Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 51418-h.htm or 51418-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51418/51418-h/51418-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51418/51418-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/1812napoleoniin00vere Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). “1812” NAPOLEON I IN RUSSIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ART GAINSBOROUGH. By WALTER ARMSTRONG, Director of the National Gallery, Ireland. With 62 Photogravures and 10 Lithographs in Colour. £5 5_s._ net. LEONARDO DA VINCI. From the French of EUGÈNE MUNTZ. In 2 vols., with 20 Photogravures, 26 Coloured Plates, and about 200 Text Illustrations. £2 2_s._ net. MEISSONIER. By VALLERY C. O. GREARD. From the French by LADY MARY LOYD and FLORENCE SIMMONDS. With 38 Full-page Plates, and 250 Text Illustrations. £1 16_s._ net. CORREGGIO. By CORRADO RICCI. Translated by FLORENCE SIMMONDS. With 16 Photogravures, 21 Full-page Plates in Colour, and 160 Illustrations in Text. £2 2_s._ net. REMBRANDT. By EMILE MICHEL. Edited by FREDERICK WEDMORE. With 76 Full-page Plates and 250 Text Illustrations. £2 2_s._ net. ------- NEW LETTERS OF NAPOLEON I. Omitted from the Edition published under the auspices of Napoleon III. Translated from the French by LADY MARY LOYD. 15_s._ net. NAPOLEON AND THE FAIR SEX. From the French of FRÉDÉRIC MASSON. With a Portrait. 6_s._ LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. 21 BEDFORD STREET, W.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Signed author’s portrait] “1812” NAPOLEON I IN RUSSIA by VASSILI VERESTCHAGIN With an Introduction by R. Whiteing Illustrated from Sketches and Paintings by the Author [Illustration: Printer’s decoration] London William Heinemann 1899 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _This Edition enjoys copyright in all countries signatory to the Berne Treaty, and is not to be imported into the United States of America._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _CONTENTS_