The morning call., 1894-02-11

Buonaparte. and the other written few
hours later, signed B 'naparte. No sigma
ture has ever been found after that date
with the u. TIE Bonaparte signature con-
tiDued until 1904. when he became En-.
peror. From that time he signed Napo-
leon. In the midst Of the stirring cam
paigns and rapid changes which followed,
even this became too long, and about 1906
| was cut down to Nap. 1t was only on
| rare occasions thereafter that he signed
his full name. The following year the
Nap was abbreviated to n, which generally
ended in big curl or scrawl.
In the group of sign atures No. 5 is one
| of the first of the n styles. That was
| written from the imperial camp at Tiisitt,
June o. 1907. There is great variety Of
| these latter signatures. They were written
rapidly and are illustrative of the activity
of the times The last signature in the
group was the first one written by Napo-
leon at st. Helena. There he had more
time and returned to the full name NapO-
| leon. MIR. Salisbury fixed standard OF
thirty representative signatures. Mr..
Crane has managed 10 secure twenty-four
| of these, signed to letters and state papers,
many of which are of great historic
| interest.
His pet hobby, however. is ex,ra-illus-
| trated books. OF these he has large
number, and Is now at work on the 1910
edition Of Bussey's history of Napoleon.
illustrated by Horace Vernet. Mr.. Daniel
Nj. Iredwell, in his monograph on ''Pri-
vatelv illustrated Books" says that when
completed this will probably be the finest
illustrated Napoleon in existence. The
book will be enlarged from two to fifteen
volumes. by the insertion of over 5000
steel and copper engravings. including
many portraits of Napoleon and the
members of his family, his marshals,
generals. battie-sceneS aud other views.
There will also be over 800 autograph
letters and historical documents. Not
only will all the extra illustrations be i'll
laid on thick paper, but every page in the
book will be inlaid as well, making the
size of each volume 12h by 16h inches.
| Mir. Crane has already extra illustrated the
fine 1886 edition of BOurrienne's Life of
| Bonaparte, enlarging it from four tn eight
volumes. by the insertion OF 900 portraits
| AID views.
First Emperor. One which he prizes most
highly is small oil painting of Bonaparte
| as FIRST Consul. 1t is a copy of the cele-
brated painting by Vernet, and is the
Identical portrait which Napoleon had
hanging up in his room at st. Helena. 1t
is fully attested. Napoleon gave the
portrait to his physician, Barry O'Meara,
| who has left most interesting account Of
Bonaparte's life on that island. O'Meara
presented the souvenir to Thomas Moore,
| the English poet. 1T next passed into the
possession of Mr.. Cooke. the partner of
Murray, the English publisher. In 1892
MIR. Cookies library was sold at auction IN
London and Mr.. Crane purchased the
Napoleon portrait at the sale.
Mr.. Curtis Guild, wellknown author
of Boston, has very interesting collection
OF Napoleonana. including several valu-
able letters. translation OF one of the
rarest is given by mis- permission. 1t is
practically the Emperor's plan of the
great battle of Leipslc in which he sus-
tanned disastrous defeat. The letter is
addressed to Murat, King of Naples, dated
October II, 1913. and is as follows:
My Brother: The major general will let you
know my intentions. In the course of to-
morrow. the 18th. 1 intend 10 be at Tancha
with 10000 men, and on the 14th my whole
army TO be assembled there. l shall, cOuse-
quently. not be ready to give battle (but still
holding Leipzig before the Ism. Can you
maintain your present position al GrobeTn and
the town OF Leipzig during the whole of to-
morrow, the 18Th, without exposing yourself to
any risk? You will have re-enfercemenrs ~
your present position In The cnu SO of to-mOr-
row. or else you VIII take up q position in The
night of the 18th or 18th, Which will support
your left Il should suppose) at Konewltz and
your light toward WuIZen.
You VIII have a reinforcement there OF
| 10000 men intend taking: and on the Ii tn
my whole army will arrive. Thus We will have
100000 men. Consult with the Duke of
Belune, General LauristOn and Prince
PoniatOwski. 1 believe the whole army of
Berlin has repassed over TO the right bank of
the Elbe, and that we may give battle Without
1t. If you cannot keep your present position
make your movement upon Taucha and
WuTZen.
Your affectionate brother and brother-in-
law, NAPOLEON.
In addition to the above MIR. Guild has
extra illustrated Goodrich's Court of
Napoleon" and extended it from one vol
ume to four Of double the original size by
the insertion of rare portraits of charac-
ters mentioned and autograph letters.
The latter are seventy-six in number,
including letters or documents from every
one of the Bonaparte family from Bona
parties mother to Eugene. wife of Louis
BonapaTte; letters OF his marshals and the
noted persons of his time. One of the au-
tOgrapns of Napoleon in this volume is
military order dated from Cairo during the
Egyptian campaign.
George S. Davis has in his home at De-
troit some very valuable relics of Napo-
leon. He is the proud possessor of chair
which was used bv Napoleon at ST. Helena,
and has fine Napoleonic library of 1000
volumes. The largest Il a pole onlc library,
however, is owned bv ". j. Hilis of AL
bany. who has over 1000 books on Bona
parte and his time. including many rare
and curious works. Richard Wickham, an