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entrance-of the, palace. It was Sunday, and, contrary to
„kii.limat'c oath la on that day, he was going .tcs ride out..
"lime accompanied him. He was no sooner gone, than
I went down into his cabinet, and placed my letter en his
table. On returning, at four o'clock, with Duroc, Bona-
parte read my letter: 'Ah ! alt.!' said he,, before opening
it, letter from Bourrienne.' -And be almost immedi-
ately- added, for the note was Speedily perused, ' He is in
the sulks...—Accepted.' I had left the Tuileries at the
moment he returned ; but Duroc sent to me, where I was
dining, the following billet s-
-" The First Consul desires me, my dear Bonrrienne,
to inform you that he accepts 'your resignation, and to
request, that you will give me the necessary information
suspecting your papess—Your's, " DU RO C.'
" P.S. I will call on you presently.'
Duroc came to me at eight o'clock the same evening.
The First Consul was in his cabinet when we entered it.
I Immediately commenced giving my intended successor
the accessory explanations to enable him to enter upon his
new duties. Piqued at finding that I did not speak to
him, and at the coolness with which I instructed Duroc,
Bonaparte said to me, in a harsh tone, Come, I have
had-enough of this ! Leave mc.' I stepped down from
the ladder, on which I had mounted for the purpose of
pointing out to Duroc the places in which the various
papers. were deposited, and hastily withdrew. I, too, bad
haircittitsiexiongh of it."
.As these volumes are now in almost every
one's bands, and have besides been profusely
quoted by the London and provincial press, we
shall content ourselves with the extract which we
have just made, as a fair sample of one of the
most authentic, interesting, and intelligent pieces
of biography it has ever been our good fortune to
peruse. It abounds in the most valuable ma-
terials for the future historian of Napoleon and
his celebrated Marshals, one of whom, to his
immortal honour be it spoken, the Highland
hero Macdonald, clung to his Sovereign, not-
withstanding the latter's long neglect of him,
with a firmness and generosity that nothing
could subdue.

CITIES AND PRINCIPAL TOWNS OF THE

WORLD.—Lortnos, 1930.

This forms the last (June) number of Lard-
ner's popular Cabinet Cyclopredia, and will be
read with great interest by those who are no
travellers, and with still greater by those who
are. The details of the different influential
cities of the world, especially those of Europe,
are copious, faithful, and explicit. The writer,
we perceive, in describing London, to which of
course he givesthe precedence, talks of its popula-
tion as amounting in the present year to a million
and a half. If this be really the case, the popu-
lation of the British metropolis exceeds that of
Rome, even in its most flourishing state, during
the reign of Augustus, and the three following,
Emperors, by upwards of two hundred thou-
sand ! In describing the towns and cities of
England, the writer dwells with:particular gusto
on Lincoln and its Cathedral, " whose western
front," he says, " has been denominated the
noblest specimen of that species of architecture
in Europe." He gives many curious particu-
lars respecting this magnificent old edifice.

FAMILY LIBRARY.—LIVES OF BRITISH
SCULPTORS.—LoN DON, 1830.
We are delighted to see Mr. Allan Cunning-
ham once more in the field of biography. His
late Lives of the Painters possessed so much
truth of observation, so much right feeling and
ready appreciation of excellence, that we were
led, on their announcement, to expect great en-
tertainment from his Memoirs of the British
Sculptors. Nor have we been disappointed.
-The Lives are admirably written, both in point
of style and spirit, and teem with the most
diverting anecdotes. That of Nollekens cannot
be read without the highest gratification, though
the materials have been chiefly drawn from Mr.
Smith's late biography of that clever, but penu-
rious and eccentric artist.

LIFE OF KING JAMES THE FIRST.

EDINBURGH, 1830.

When we have said that this specimen of bio-
graphy,which forms the fifty-fifth number of Con.
stable's Miscellany, is from the pen of the same
gentleman to whom the public is indebted for
the History of the Scottish rebellion, we have
said quite enough, we think, to ensure it a good
circulation. It is in every respect a clever
Work, strictly impartial, and well-digested in its
materials.