The Guidon, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The Guidon, Vol. 4: May June, 1908NY associations which will arouse a per sonal interest in the names of the counties of Virginia are to be welcomed by the teacher.The Virginians before the Revolution were loyal subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland and frequently testified to this loyalty by naming counties after members of his family.In 1732 a new county was laid out called Amelia from the good-looking, dashing Princess Amelia, daughter of George II. A daring horsewoman, an intrepid follower of the fox-hunt, the Virginia gentle men felt a proud and active interest in her.The tragedy of her life comes in her love affair with Frederick of Prussia, afterwards Frederick the Great. The two were cousins and their mothers earnestly strove for the match, but King Frederick William of Prussia, jealous of Hanover, the German possession of the King of England, utterly forbade the union.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.