it is slight in view of the reliable deductions to be drawn from the original boy papers of Napoleon Bonaparte. Later on and after the publication of the corresponding portion of this Life, they were edited, printed, and published. In the main there is no room for difference with the transcript of M. Masson, but in some places where the writing is uncommonly bad the author's own transcript presents the facts as stated in these pages. Within a few years M. Chuquet has summed up admirably all our authentic knowledge of the subject--in a book entitled: La jeunesse de Napoléon. His own researches have brought to light some further valuable material. I have not hesitated in this revision to make the freest use of the latest authorities, but it is a gratification that no substantial changes, except by way of slight additions, have been found necessary.] Birth of Nabulione or Joseph -- Date of Napoleon's Birth -- Coincidence with the Festival of the Assumption -- The Name of Napoleon -- Corsican Conditions as Influencing Napoleon's Character -- His Early Education -- Childish Traits -- Influenced by Traditions Concerning Paoli -- Family Prospects -- Influence of Marbeuf -- Upheavals in France -- Napoleon Appointed to a Scholarship -- His Efforts to Learn French at Autun -- Development of His Character -- His Father Delegate of the Corsican Nobility at Versailles. [Sidenote: 1768-79.]