VILLA HVIDORE 



to rule over us, winning all hearts with her 

 radiant beauty, added to a queenly dignity and a 

 womanly tenderness unique in their combination 

 in one personality, possessing also the rare charm 

 which made her conquest complete and lasting, 

 her words unforgettable to those who heard 

 them. 



The Villa Hvidore is therefore of peculiar 

 interest, being the peaceful retreat from cere- 

 monious Court life of our beloved Queen 

 Alexandra, and Her Imperial Maiesty the 

 Dowager Empress of Russia. 



Nine years, with skill and taste, have con- 

 verted the place into a very beautiful garden. 

 The pure white villa, standing on high ground 

 on the edge of the sea, with its long upper 

 veranda supported by sculptured goddesses in 

 the form of pillars, and gay with palms and 

 flowers, commands splendid views over the sea 

 and the surrounding country. And here I 

 cannot resist quoting a learned Frenchman's 

 impressions. 



" The beauty of the Baltic, in the Sound, on 

 a summer's day is indescribable. Nowhere, in 

 the Roads of Toulon, the Venetian Lakes, the 



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