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Arrival at Gotha; Ludicrous Mistake, 1—Divorce from Baggage; Lions visited; Table d’Hôte; Slight Mistake, 2—Dialogue, French and German, about the Queen; Grand Hunt; Mohr Hof Gesellschafts Bal, or Ball of the Gotha Bourgeois, 3—Visit to Professors; Prince Albert’s Tutor; Hospitality of the People, 4—Liberality of Reigning Duke, with reference to the Press; Gotha Observatory; Celebrated Astronomers, 5—Sunday at Gotha, 6—Invitation to Court, 7—Absurd Ideas respecting Grerman Courts and Princes, 8—Duke of Gotha’s Income; Meeting of Gotha Savans, 9—Description of remarkable Manuscripts in Ducal Library, 10—Importance of a Name, 11—Invitation to Duchess Dowager; Specimen of Saxon Latinity, 14—Dr. Bretschneider and Hugh Rose, 16—Pastor Hochgesang and Egg-Punch; Pickwick, and the Queen; Opinion of a Gotha Worthy on approaching Nuptials, 17—Permission to dedicate Book; Gotha Sing Verein; Social Customs, 18—Pride of Ancestry, 19—Visit to Coburg, 20—Persian Poet rivalled, 22—Introduction to Prince Albert; Description of the Prince, 23—Hereditary Prince Ernest, 24—Lions of Coburg, 25—Proclamation of Marriage; Grand Banquet; Hunting Dinner, 26—Concert at Court; Return to Gotha, 28—Opera inaugurated; Drouet, the Flute Player, 41—Masked Ball at Opera; Departure of Prince Albert; Soirée at the Reigning Duchess’; Album for Her Majesty; Farewell Supper, 42—Anecdote for Scholars, 43.