The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-17
MAPoLEoN's HISTORY OF cEss:Aa
BE SECOND TOLUME.

We find in the London Daily NeoCS of May 5
the following account OF the second volume OF
Nauoleon's "Hlstory OF julius Cesar:"-
Advance sheets OF the English translation OF
the second volume of the Emperor Napoleon's
History of julius Cesar are now IN our hands.
deserving for another and we trust, cary oD. or
tunily, detailed nouce of these remarkab chap
ters, we must be content Tor the present TO give
brief summary of their contents. Readers VINO look
the pages Tor political anusions VIII probably De
somewhat disappointed, though 1t may not be I'M
possID 10 discover i'll the many scattered passages
OF the fourth book, in which the events OF Rome
OF the years 696-704 are related, u decided SYM
pathy, amounting, perhaps, 10 tello feeling, on
the part OF the Imperial DiOSapher, with the cause
ano tOl tunes OF his tel ow prototype he wars in
6aul, for which, OF course, the 'CommentaTes' nave
furLished the materas, are treated with u ness
and mastery winch are evidently the reslt OF Iodg
lab 10 and OF patient research. Indeed, the nara
i've seems animated throughout with an almost
professional enthusiasm. The present historian has
no doubt enjoy ed ad vantages in the prosecution
of his interesting task from The various resources OF
collat oraton at his disposal he has made the most
OF these advantages and he Is not the less deSerV-
ing OF the Muse OF History for having rallied to her
service the obscurer zeal and scence of cops
d'eiite of interpreters and inquirers
"W @ believe we may at once undertake without
fattery TO de:criUe this volume as far more valua-
ble and even Tar more readable, than Its predeces.
sor though ii deals much less with theory and sem
tneut, and much more with geographical descrip-
tions, accounts OF battles and siegeS, marcaes and
campaigns, recorded with scrupu GUS technical pres
cisiCn. An English reader will naturally be at.
hacted BY the First Descent into Britain, the
much dispute question OF the pom 0i embarking
march ino the interior OF the island and the march
tow ards the Thames The Revolt of Gaul A. u o.
lQ2; the operations in Auvergne and the siege of
Alesia we should he disposed first glance to cite
among the best examples of the manner in winch
the IL usrlous bographer has aValed himself OF his
learned auxllanes, and Displayed his own literary
and m htary capacity.
"Ihe curious ipoltlcal reader will turn, perhaps
flOm o. C. 696 to 7t5 and viii nole ior reaaIng S
between the lines such suggestive and burning
topics as the Difficulties OF C@sar's Task X OTIS
OF Df Inv { GfNn,,.
ton of the Elections, Cesals Relations with
Cicero, The Republic D. clared in Dan ,er,
The Question OF Right between the Senate and
Caesar 'lntril lues to Del rive Caesar OF HIS Com.
Cesar State OF Public OpInion,' Lontuus lr.
res the State Against Caesar Caesar is Driven to
Civil War and-'C9sar Crosses the Rubicon, ,
with which the present volume closes, the follow
4" The Roman world did not find peace until the
heir OF his name had made his cause triumph. But
II longer possible for AUGUSTUS to renew the
work Of Caesar; fourteen years of civil had ex
hausteo the strength OF the nation and used up the
characters; the men imbued with the great princi-
pies OF the past were dead; the had alter.
naely served all parties; 10 succeed Augustus him.
sell mad made peace with the murdereIs of his adOp-
tive iather; the CONVICTIONS were extinct, aud the
world longing Tor rest no longer contained the ele-
ments winch would have permitted Caesar, as was
ancient spiendor and its ancient forms, but new
principles
AT the foot OF this passage (which we do not
singe out as gem of iranslatOu) the name of the
latest historian OF Caesar signed and below j. the
cate az which the passage was penned. The Tulle.
ries March %, 1866 The hers OF great men are
believers great dates"
The London Telegraph also devotes an article
to the volume. The following is passage:-
THE present volume IS the second of the work
and includes the Wars in Gau coming down IN
koman events to the passage of the Rublcon. II
this were the place to quote at length, the last o.
the published pages would auplv bear out what We
have advanced as to the purpose OF the book. Suf
fee II to extract single sentence, which at one
al Oyua hia Mai nf md nuyhn
else he thinks OF while telling the story of julius
lie, ~ hen leader of genus says his Majesty
rs elected by the public Oce, and appears in tn
midst OF the storm which endangers the vessel o
state, then he alone can direct is course, and brn
il 10 the haI bor. esar was not the iDstIgqtor O
this profound perturbation of Roman soc ely; n
had become the indispensable pilot"