The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-02-28


of the concordat was not re-
ceived in silence:
"Politique plus grand que General habile |
Rien plus ambitieux que Louis dit e Grand, !
Pour ere 70: deg. pte, il croft a / rAcoran, !
Pour etre roi de France, il croft l'Evange.
Bonaparte urged his officers to marry, bnt
Gen Junot's choice was not exactly to his
mind. Mile Loulou passed from the protec- /
ton of Nine do Permon to that of JunOt. !
lie afterwards became Due d'Abrantes, and
dying. his wife. now a Duchess, employed
herself upon the six volumes of Memoirs of
Napoleon. his Court and family, which she
afterwards gave to the world
We regret extremely that We have no
space for Mr. Goodrich's narrative of the en-
plovment Of day ard evening at the house
of Mime Recamier, where, after hreakfa
promenade and dinner I.ongcamp read a new
play in the presence Of Laharpe the critic
where Talma read in the prc.ense of FIX.
Er.kine, De Stael. Lord and Lady Holland
and Moreau, the hero of Hohcn!indcn. a
scene from O.hclIo, or MacLeth's interview
with the witches-where Lalande, the As
tronomer. conver.cd with Dcgcrando the eco
nomist, and where de S,acl impro,iscd. tp-
on no woman Of her time could admiration
so Justly be iavi.hcd =, upon the beautiful
and un>uilird Kccamier. No other woman
had a noble train of suitors, no other rrescrv
ed Su..h a religious purity. Napoleon. pro-
po>sl. were spurned The Prince of Wales
csptnlated TO her charms, Lucien Honapsrtc
alters. and even The Iron Duke preferred =
hopeless suit; Before she WAS hanishsl or
c-st tone.
The institution Of the Legion of Honor was
Of Bonapar'e's genius. NJ. Goodrich ranks
it above the Conrord.' and on level with
the Civil Cote. The history Of its liiruiuc-
ton. aui the wav in which it was frs; rvcciv-
ed with rp.rams and counterfeit Decorators,
and tn, subsequent change Of public scnti
mrut concerning it. and the continuance OF
his creation to the present time. forms mos:
intrrrStin. aud instructive chapter III NaIoi
cons history.
J On thr lS'h Of MAY, 1924. as everyday
knows, the emrne was proclaimed. Paris
was Indifferent. the provinces i"ytul. The
old nobility fastened to lay their Hourlon
allegiance at the feet OF the parsenu >ovcr-
ei.n. The etiquette of the Court, labcrlou.
" discussed in a Council of State. became
crvstallizrd to a far more l. I'D sttlucss- it.
awkward! ceremoni.ls became still more e'ah-
crate and its rituals more rcvcrential Epl-
"r,.n.s were As .rcQu-n, as Tie .Moni;cur', lis
patches chronrllry the avoc ationS of the roy
al family. The code of etiquette was bull
kv collection OF eight hundred and nineteen
articles. y new piece 0. etiquette. a new
mode, was gladly received and as willingly
paid as the discovery of atvpogr,phira error
in Wo.tl'S perfect edition of Honor. Mr.
Goodrich giveS condensed extracts from tie
code. but we have no time to follow lm into
the labyrinth.
Successive chapters then dct,il the pro-
dgal expenditure. and hara:.ing debts OF .jo
Serhenc; the hcantv of the bellies OF her
court, among whom were Nine Rr.n.ult-a
Nlobe, Mime LanncS-a Madonna. Mime dc
Canisv-a Muse Mime de Chrvrrrs. 1.-The
tair one with golden locks" Mine Tallry-
rand of the white skin, Mime B,strrreche-
~|rh. and Mime de Bro,1 whose souhri
uuct was the Statue of Melancholy. beside.
many others of native and foreign birth 3: III,
wayward and ct>olute life of Pauline. Napol
cons second sister. Canova's Model for tn.
Venus Victorious, who made " CorScan fac
stranger than Grecan mythology by shown.
l. an anomaly too daring for fiction Mar
e and Venus born of the same mother. :,
@ chapter farther on sketches the life of Eliz-
Bonaparte, Napoeons eldest sister. who vii
he chiefly famous in history for having sug
= ycsted to Pasanini the idea of reriormin.
), upon string Caroline his youngest siste
will be remembered mainly for her m,rraS
~ with the harlequin cavalry officer Murat. AM
her intrigue with Junot.
II The attempts which have been made u
,, Napoleon's indiscreet eulossts TO create tu
= him crcditable literary galaxy are shown t,
4 be faliacious, and the conceded poverty OF
letters under the Empire is sffectualy cx
i posed. Chatcaubriand. st. Pierre, Chcnier
4 -
are claimed AS representatives OF the litcra
ture of the Empire. but the list is shown t
include either octogenarian., disatiected. ex
n lies or absrntees. Napoleon showed bnt Ii,
V tie respect for Art or Science Nv decreein
!. prizes to the amount of 270.00O francs 70
meritorious works i'll these departments. an
then never distributing them; and as Iittl
~ for literature, by destroying the liberty of tn
le press. Madame DE Stael is the subject OF
T. the next very interesting chapter She Wa
=, something of apet;icoa, politician, and there
:. fore, Notwithstanding or rather (considerin
Is NapOleon's jealousy by reason of her WI
Or address and intellectual supremacy. was a
N ways excessively disagreeabe to him. He
y literary life and labors arc well known; 1t
only in her relation to Napoleon that she
q here presented in a new light, and Mr.. Good
e rich closes his chapter with the singular state
d mcnt that she owned her supremacy to hi
; persecution. and had he tos;ered her geniu
she would have been known to posterity on
" as precious child, a brilliant conversational
If i>t, an unsexed woman and a factious politi
n clan.
j. On level with the Emperor's attempts t
suppress the liberty Of the press, were tL
similar ones to check the liberty Of The stag
e by dramatic censorship. and to ascertai,
j. the popular mind by violating the mails II