Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-11-29

fRtake the laurel wreath from TEE
liz of NAPOLEON in her estimation and
is revealing in Lord Rosebery's
6k on the great Frenchman. ! am
VI of this new book. There has not
much OF interest on my study table
bite. My patience has been tried.
Irnind has been starved. l am hun.
4 for good things, and while the book
<tanic apes, the book of vampires,
\ the books of first-class murders,
81 not easily be snuffed out, we have
q time to become weaned from some
{our book follies. Good books may
n have turn, and, with long winter
innings upon us, this is the time to
I'D. Lord Rosebery has heen in
irijd and has come t /, the rescue. A
an who has made history should
g&hle :, write history. Lotd Ross
WE says "You oanLot get away from
1]b con. lie is too large; he per-
z|3e this century, and he will pervade
16pd many centuries"
va th, rto books about Napoleon have
III construct d but of dubious or in
|8Suate materials, "meagre bricks OF
IAN j straw" Lord Ro;ebery knows
and is luminous about
~, No one has hitherto attempted
attract the truth from the "yolumin-
Y batteries of Gourgaud, Mon
ION, Las Ca1es, and the innumerable
II books which deal with st.
ena. Except the faithful bertrand
81 of tie actors in the dreary drama
30. Helena have held their peace.
fden's book consists of letters
=! Aped up by Literary gentleman,
said literary gentleman's efforts re-
Hog in meditations OF dep.oraple
hos There is probably truth in
syth, but 1.-THE crushing OF the ore
hideous task" Las CASES. book ia
arsenal OF spurious documents. "
Gases is by far the most Boswell
photographer and the most insensible
Ddlcule. Las Cases says he has an
scribable emotion when he sees the
pelor rub his stomach after enjoy
some coffee for breakfast. Las
lbs also records that Napoleon had
BID him q simpleton, but consoles
self with the assurance that he al
Is meant the epithet as a certificate
honesty" Antommarchi's book is
ian stuff and he puts down not
4 Napoleon said, but what Anton.
Chi thinks Napoleon should have
Antommarchi's saving act was
hike a cast Of Napoleon's face after
th. OF Gourgaud, Lord Rosebery
hhs we'll, except that he fuses such
ibly jealous rage into his Journals
bo!eon himself remarked of Gour'
t,. "He loved me as lover loved hi!
tiess, be was impossible.
be study OF a great man in exit
ID always be interesting. Lord Rose
IFS book is written from grea
bw edge and from careful com
6son of all the narratives which
III The result is perhaps the mos
thful. most readable, and most com
4 booS about Napoleon ever pub
ed. 1t is not true that when Napo
d was on hoard the Bellerophon b
ed the quarterback furiously, witt
o. hands behind him, asking if tn
. fBer of the ship were not a rogue
Zen Napoleon was Mt Tcrbay he wa
3Ich interested in the English women
thought they we're very beautiful
E|6 he asked their names. The lad
1|<o took his fancy at st. Helena Dor
|64 alliterative name Of Betsy Ba
Bfhbs. When Longwood was being pre-
Hated for NAPOLEON he lived at til
06dse of Betsy Bnicomb's father. TheI
6Xn be no doubt that Betsy was
Hoyden. To Napoleon she was
1lipuant novelty. She boxed his cal
1nd ran away with his papers, an
j'j&py years afterwards she wrote veI
<jftertaining book about it all, or abo,
nuoh as she dared. Besides Bets
y comb, there was Laura Wilks. wi
lame enamoured of Gourgaud, b'
10 died as Lady Buchan as late ,
IT'S. There was also Marianne Robil
IN "a very pretty girl Of H." know
h the Nymph. :" The Nymph" was
mer's daughter. There was also Mi
teipps, known as 1.-The Rosebud.
ally life at st. Helena was not aft
~ SO dreary.
l|At st. Helena Napoleon usually wo
4 teen coat with sporting buttons ar
Bite breaches, and, although he ca
2<fde military uniforms, he retain
b famous little cooked hat. AT dim
I'D Emperor was served with gre
34>te, on gold and silver plate, al
X4ited on by his French servar
Nfbssed in a livery OF green and gol
SWben he drove out he had six hors
his carriage, and an equerry in fl
inform at each door. He drove at
1fzht pace over very lad roads. Mar
leon, one is pleased to find. did L
tnke to golf, which is so often urge
Id nauseam, is a solace for mide
Ne. Instead of golf, he was very TO
gardening, and "to dig he was I
6dhamed,' says Lord Rosehery.
&prthy subject for a painter mig
I've been found in Napoleon. weari
Xorast straw hat, working away
0.wn with spade in hand, surround
IN Chinese laborers.
In Lord Rosebery's books will
hind some of the best Of Napoleo
|nyersation. In retirement and co
y alive repose, the Emperor VOL
U|scuss many things. Lord Rosebt
, Ninks that Roederer most faithful
/ Unders the conversations of Napole,
4 ~ one has to extract this fir
a 3ederer's many volumes, dealing of
fh tireseme subjects, Gourgaud
nd too, while Las Cases PADS &
r,cates and O'Meara is transla
n English of conversation carried
Italian. To Lady Malcolm, Ma
SOD snid that Henry ~. was
5oubtedly ..the greatest man that 9
Ill., ION the Throne of France" "bu
3ds Lord Rosebery. this judgm
only for external use.'' To his
for circle he spoke di tferently. Lo
NY, in the opinion of the Empel
~ the greatest king France ever b
there are only he and l." Ags
he East only wants a man; the II
OF Egypt Is the master of lndi
loves to discuss income ard exper
e. He says he could live very @
tably ON IL francs aday. He VIC
o for 30 sous, he would freqr
kdinsrooms and libraries, and go
play in the pit At st. Helena
a 5000 year and he needed
IN there tough fowl cost from ~
MW francs, and bread was abou