Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 59322-h.htm or 59322-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59322/59322-h/59322-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59322/59322-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/alifeofnapoleon00tarbmiss Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A caret character is used to denote superscription. Multiple superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackets (example: 1^{ER}). LIFE OF NAPOLEON [Illustration: BONAPARTE AT TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF AGE After a portrait by Greuze.] A LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE With a Sketch of JOSEPHINE, Empress of the French. Illustrated from the collection of NAPOLEON Engravings made by the late Hon. G. G. Hubbard, and now owned by the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., supplemented by Pictures from the best French Collections.... by IDA M. TARBELL New York McClure, Phillips & Co. M. CM. V. Copyright, 1894, by S. S. McClure, Limited Copyright, 1895, by S. S. McClure, Limited Copyright, 1896, by The S. S. McClure Co. Copyright, 1901, by McClure, Phillips & Co. First Impression February, 1901 Second Impression April, 1901 Third Impression May, 1903 Fourth Impression Sept., 1905. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON: CHAPTER PAGE I. YOUTH AND EARLY SURROUNDINGS.—SCHOOL DAYS AT BRIENNE 17 II. IN PARIS.—LIEUTENANT OF ARTILLERY.—LITERARY WORK.—THE REVOLUTION 27 III. ROBESPIERRE.—OUT OF WORK.—FIRST SUCCESS 43 IV. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.—DEVOTION TO JOSEPHINE 53 V. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.—RULES OF WAR 61 VI. RETURN TO PARIS.—EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN.—THE 18TH BRUMAIRE 89 VII. STATESMAN AND LAWGIVER.—THE FINANCES.—THE INDUSTRIES.—THE PUBLIC WORKS 105 VIII. RETURN OF THE ÉMIGRÉS.—THE CONCORDAT.—LEGION OF HONOR.—CODE NAPOLEON 119 IX. OPPOSITION TO THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.—PROSPERITY OF FRANCE 133 X. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR WITH ENGLAND.—FLOTILLA AT BOULOGNE.—SALE OF LOUISIANA 143 XI. EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE.—KING OF ITALY 151 XII. CAMPAIGNS OF 1805, 1806, 1807.—PEACE OF TILSIT 163 XIII. EXTENSION OF NAPOLEON’S EMPIRE.—FAMILY AFFAIRS 179