[Illustration: CORONATION OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE] M E M O I R S O F T H E E M P R E S S J O S E P H I N E BY MADAME DE RÉMUSAT _Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress_ V O L U M E I _With a Special Introduction_ _and Illustrations_ [Illustration] N E W Y O R K P F C O L L I E R & S O N P U B L I S H E R S Copyright 1879 BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright 1910 BY P. F. COLLIER & SON CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 11 PREFACE BY PAUL DE RÉMUSAT 13 PORTRAITS AND ANECDOTES BY THE AUTHOR 65 _B O O K I_ CHAPTER I (1802-1803.) Family Affairs—My First Evening at Saint Cloud—General Moreau—M. de Rémusat is made Prefect, and I, Lady of the Palace—Habits of the First Consul and of Mme. Bonaparte—M. de Talleyrand—The Family of the First Consul—Mlles. Georges and Duchesnois—Mme. Bonaparte’s Jealousy 103 CHAPTER II (1803.) A Return to the Customs of the Monarchy—M. de Fontanes—Mme. d’Houdetot—Rumors of War—Meeting of the Corps Législatif—Departure of the English Ambassador—M. Maret—Marshal Berthier—Journey of the First Consul to Belgium—A Carriage Accident—The Amiens Fêtes 133 CHAPTER III (1803.) Continuation of the Journey to Belgium—Opinions of the First Consul on Gratitude, on Glory, and on the French—Ghent, Malines, and Brussels—The Clergy—M. de Roquelaure—Return to Saint Cloud—Preparations for an Invasion of England—Marriage of Mme. Leclerc—Journey of the First Consul to Boulogne—Illness of M. de Rémusat—I rejoin him—Conversations with the First Consul 148 CHAPTER IV (1803-1804.) Continuation of the First Consul’s Conversations at Boulogne—Reading of the Tragedy of “Philippe Auguste”—My New Impressions—Return to Paris—Mme. Bonaparte’s Jealousy—Winter Fêtes of 1804—M. de Fontanes—M. Fouché—Savary—Pichegru—Arrest of General Moreau 171