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MEMOIRS o. Iioytsnss Bsauharnai,, Duches,
OF 81. Leu, and Ex-Quccn Of Holland. The
father of the accomplished subject Of these
memoirs WAS the viscount Bcauharuais. who
distinguished himself In the French RevoIu-
ton under tho command Of Rochambcau. lie
I married In Martinique, Josephine, subsc-
quentiy wife to Bonaparle, and Empress Of
France. On his return to France, he e.pou,-
: ed the doctrines Of tho revolutionary par,y
and became q Jealous advocate for the re-
form OF abuses, and the establishment Of libc-
raj principles. He persisted on the sc affold
IN 1898. and left two children. Eugene and
Hortensc, who were adopted by Bonapart
on his marriage with the widow, and the sub
ject OF the memoirs was subsequently mar
ried to Louis BonaParte, kinen( Holland.
The memoirs Of an individual Of high rank
thus necessarily connected with the sceRe, "a
the French revolution cannot be otherwise
than attractive. We accordingly find in this
small volume o variety Of inc idcnts. rendered
the moro interesting from the evcntful period
in which they occurred.
Waeosisfa, or the Prophecy, is n work partly
founded on fact, and will be read with thrill
ing interest. The following notice Of this
work from the Detroit Journal and Advertiser.
will supersede the necessity Of any comment
from ourselves.
|, "The scene Of the work and the sto.
~ upon which II was founded are of
themselves calculated TO bespeak q
high degree Of interest and curiositv--
particularly when We recoliect that the
spot on which we stand is that upon
which, seventy years ago, the spirit
stirring incidents commemoratej in this
work had their being and action.
The author has evinced n thorough
acquaintance with our scenery and 10.
calities: and even the ravines and hills
OF which he speaks may have been
found, without violent stretch of the
imagination, when the ground was
clothed in its Wild forest dress-since,
even now, their miniature likeness ex-
. lists.
The story, as our readers have airea.
ny been Informed, is founded upon the
circumstance Of the siege Of the British
Fortress by Pontiac: and the principal
action Of the plot turns upon the at
J tempt Of that chief to get possession
of the works by surprise. The author
has awaited himself Of the most of the
historical facts connected with the siege;
he has also blended with these the ball
playing ruse by which the capture oil
Mackinac was effected. With these
he has woven = variety Of incidents as
episodes, which, together with the whole
dramatis person9-with the exception
OF Pontiac himself aud the Indian
woman who informed Major Glad win
OF Pontiac's design, --appear 10 be en-
tirely the work Of the authors ina nj I.
nation. Pontiac, by the by, IL made
+ to perform too tame and Insignificant
part; and. il his bold spirit could be
supposed TO review the work the author
would fare badly.
The story opens with the sudden APP
Pearance in the garrison OF mysteri-
Gus Intruder, who had made his en.
! trance into the quarters If Col. De
Haldimar, the commanding officer, and
menaced him in the very centre Of hi.
force; and what gives high degree Of
, interest to the work ia IT'S commence
: ment is--that, although the strictest
, discipline had been preserved-as we'll
, a. the most vigilAnt guard--this mys.
FERROUS being should have made boil,
ingress and egress past watch and
ward" without having been seen by
any Of the garrison except the Colonel.
; This same individual is made to per.
; form a principal part throughout the
work; and for deeds Of daring courage.
incredible strength and agility, and all
) the other qualities which distinguish .
savage hero, exceeds the famous Hawk
Eye of our own Cooper. Waeousta,
Tor that is his Indian name--it appears
, IN the denouemenf--had been, with
! Col. DE Haldimar, subaiterus in the
same regiment in their younger days
and had been dishonoFably supplanted
by his friend in the aIiec ti0ns Of a Young
+ lady 10 whom he had been ardently
! attached; and, through the instromen.
tali'y Of the same false friend--who
was no other than the Colonel himself
he was dissraeed snd dismissed from
the army. lie swore vengeance against
his cOunirymen, and joined the Scotch
IN the rebellion Of -. tie afterwards
Joined the French in Canada, and vas
IN che battle with Montcalm under the
wallis Of Quebec; and afterwards joined
the Indians. During ell this time he
WAS Iaeditsiing schemes Of revenge a.
gainst DE HaIdImar and hts family. -
The Pontiac war was eagerly seized
uPon by him as likely 10 afford oppor.
unity TO crafty his long cherished
hatred.
!. The family Of Col. De lIaldimar con
sisted Of two sons aud daughter. -
The eldest S0n, next TO WAGON sta him
self. - . principal actor. lie had
thrice been q prisoner in the hands 81
the vindle,ise enemy Of his family :