Show QUEEN SONS v lot ot take them alto march ill in the case of alio sons odthe of the queen the last word that would be used in connection with an any one of them is insignificance the prince of wales through the death of his lamented father was called upon at an early ago age to prove the stuff of which lie was made and he was not long in convincing tho the nation of his good sense and his warm heart his popularity has steadily increased for he lie never shirks any public duty and on every occasion occasion he has acquitted himself as b becomes e one of his rank and vocation the duke of edinburgh though playing a less prominent part in public life than tho the heir apparent has impressed imars ed the country in an equal degree with tho the sense of his individuality and the fact that he lie has made an unusually brilliant marriage has been to him on temp tation to lead an obscure and otiose existence A sailor by profession he is never tired of showing that he lie re regards g s his opportunities as given to birn him only for the good of his country and no one can read our columns without knowing how indefatigable he be is in ill tho the performance of his naval duties what is true odthe of the duke of edinburgh as a sailor is is equally true of the duke of connaught as a soldier the army contains no more inore coil conscientious ious and hardworking hard working member thus it was not open to the duko duke of albany to shine by contrast all that lie could do was to rival his brothers in some other sphere and this lie has done on several occasions during the last two years he be has publicly demonstrated the solidity of his literary powers and more than any any other member of the royal family docs does he lie recall the elegant and varied erudition of prince albert tho the man who elects to lead A life of literary artisti cand scientific culture has his time well provided for and if he be happens to occupy the position of prince leopold self occupation is accompanied by frequent occasions of usefulness and distinction literary pursuits are or ought to be essentially domestic and a truehearted woman finds in a husband whose tastes are of that description the most congenial an and idine sympathetic of partners in the time in which we live capacity for speech plays a conspicuous part and it is natural to expect that with his richly stored mind and his refined intellect prince leopold will often give the english appio people the opportunity of hearing him im adm address s them politics Politic sp or of course are outside his ken but this single limitation to ills his area of mental activity is not one ho he need regret nay it is is a precious eriv dilego for a man of literary attainments and ready utterance to be de barred by a special ban from having to maugle in the coarse recriminations mi and the too often selfish and disingenuous controversies of party strife the duke of albany will breathe a purer air |