, 1874-06-14
a Remarkable Biography.
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lyins-in. It was not necessary, however, fol
him to say what the founder Of the family sail
to the Baron Dubois OF his time: "1magine
that you are treating the wife OF shopkeepe,
of the Rue St. Denis; you can't do more. and,
in any care, save the mother" If girl were
born. the salute from the Invalides was to be OF
twenty-one guns: II q boy, it to be OF one
hundred and one. When the Parisians, early IN
the morning. we're awakened from their sleep
by the first discharges, they felt moment
Of keen anxiety after the twenty-arst
shot. But the twenty-second re1iev-
ed them. It vas q boy. Thereupon
they got up, d1essed themselves, went ont into
the streets, and, " expressing their sentiments
another, "A-t-il de la chance ?" Napoleon L
had presnmptuously exclaimed, "L'avcnir est
q moi )" but on the occasion Of the birth Of the
Imperial Prince every Ffenchman, from the
north to south, from east to west, exclaimed,
| 81 A-t-il de Ia chance ?"
At the same time several poets I" tuned their
| Tyres /" among the number Theophi1e Gautier,
| who was nor ashamed to pen, among . number
| of indifferent stanzas. the following;
| C'est un Jesus tete blonde.
| Qni porte petite main
| Pour globe bleu L. pai1 du moudo
/ Et le bonhcur du genre hunlain.
| NJ. Camille Doucct ''in the absence Of poetic
! genius" proved his good feeling by writing AL
| appropriate ode, which was published IN the
.Honlteur. On the occasion Of hrs christening
! the Imperial Prince had al entire carriage, har-
messed with eight horses to himself and his
lady ttendaats,-namely, Nine. Bruar, two
| under -goyernesscs, and the wet-nurse, young
| woman from Burgundy. Tho interesting =" Bour-
| guignonne," es sho ls called on QUO page, up
pears on another Oh La Bourbonnaise :" q
Varintion which, it is to be hoped, will not be al
lowed to disdgure future editions Of u. Dupont's
work. However, thanks to the Bourguignounc-
| or Bourbonnase-His Imperial H1glness mad,
one day in the December following bis birth, hu-
| ished one OF his best repasts," when suddenly
| . military deputation arrived, bringing with it
| the ilustrlons infants nomination as grenadier
| in the First Regiment of the Guard. He was just
| + months old when he WAS for the first time
dressed in the uniform OF the regiment to
| which he had been attached Az il to
keep him in countenance, his favorite COM
panions, the Sons OF Dr.. Conneau, Gen. Fleuzy,
and Gen. Esplnasse, were similarly attred; and,
as soon as he vas old enough to eit at table, ho
took to giving dinners to the so!dcr-boys OF his
regiment, presiding h,ulself at the banquets,
and drinking personally to tho health OF the
French Amy. Once on the lists OF the army, the
Princes promotion WAS rapid Always malicious,
the newspapers. after ho nad attained the rank
OF Corporal, spread the report that for dlso-
bedienco to bis parents he had been reduced to
the ranks. Tnere was no truth whatever
in tho statement, which the Prince caused
to be contradlcied in the proper quarters Like
other children, he IVES fond of toys, ond gene1-
ally ended BY breaking them He had once
come capital fun with 8 Sardlnian donkey-a
caused to walk upstairs to his bedroom. On
another occasion be happened without any bad
intention, so to provoke the daughter Of the !
Princess Metternich that tho little girl slapped !
his face, upon which, drawing himself up. he |
addressed to Her (not always) Serene HiShness |
the following al1ocuton: - MademoiseIle, what |
you have juet done is very nasty; and it would |
serve you right if were to do the same to you
But won't, because you are only little girl"
The Prince, are frankly told, did not give
entire satisfaction to his preceptor, u. Mounier;
and on one OCCASION, when Napoleon III. sud-
denly entered hiB sons study and found him en-
gagged in some contest with difficulty which
had presented itself ip Latin exercise, the
Emperor made the avowel that he himself had
never been good Latin student. III. Mopnler,
rather shocked at this species OF encouragement
gwen BY father to bis not sufficiently attentive
son, said to him, - But your Majesty made
very good translation Of CRsars Commentaries;"
to which Napoleon sbamclessly replied, +" !
dIdn't do it myself" II. Munnier, who ap- |
pa1ently had read "saudforl and Merton"
adopted the method set forth in that delightful
work for conveying instruction orally and by the
natural Objects While master al 4 pupil arc
taking their walks abroad. "1f they went
through the Bols de Boulogne be spoke to him
Of the vegetation Of trees, oxygen gas, aud the
him that tree in Latin WAS called arbor, an oak
q,ercus: and apropos OF quercus spoke to him
Of the fourth con]ugation with it's genitivo in
wSa Injured by the 90 aso Of the %ord
" "conjugstion II in lieu OF "declension."
The knowledge. too, ot astronomy shown IN
the succeeding passage is rather weak In the
evening, we are told, the prcceptor pointed out
to his pupil ''the different groups Of stars, the
Great and Little Bear, Mars, and Venus" Fl
nally, in tho parks OF Compiegue and Fontaine-
bleau, the master Ito give him tue benefit Of the
original Frencn) ''montrait La botanlque sur Ia
nature viyante ct somptueuhe." Nor must we
omit to mention that, whenever u. Monuier saw
the Imperial Prince climbing up tree, he called
cut to hlm, partly to warn him against falling,
partly to fArnllarize him with one Of the rules
of the Latin grammar, "Caye ne cadas.
In 1867, the year Of the "G1and Duchess Of
Gerolstein," when all the sovereigns OF Europe,
attended By their principal ministers were as |
semblng in Paris, to see the exhibition and to
Is LIE Caba. ct de l'Europe," the King OF Prussi.
bad quarters assigned to him in tho Pavilion de (
Marean; where, ION every possible OCCASION"
be asked to see the Imperial Prince whose pratt
tie interested Linn and whom (Jndas-li1e) he
Was often mot With in the galleries holding the
child By the hand and walking about With him. |
The child could not escape from the attention Of
which be was made the object; but tho big | .
Prussian helmet produced disagreeable effect
With the great First Minister, thln Che has since
,rown stout), tall, in his white uniform, who
followed William everywhere, and no more
quilted him than his shadow"
"When," asks the author "the King
# Prussia saw France ravaged By his soldiers.
he dynasty overturned and ,psulted By the revo-
ution, bis accomplice, did the King Of PRUSSIA
hn1 Of the caresses he 1ayished on the Emper-
IRIS son :" Probably not
On entering his 18th year Prince Louis passed
1nder the hands OF Gen. FroH4ald, who it waD
1oped, would 80 educate him as to maze
him " not only a man Dut an Emperor" Gen.
= La Quatrteme Napoleon" Par Leonce Dupont
Paris: Laehaod ct Durdin. Londuu: Hachette.
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