. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . sive generations formore than a thousand years. In a volume now lying be-fore us that lineage is traced down in a direct line fromCharlemagne to names and families which have long beenand are now ornaments to the community in which theylive and act. The first of his descendants who acted aconspicuous part on this side the water, was PresidentChauncy, second president of Harvard College. From himwere desc
. Imperial courts of France, England, Russia, Prussia, Sardinia, and Austria. Richly illustrated with portraits of imperial sovereigns and their cabinet ministers' with biographical sketches . sive generations formore than a thousand years. In a volume now lying be-fore us that lineage is traced down in a direct line fromCharlemagne to names and families which have long beenand are now ornaments to the community in which theylive and act. The first of his descendants who acted aconspicuous part on this side the water, was PresidentChauncy, second president of Harvard College. From himwere descended all the Chaunceys in this country, of whommany were eminent; of this line was Commodore Chaimceyof the United States Navy. Charles and Elihu Chauncey,of Philadelphia, William Chauncey, Esq., of New York, andothera of that name are in the same line. So also theGoodrich family. Samuel G. Goodrich, or Peter Parley, Chauncey A. Goodrich, late of Yale College, were thethirty-fourth Imeal descendants from Charlemagne, renownedancestor, whose blood flowed down through so manygenerations. Many other names and families in this coun-try hold a similar relationship to yA .7i/././. /?).,1/lM .S,iP,>lS. T O IRl 0 A THE COURT OF ENGLAND. A LONG line of Kings and Queens have, in royal succes-sion, occupied the throne and worn the cro^vn of Koyal Sovereigns and their successive governmentsand deeds fill many chapters and vokunes in the historicannals of that country. Their name and fame and theachievements of then- several reigns have been duly re-corded and are widely known. In presenting the portraitsand historic sketches of various personages of this com-t,belonging to the past or the present in English annals,Her Majesty, who now fills the throne with so much wis-dom, dignity, and satisfaction to all the millions of herrealm, obviously claims the first place. HER MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA. When George HI., King of England, died, his eldest son,w
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