Rulers of the World at Home (Hardcover)

1899. How they look and how they live. The aim of this work is to present monarchs and chief executives, royal princes and republican presidents simply as men and women. Descriptions of the homes in which they live, together with the story of their domestic relations, of how and when they work, play, sleep, and pray; of their recreations, their peculiarities, their fads and hobbies, their manner of dress; of how they entertain, how they amuse themselves, of what they eat, what they talk about, and everything pertaining to their daily life apart from their duties when wearing a crown or seated upon a throne. Some of those profiled include: President William McKinley; The Governor-General of Canada; Emperor of China; First Family of Denmark; Egypt's Ruler; England's Queen; Kaiser William of Germany; Queen of Holland; and many more.