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THE SECOND LIFRAXSON of NAPOLEON'S
MEMOIRS of the HISTORY of FRANCE,
during his Reran, Dictated at Saint Helena, t 3 Counts
Monthoion. Bertrand, Gourgaud, Arc. and published from
the Original Manuscripts. Cotten-ran By Ihnsexe.
Extract from the Preface.
During the last seven years, much has been written rela-
tive to Napoleon; all have wished to say what they knew
of him ; many have saki what they did not know. States-
men, soldiers, and anthem of all uatioos, have been de,ir-
ous of pulsing judgment *pan him; everybody has spoken,
except himself! At length he also breaks 'Heuer, and In
the most solemn manner appeals to the judgment of pos-
terity.
At the time of his abdication at Fontainebleau, he said
to the remains of his old legions. " I will record the deeds
we have performed together." Hut the rapid occurrence of
events which led to toe revolution of the 20th of March,
did not permit him to write his hlemoirs at the Isle of Elba;
nor was he able to fulfil his promise gegen at Fontaloebleau,
until be arrived at St. Helena. No sooner was his political
career terminated, than his restless mind eagerly reverted
to this project. Ile did not even wait until he arrived at
the rock of exile; on board the vessel which carried him
thither, lie commenced his Memoirs. lie employed the six
years of his captivity In writing the account of the twenty
veers of his political life. So constantly was he occupied
fn this undertaking, that to describe the labour he bestowed
upon it, would be almost to write the history of his We at
St. iielena. Like Cte3er and Frederic, lie wished to leave
behind him a monument which might endure for ages.

He peldotn wrote with his own hand ; he was impatient
at the +odious pen, which refused to follow the rapidity of
his thoughts. He dictated to those who were .about him,
and they were oblige-I to accustom themselves to write with
the oelerity of speech. They often found it difficult to
transcribe during the sight, what he had dictated to them
in the day. The copies thus made, Napoleon revised
in his closet, correcting them with his own hand. These
manuscripts, entirely covered with his writing, (a specimen
of which may be seen at the Publishers) have been care-
fully preserved, because nothing which comes frrtm so cele-
brated a man will be indifferent In the eyes of posterity ;
and they constitute such a proof of authenticity, as cannot
be called in question.
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