. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . s family. While a child hewas entitled Duke of Valois. At the age of twelve his father suc-ceeded to the title of Duke of Orleans, and the boy became theDuke of Chartres, taking the place vacated by his father, as he wasalways entitled to do. Louis Philippe, at an early age, was put under the instruction andgovernment of the Countess de Genlis, a lady eminently qualified,by extensive learning, natural genius, and a happy disposition, toform the mind and habit of a prince. She taught him to love Godand his \vorks, and to love man. She n
. Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle . s family. While a child hewas entitled Duke of Valois. At the age of twelve his father suc-ceeded to the title of Duke of Orleans, and the boy became theDuke of Chartres, taking the place vacated by his father, as he wasalways entitled to do. Louis Philippe, at an early age, was put under the instruction andgovernment of the Countess de Genlis, a lady eminently qualified,by extensive learning, natural genius, and a happy disposition, toform the mind and habit of a prince. She taught him to love Godand his \vorks, and to love man. She not only taught him thecommon branches of polite learning, but to speak with ease theItalian, German, and English languages, the latter of which wereaccomplishments soon called into requisition. She had him instructed in gardening, turning, basket-making 232 PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. carpentry, and weaving — a fine lot of trades for a prince! in ad-dition to all this, he was a doctor; he studied botany and medicineunder the direction of a medical It was the intention of the countess to make her charge a good,intelligent, and hardy man, or king, if perchance he might be aruler. How she prepared him for hardships and trying emergencies,we may learn from one of her remarks, after political influenceshad driven him from France, a mere youth, and almost says, How often, since his misfortunes, have I applauded my-self for the education I had given him; for having taugnt him the LOUIS PHILIPPE. 233 principal modern languages ; for having accustomed him to wait onhimself; to despise all sorts of effeminacy; to sleep habitually on awooden bed, with no covering but a mat; to expose himself to heat,cold, and rain; to accustom himself to fatigue, by daily and violentexercise, and by walking ten or fifteen miles with leaden soles tohis shoes; and, finally, for having given him the taste and habit fortravelling1. He had lost all he had inherited from birth and fortune
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