29
The Children of George the Third 30
The Duke of Clarence, afterwards William the Fourth 31
The Princes of Orleans 31
A useful Lesson to check the Pride of Princes 32
The young Soldier's Pillow 32
Childhood of the Great Henry the Fourth of France 33
Early Education of Sesostris, King of Egypt 34
Cyrus the Great and his Grandfather 35
DOCILITY 39
Louis Philippe, King of the French 40
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 41
Youth of Alcibiades 41
SELF-CONTROL 43
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 44
Prince Henry, Son of Henry the Fourth 44
Sir Philip Sydney 45
Alexander the Great 46
Heroic Endurance 47
The Twin Sons of Sabinus 48
DECISION OF CHARACTER 60
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 51
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 53
Frederick the Great and his Nephew 55
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Son of Charles the First 56
Isabella, afterwards Queen of Castile 68
Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward the Third 58
Alexander the Third of Scotland 60
Cato the Younger and the Deputy 60
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? CONTENTS. ix
PATRIOTISM Page 62
Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia 63
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 67
The Citizens of Calais 69
COURAGE 73
Letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lady Sarah Napier . . . 74
Young Napoleon 75
Christina, Queen of Sweden 76
Gustavus Vasa, King of Sweden 77
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 77
Edward, the Black Prince 81
The Chevalier Bayard 82
The Chevalier De Boufflers 83
Cato the Younger 89
Isadas, a Spartan Youth 90
Alexander the Great and Bucephalus 91
PRESENCE OF MIND 94
Richard the Second 95
Margaret of Anjou and her Son 96
PRINCELY BEARING 98
George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George the Fourth 99
The Princess Amelia 100
Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James the First 101
Christina of Sweden 102
Alexander the Great 104
King Porus 105
REPUTATION 106
Young Napoleon 107
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 107
The Emperor Augustus 108
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? X CONTENTS.
KINDNESS AND DELICACY OF FEELING Page 109
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 110
The Princess Sophia Ill
Queen Caroline's Lesson to her Daughter 112
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 112
The Dauphin, Father of Louis the Sixteenth 114
The Duke de Chartres, Father of King Louis Philippe 115
Maria Leczinska, Queen of Louis the Fifteenth 116
The Empress-Queen, Maria Theresa 117
A Russian Princess 118
Alexander the Great 119
HUMANITY OR BENEVOLENCE 122
The young Princes of Brunswick 123
Napoleon, King of Rome 123
The Princess Charlotte of Wales 124
The Children of George the Third 126
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 126
The Duke de Chartres, King of the French 127
A Letter from the Duke de Chartres to Mad. de Genlis, his
Governess 128
Pulcheria, Daughter of Mad. de Genlis 129
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria 131
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 131
Geta, Son of the Emperor Severus 132
FORGIVENESS OF INJURIES 134
Louis the Seventeenth 136
FRIENDSHIP 137
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 138
SECRECY 141
Papirius Prsetextatus 142
Hephtestion, Friend of Alexander the Great 143
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? CONTENTS. xi
TRUTH Page 144
The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette 145
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 145
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 146 John, King of France 147
FLATTERY 148
The Duke of Burgundy, Grandson of Louis the Fifteenth 149 Canute the Great 149
JUSTICE 151
Henry, Prince of Wales, Son of James the First 152
Gustavus the Third of Sweden 154
Cyrus the Great 154
GENEROSITY 156
The Comte de Beaujolais, Brother of Louis Philippe 157
Louis the Twelfth of France 157
Edward the Sixth 157
Cyrus the Great and Croesus, King of Lydia 158
GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT 160
Louis the Seventeenth 161
The first Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 161
Alexander, Emperor of Russia 162
Letter from Henry, Prince of Wales, to his Father, James the
First 162
LAUDABLE EMULATION 164
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 165
Charles the Twelfth of Sweden 166
Kang-Hi, Emperor of China 167
Alexander the Great 168
The embryo Historian 168
Cyrus the Elder 169
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BEAUTIFUL SAYINGS PageVJl
The Dauphin, Son of Louis the Sixteenth 172
Louis Philippe, King of the French 174
The Duke de Montpensier, Brother of King Louis Philippe . .
