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

ana KOundelavS OF aCOuntrv HE, ho"ert
Holy Land, Thompson's Seasons, and many
others, will 90 far to stamp the winter gift
season as the autumn Of art both liter9,ry and
pictorial.
From the beginning of Napoleon's cometa-
~ career to the FniS of Mr.. Abbott's his
tory, which might bv likened to the a'tenua
ted shadow ofa comets vanishing tai, the
historians and hstoria.ters have devoted
themselves almost exclusively to the heroic
or political aspect of the Napoleanic dynasty.
Although the French English and Ameri-
cans have con.pired to fill libraries with Mem
oircs, Histories, Treatises and lives OF the
men, the women, and the events of that era
it still remained, sineulary enough, for MIR.
Goodrich to presen: US with de llneatlon
of manners and morals under the Empire,
showing their connections with the Court,
the effect produced by the Emperor and his
system upon the society he had created
and thus supplying practical test Of the
character and influence Of Napoeo2s7. Mr..
Goodrich's qualification. for Ia, ixsx, seen
hy hi. copious and exact reference, and lis
; protracted residence in Paris, to have been
ample, so that now. for the first time, we be-
hold Napoleon at home.
The period of the Revolution, the Reign
of Terror ard Of the Directory, constitute
the era of female asccndancv in France
When Napoleon ruled all this was altered,
and thus it !. necessary before studying the
women of the Empire to glance at the wom-
Il en- of the Revolution In this earlier period
Charlotte Corday. of Normandy, fret appears
\ upon the stage making herself Immortal
by Journey from her native province to
" Paris, with The design ofri'ldiag the French
= nation of the infamous and !eprons Marat. a
" derd which she paid t,r with her life. l.u-
ellie De,mouln. too endured with simple
no'lc ioritn,lr her IN ust martyrlom. ~ to
cnr;tr her 10 a lace IN that TRINITY "t Gir-
on,!inrS. which includes also the noble and
mcmornb,e Ma!eme Il land, whom Ti>>ot
r,l>~a chase A>ra.a hut without PERI
y clrs" Sh, and another conrtrsan. OivmPe
Is De Gongcs, were fair representatives OF the
Is leading female political adventures of that
1t ,lav. Ih. one finished her days in mad
IA house and The other upon >cailoll. These
IT and others like these were the women Of the
!: Revolution Daring the four years o: the
it Directory immediately succeeding. "Socie-
e tv was no better than q masquerade Mar
" rage became a protanat!on. death bias
TO Ihrmv, religion mockcrv, pleasure riot
- AID society a b.rchanal. Men preferred
- muscle to brains and women to be amazon>
Is and virago> rather than gentle, modest and
virtuou>. Bankruptcy bccam" national and
p. language Itself WAS cmascuated. The de-
e. cert dress OF women became "hr.auzch nudi
IN nc>, nni ,l... fol o..' - ".-:- t,i'or ravc
Il lis customer. "thc air o. lu.ts >h,ouled IL
Is bags and mounted. on stills
H. Madame Ta!lcn was the link which con
y nrr'e'! this period with that Of the empire
ms As Madame de Fontenay she was an arden
". republican. As one Of the GirondncS sh'
IN tried to mitigate the horrors of the Rel IN OF
he Terror. ard transformed the Tacobin Tai
he lien to a humane and bcncfcent citizen. II
r the Reign of Terror size had shared imprs
ne onmcnt with Josephine Tallicn aided i,
he ending it tv plotting and eilrcting the dratl
&c RohrSpirrrr nlrr the Council of Fiv
'r- Hundred. MesdamcS Tallien and Beauharna
a is attached themselve. to Barras, AM
through him the latter became acquainted
with Napoleon. Mime Talen lived uni
1888, beautiful and popular to the last.
H., SO much, Mr.. Goodrich tells us. (wi:hou
'its partizanship or extravaganza, where part
Ey zan>hip seems inevitable and extrava"arc c
S> of style almost indispensable TO describe
national chaos by way of Introduction
With the dispersion of the Council of Fiv
Hundred. the fall Of the Directory. and tn
l.. establishment of the Consulate begin Nap
49,. Icons influence upon the literature, scienc
,,r art, morals, manners and society of his tim
of and Mr.. Goodrich's more specific task.
No. In pure style, having peculiar rowt
;os of exciting interest with free use Of piqua1
,;o anecdote, and graphic, picturesque narrativ
,ho and with scrupulous delicacy (a!though d
scribng an age in which all the men SCENE
. rocues or rulans and all the women wal
,,s t.ns) he then undertakes and successfully a
:, comp!ishes this task.
po- Bonaparte--it is hard TO say it, but it is
re- fact-Bonarar:e was a vulgar r.rvcnue.
an all his reign there was. therefore. no sorie
in really worthy of the name. lie had not e.
AN ioyed that indispensable prerequisite to ell
CANT manners, viz, the society of dicnif,
I'VE and virtuous women in early youth. tt
urt early dinners of his incipient court were ca
,,s ed, bv the wits of the day, "reyiews," +
bv Honaparte made use of them TO scan
the guests. with reference to their fitness
are courticrship. But the Consulate soon beg;
of to assume the air and etiquette Of rovalt
ay. The habitues of tie court were preparing
ot be titled on the proclamation of the Empi
me Familiarity and unreserve we're exchange
lie for an elaborate ceremonial stiffened et
In 1uette The resuscitated graces of Bourbo
% urbanitv strove to mate with the unfamiIi
ho npEtliItY Of the narYenue DYNASTY. NaNQlp(