Ontario High School History of England . of an age ofrevolution. He turned to the past, and the past chiefly ofhis native land, Scotland, for his themes. The longnarrative poems, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion,and The Lady of the Lake, are full of vigorous in middle age did Scott begin to write novels,and his first story, Waverley, published in 1814,, createda great sensation. In rapid succession he producedGuy Mannering, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, Old Mortality, andmany others. To the taste of the present day his styleseems diffuse, but there is a wonderful magic in hisstories.
Ontario High School History of England . of an age ofrevolution. He turned to the past, and the past chiefly ofhis native land, Scotland, for his themes. The longnarrative poems, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion,and The Lady of the Lake, are full of vigorous in middle age did Scott begin to write novels,and his first story, Waverley, published in 1814,, createda great sensation. In rapid succession he producedGuy Mannering, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, Old Mortality, andmany others. To the taste of the present day his styleseems diffuse, but there is a wonderful magic in hisstories. Jane Austen (1775-1817) described the societyof her time with so fine a touch and so delicate a humour,that she has still many readers. We have in her pages anexact picture of English middle-class life at the time of thegreat struggle with Napoleon. Such titles of her booksas Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility indicatethe characteristics of the society which she depicts. 472 HISTORY OF ENGLAND 3. The Adoption of Free Trade. The reign of Victoria, 1837-1901.—Victoria, daughterof the Duke of Kent, younger brother of William IV,was only eighteen when she came to the throne, and herreign was destined to be the longest and also, per-haps, the most momentous inBritish history. She had beencarefully educated for her highoffice, and took delight in itsdignity and authority. In 1840she married her cousin. PrinceAlbert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,a high-minded and able man,who was given the title of PrinceConsort. While he lived helooked upon himself as thequeens permanent minister, andthe policy of the crown was di-rected, and very wisely directed,byhim. Without doubt, the factthat the sovereign was a woman tended to weaken herpolitical influence. Parliament steadily restricted the royalauthority. It took away from the queen the control of thearmy; and the right of pardoning condemned criminals,hitherto belonging to the sovereign, was now vested in aminister of state. Prince Alb
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