CONTENTS Two Brothers, Before the Justices, In a Fresh Scrape, The Smuggler's Cave, Following a Trail, A Commission, A French Prison, Pistol Practice, A Duel, Smolensk, With the Russian Army, Borodino, With the Rear-guard, Ney's Retreat, In Comfortable Quarters, An Unexpected Meeting, ILLUSTRATIONS Sergeant Julian Wyatt receives the Cross of the Legion of Honour, "Mark my words, you young scoundrel, I will be even with you yet," Julian finds himself a Prisoner among the Smugglers, "Captain Marshall's pistol fell to the ground, and he staggered back a pace," "On the march little Stephanie often chose to be carried on Julian's shoulder," "I am the Countess Stephanie Woronski. I am glad to see you," The Last of a Veteran of Napoleon's Grande Armée, Julian introduces Stephanie to his Brother Frank, Map showing the Route of Napoleon's March to Moscow, Plan of the Battle of Smolensk, Plan of the Battle of Borodino, THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE By William Milligan Sloane VOLUME I CONTENTS Introduction. 1 The Bonapartes in Corsica. 20 Napoleon's Birth and Childhood. 35 Napoleon's School-days. 48 In Paris and Valence. 60 Private Study and Garrison Life. 73 Further Attempts at Authorship. 83 The Revolution in France. 100 Buonaparte and Revolution in Corsica. 111 First Lessons in Revolution. 123 Traits of Character. 135 The Revolution in the Rhone Valley. 148 Buonaparte the Corsican Jacobin. 160 Buonaparte the French Jacobin. 180 A Jacobin Hegira. 199 "The Supper of Beaucaire" 212 Toulon. 222 A Jacobin General. 236 Vicissitudes in War and Diplomacy. 247 The End of Apprenticeship. 260 The Antechamber To Success. 272 Bonaparte the General of the Convention. 287 The Day of the Paris Sections. 302 A Marriage of Inclination and Interest. 313 Europe and the Directory. 324 Bonaparte on a Great Stage. 339 The Conquest of Piedmont and the Milanese. 352 An Insubordinate Conqueror and Diplomatist. 363 Bassano and Arcola. 378 Bonaparte's Imperious Spirit. 393 Rivoli and the Capitulation of Mantua. 406 Humiliation of the Papacy and of Venice. 419 The Preliminaries of Peace—Leoben. 430 The Fall of Venice. 444 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Napoleon Bonaparte in 1785, aged sixteen. Frontispiece Facing Page Marie-Lætitia Ramolino Bonaparte "Madame Mère"—Mother of Napoleon 50 Charles Bonaparte, Father of the Emperor Napoleon, 1785. 96 Bonaparte, General in Chief of the Army of Italy. 176 Josephine. 226 Marie-Josephine-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, called Josephine, Empress of the French. 276 Bonaparte. 326 Map of Northern Italy, illustrating the Campaigns of 1796 and 1797. 354 Josephine, Empress of the French. 374 Map illustrating the Campaign preceding the Treaty of Campo-Formio, 1797. 414 THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE By William Milligan Sloane VOLUME II