New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-18
NArOLEON'S EARLY TINES

thcr qratiticd Ivy the pefusal of two books recently
.,.,,I;.heL IN Europe. The first is French biOg
FANNY entitled " Bonaparte and his Times ny
Colonel Jung, an ardent Republican, VINO ~ d.
great pains to bring out all tie dlscTedltanie ld''S
in the career Of the Emperor, and 10 palu' HIS oHi
acter in as black cClors as ne can a'pS "I'"""'"
rositiyc fabrication of undsputed facts oil history
The second is q German work. by Dr. Dothlhg
xcbicb deals exclusively with the youth ana caliy
military career of Napoleon. and Is written III
snrit Of conscientious impartiallty. The Valnc "l
both works lies chiefly i'll the fresh cohtHpuuons
they make to the rather scanty store OF hhoWleose
extan OF Bonaparies youth and early hahhoou'
The partsan French colonel and the cod-blOoucd
paluStaking German prOic Ss0r have both snccecded
i'm bringing out many new facts III relation 10 Tue
dc\clopncnt of the great genius that daA|Ico III"
conquered continental Europe. Napoleon aIW"yt
endcayor,d t. surround his early lii" with ven Oh
uncertainty and oi,>curty. He dated his career
l,o,, the siege of ToalOn and the Nendenairc corp
de o,.D lie wished to enter history with the ttie
Of General and never liked To have his b1graph'Is
examine the ladder of ambition and intrigue mon
winch he climbed 10 power. Jung and B0lhIihG
sn,v hin, a. the student at the military school. In"
restless, plotting Young lieutenant dreaming Oh
freeing his native island from the French YOKE
CON. back and forth between the station OF ms
rcoi.ucnt and his Cur,cau home to str mp rcYou-
t"hary a9i'd'!oh' "H" ""'.'" away "
garrison HE ~ "r'ilt r'''"S' ".,.' CIV" ..a
play. His character in its formative WT"' gave
Inf ntt{c Indication Of Tie strength aiicr"ard
Jcy,'olrd under the Stimulus Of q ;O%rlinS amhi-
non ami the Favorable opportunities, {" the French
Revolution.
The Doubt about the year Of Na"o,con'a hnth is
e>paI"'' NY INV ''' ' ''
gam a'h's''h /" ''' ""''"H
NdVih1 p9'"" 'h' aye VI '"' 81" was w.
represent himself - year N''''r '''H H' '''''H
Was. lie was born III I"'N ana 10. j" '''' '' IN
h"-ia'heN represent "l'' ''>' .'' "a III ''''
second >Hn Wa~ IN reality 'h"rI'>I' VI '"''os
fact there l. il" Lack "l c>'"'"'' >.!' ~ via "
taken from his Own '''iT"'''''' /" '''' 800" '
az ms inst utifi"-' I' -"N' cue '''" VI ''N 800,
n February = l'"N' an" III " '''''' 'o "'"'' "
P90i in l1~''. hc saII; ~ was porn "''H '"S
county persisted Imr'N '"''N'"" ! I'''' ',''"
NomItcd upon oar Shorc~->",h was 'mr o'"''
spectacle winch nv eyes l"N' "'"''" Nv '.''
a. the d}iN2' Inc t'o''N" 81 tue 'I.'' ~ "'' Wv
t,LiS I'll despair SH'i"'d"'r" hN ''''' H"" 'I''
mumcut Of my luti.' These "'r'5 can "hiE apply
tohc condition OF Corsica at Tie Time "i tue If'HcA
invasion IN 1862. The nam" Napoleon al not II
seems, fairly get lis French or'""siarN uh'H
long after it, owner became i1n"Hs' JHAS hh"S Il
written in no fewer than four ways "dI.i4 iona
parties early Observation-Disclosures Nanoeohr' NaPo
Hrnue, and Napolione-ihe latter l"ih h''"S u'''
in act OF murlag" with Josephine "ho ]" tu'
NcudO.Hc Column IT Appeared as N'A!"IIo, an c'l-
dent attempt to give K a creek "l!-lh
At the Gricnu, E, ho0 Napoleon iINcd IN SOiltnd"
having 10 friendly relations with his fclo'r-lupilS
Tie boys lurle.qued bis name and called
him Ia DaHc r.. Sraw-in thc-nos'. In
17S1 he wrote to his father asking t" be taken
out Of the school hccauNr he did not want 70 he Inc
lauching->tO of Il lot OF hoO"irS. lie was Chce
locked up on account o! quarrel WIN one Oh HIS
companions and wrote furious letter l" the Gov
rrnor of Corsica, who the protector OF his
family Insisting on being withdrawn IRON the
echool. lie was not bad scholar. HIS DehaNiof
good and besides marked ap'llN"c l"f ln('he-
MATES lac was good ,tu,cnt Of geography and his
tory, hut could not he got 10 apply hi"lNr 10 Laih
He was destined for the navy nn' lai,e 10 get
admission 10 III he cho>o the "i'.i"IS an" VEN ~
Paris for another year "l SluV' NHch nc H'' INC
school IN rams tHe loIi'W'hH c'I''h'''c vi Ci'uc
ter was gwen MIA; " he.er'c" """ >'u''ouS' pc
felS study 10 any sort oi 'l"uSon""'' i'"''' you"
authors W''h P'aS"re Is u'N''''' !"
an" e''o' "r"H 49, .,:.,.. .oa, ,o,I
c"VS' lp""H' 'n''u " ,''''' Pc -
th'T4''" III i'Ps Pi'"'P' ""' ''
ioNc' mhoi''ouS III" WHY ">P'i'"~' ''''' ''''s "'
is worthy oi rroleeuoh'
Assigned as lieutenant |" garrison III Tue couh-
try. the Young Napoleon deIonred histories llIo-
sOphical writings. ana lcveriAh Iomances acclaimed
against tyranny ana privilege ana "e'eS'e" the
lazy routine lie OF lDc o'Tla'hS rousseau ""sHIA
taNoTlte an'hor' Tic tIo"4"' "a i''' yea" CoiS'V"'
robbed Oh her lh''cpeh"'hcc' "Ho '"''"T" VI pay
ing III her "rhal the part Oh bIu'us' lie ooE"n TO
write history ol OorSc'' WHICH hc 'no"sht "ou'u
make MN name III mo WoIi" VI lr't'l9' CON-
mcnced romance ana a historical drama callcd
lie Conte "ENS'A' anu cohpielco lair ca'iel
lie IT"rhe'r M">'Ice' III MS h'9'"iH n' picture"