LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, & MARSTON,

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.

1870.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET

THIS SPECIAL EDITION

OF

THE GENTLE LIFE

IS, BY HER MAJESTY'S PERMISSION AND DESIRE,

DEDICATED

TO ONE WHO, IN HER DAILY DUTIES

HER TRIALS AND HER SORROWS,

HAS ILLUSTRATED THE LESSONS WHICH

THE AUTHOR SEEKS, IMPERFECTLY

TO INCULCATE.

ΤΟ

VICTORIA THE QUEEN.