The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04

I Theodore Hook and vas Writssn 10
curry favor with the powers that DO.
/ Hook. whose general vindictiy eners and
Observation-Disclosures Mr.. shorter sets foTth
| In n brief Introduction. was stationen III
Alagritius for four years at very mana
some salary a. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT anu
/ Treasurer and leds n gay hfe In the
spring of 1913 he was arrested. char4"u
with peculation. there being deficit In
the money CHEST Of about fs.Ooo. and sent
back 20 England to take his trial The
vessel stopped for two days only at st
Helena. and there il no evidence that Hook
was presented To Napol.on. Sev~rthe-
less IL seemed good TO him to appease the
offended authorities by defending the
acts OF its representatives at ~. Helena
! in his pamphlet. here reproduced. entitled
Facts Illustrative o! the Treatment Of
Napoleon Buonaparte in Saint Helena
Being the result Of minute inquiries and
parsonal research in that Island With
positively hystsrioal hv ishnsss Of SCARE
head capitals. intersperssd with frantic
italics. he produces a result which pro-
voked from the Edinburgh Rsris,O Of July.
1919. the reply: what shall va say Of tho
spite that vents itself in vulgar, personal
abuse Of ono 80 fallen that the terrors Of
his name alone remain upon our memory
and which takes every occasion Of mock
ing the very impotence which ought To bs
his safeguard from insult2 There u
hardly a page 81 this performance in
which such disgusting exhibitions Of I'm
generous insolenos do not stand out from
ths other defects Of the work and form
its most hateful feature
In An appendix Mr.. Shooter gives ssv-
eral letters. which have never hofors besn
publishod in book form. 1hres were
written by Thomas Henry Brooke. who
was Secretary to tho Government OF st.
Helena during thu period oovsrsh by
Major Wilkes, Sir Hudson Lowe and his
SUCCESSOR. Gov ernor Walker. Tho fourth
was also found among Mr.. Brooke's papers.
and contains interesting facts which are
not in the many books that give us a record
Of this period. Mr.. shorter strangely
enough says that il -is by British offic,'r
at st. Helena, whose name ! do not know =
But on pag. IS of this volume. in the Let
ters from the Cape We find a plain reoord
nv Napoleon which exactly fits into the
unknown writer's and proves that he
was Major Hudson
Mr.. Shorter's contention that the EN-
peror was fine and forribls writer In
amply borne out i'm the compilation by
Mr.. Johnston published IA his Diary
Mr.. Johnston explains his method ~
operation TO be that. with the exception
nj a few brackets.d passages. he has used
own words. There are abbre-
viations and Interpretations Of words and
dates IA he warns the reader. The trans
position Of dates ~ mad. for the purpose
Of maintaining the Journal form, and con-
sists either in placing the details of an
"vent that was written day or two after
IL at the Very date Of tn. event. or in plac-
ing "A statement uttered az ~. Helena for
ward under the date Of the event itself.
N this second sort Of transportation the
instances are few. and the Authorizations
are not shown because they are of constant
recurrence" N certainly does furnish a
"a il We're. Of the mans char
acter and intellect, and produces an i'm
precision which il necessarily weakened
when the same utterane,ss must b. sought
cut in many volumes and the memory j.
Durdened with the task of recalling them
clearly in their proper sequence and bear
ngs, IL starts with the record Of Napo- /
cons birth. and brief comments ON fam 4.
ly. school and early experiences lead up !
gradually To the unfolding Of the imperi- |
Dus and imperial character which ia fully |
rev ealesi in such Passages ~ these. refer |
rlnR 10 TN. Italian Campaign. which LAID /
A solid foundation for his future: 1t ia |
sasy enough TO saw To a Gcnsral. Go 10 |
Italy. win battles and sign iaacs at Vienna;
but tho doing Of II il not so easy hlvo ,
nov or paid IN" least attention Ia she plans /
sent me- by tho DITsCtoirs Only fools !
could take stock ia such rubbish Az IA
Berth!.r. you SEQ what he is: he's an ass, |
Well. II - hs " ho does everything h, il IN
W no rsaGs large share Il tho glory Of |
the army And this from Campo For
MIC: Count Ccbcnzl and | met for our
session in a room whore. &c
cording Ia Austrian custom. = davs had
De"n installed with a chair Of state repre-
,enting IN" Austrian Emperor On .ntnr-
ng asked what thus meant. and ION hoing
old ! said 20 tho Austrian Minister:
Come. before We begin. you he'd batter
lavs that chair t..i.,n away. t..caIIso |
nave never Yet s'-'n u chair ret higher
ng to get into IL Hs comments on his
i"ci'isslly high flow II proclamation tn tbs,
'eopl. Of Egypt quit. correctly: 1T il
biz quackish-
His grief at learning Of Josephino's
so soon after her marriage.
while he IL in Egypt. and his threat Of {.
iivorce. publicly. scandalously. Offers
strong contrast To his asseverations
both in this volume and ia the Letters
rom the Cape that the gen,Iinely de-
'oted relations betw.en them were not
ltered in the slightest dagrrc by the
livorce. ma6l, so long afterwar,i. solely
or reiso~s Of state. So do his f.ry-nt
nd celebrated low. letters to Joaephine
nth the cool statement: 'Josephine Il
lways afraid may fall seriously in love.
he doesn't realize that love WINS not rr,aS,,
or me. For what is love2 a passion, that
saves the universe ON ono side. to place
he loved one on the other. And surely
uch exclusion is not in my character
,1llally stimulating in their way nrr the
owing letters to Jusrphins and later