The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-11

TO Luclen's account tho brothers apnenr y,
elder Of the three did not measure Ris W W. Ine
sne y 70 one aes scfn OF the sale q
| spain had been one OF the triumphs OF i.ucen's
| diplomatic career as Ambassador Mt Madrii
house and tells him that Napoleon intends 10
sell Louisiana to the Americans on his own
bers the object Of the sale being TO obtain
money for carrying on war. And here, in a
n l,H let us cite 2 sentence Of Lucicn
place. Il wish it to DO clearly understood Ey
my readers that | an, not OF the number q
ing, that my brother Napoleon made S''' VAR
against , ,E; his own will at any epoch whatever
thoughts particularly at the time Of which /
However, Joseph and Luclen determined tn
prevent this coup detat ~, The next morning
sasd duRGn b h% tb Ths First had
Gouded with an abundance of eau dc cologne
The ~ con hi, NJ began with talk about
about. Corsica. about Paoli, about the Con.
tb Neither n9r ducen dared
leon began the topic himself still recn i,s| IN
his his b A., The discussion grew hot Mean
buons In the heat Of gu angry mgr debae IN NH M
from, the bath. slipped back again and
over Joseph The valet terri HP by ii'q ib Az
| Olympan perturbation, tainted Joseph went
sold to the Americans for eighteen millions Of
francs, which enabled Napoleon TO prepare that
series OF Wild and useless campaigns which
OF the subject. Lucen develops the comic as,
pect OF, the scene cen, with an irony and malice
brother the Emperor. to whom he always yield
ed with repugnance.
society during the Consulate. in 1902 and 1893
Napoleon appears 10 have abominated Je,nnes
purify her list OF frends josephine yRed rt eor 70
Of disappointment, for she was thus reduced to
the society Of the wives of Government en-
hot Know how 70 dress In the midst Of This qa
elegant throng were few mobiles who had lost
Caesar and his fortunes. Among the number
vas Mme de- Moatess0n widow 81 the Duke q
NVI.. but she was received with high favor ny
Napoleon. and her supposed knowledge Of the
an oracle on ceremonial matters. The readers
Of Nine dc Remusats memoirs will remember
the amusing details which she gives about the
lessons Of courtly etiquette which Napoleon
gave to his family On one occasion,. when
the %s
day at Josephs house the whole clan took the
side Of their mother and talked of nothing
the affair blew over, and Napoleon managed to
forge golden chains for the malcontents. But
1t is really amusing to see how accidents were
always happening in this parvenu family. Ono
day before dinner the First Consul's guests
gardenl The chain went on twisting and turn
ing along the shady avenues Of Malmaison.
The minfaturist Isabey father Of the celebrated
marine painter, was among the players. He
had cleared all the human obstacles, and in the
last place the aide de camp l.auriston when
he saw before him the back Of q shortish man.
which he cleared likewise with his usual agil-
lily; The shortish man was no other than Ma
At the same time Talleyrand was giving sum
per parties at Auteuil that made great talk.
Chez SsSon Nymphs was wtS
names served the coffee out of golden ewers
perfumes were burned in silver dis he In the
fine day the First Consul ordered his Minister
ri week hf he
presented Nine. Talleyrqnd to Nine. Bonaparte
0ns Of ths Neg tr h ns
telling Napoleon that he ought not t? work so
alarmed about his health,
:. ITApr2pos Of mamma" says the Consul,
me Nanol6on. The name sounds i'll in French.
In the first place. it is an Italian name Let
mamma t4tl me as everybody GOES b4 ta
would be worse than Napoleon. Nole her say
NAPOLEON; always Napoleon. it puts me out of
Lucien-stin Napoleon. in French ,Napo-
opinion. There is something grand about ii
The Consu-Do you think sop
Notwithstanding imposing.
The Consul-Really?
Luciep-SomethinG majestic even.
The Consul Ito Joseph)-And do You think
so. tool? Perhaps it is so. After all it is my
name. admit it is more solemn than Bona;
partc. But am not the only person named
Bonaparte, whereas Napoleon has the ad-
vantage OF being new
borne by any illustrous parsonage hitherto;
Joscph,Apropos, of names. 1t is said that
ridiculous pride in his name OF Maximilicn.
The Consul-Certainly name is not ndit.
| fercnt.
Luclen-That is my opinion. Allow me- then
to say that | hold for Napoleon. A new great
man and new great name.
| The Consul (smiling gracously at Lucienl-
Lqeien-Flattory Is; not, my forte nor my
simple truth and as for tho. name Of Naro.
Icon, so grand in itself, us / was saying Just
now 50 imposing, l think that it rEodmCes
little Of the names Of tho dynastics Of the later
empire. the Palnolog the Nepomuccncs and
The Consul-Ycs; the name is fine one ard
pcrhaps ! an the only man who hc ,r IL ~
eTancs cdr r may on ne not yT TS
Or Nnpi or rather Napn. the diminqtNc IN the
monym came to bad end. which ought 70 '9
the fate of all true tyrantS He Wa l"t"a'"d
taken prisoner. and shut up in an iron cage
Joseph-What destiny l was not nwareet
! that fact.
Luccn-Nor I; at any rate it has es'al" ID my
| memory.
Tho tonsul-It is a historical fact II veycr
| the French name Napoleon none the ",r re-
, mains n very fine name.
The two volumes abound in amusing and m
, tcrcStiug traits. anecdotes. imprr-~.u'~ ahl
! criticisms OF men and things, to say nothing oI
/ the chapters that are really histuIicHl d9cG,
mcnts such as those on the revelation q
| Brumaire. the account of Lucien's IL! nMa.le
| mission TO Spain. the chapters on MulA'. ta!h-
bacGres, and the Due d'Enghicn.
| THEoDoRL CHILD.
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